SONY VAIO P hardware tour (and some silly comparison pictures with the EEE 1000H)
So, we finally got the VAIO P! Although the SONY hates to use the word netbook for the VAIO P, but we still consider it as a netbook due to its specifications and size. It is a different story all together, when you talk about its high price though.
Immediately when you hold it in your hand, you get the feeling of SONY’s excellent built quality. Everything is so well made and manufactured. Also, I would like to point out that it is much smaller and thinner than what it looks in the various photos published online so far.
Look how small is the box compared to the unit itself
On the left side of the VAIO, you will find the DC port, a USB port and earphone jack.
This is its right side
On the front (left side), you will find the WiFi on-off switch, SD card reader followed by MS duo card reader.
On the other front (right side), you will find the on/off switch followed by battery and HDD indicators.
SONY has modelled the VAIO P around its keyboard. Even though I’ve not still powered on the unit, I can feel how nice is the keyboad. The travel and depth of the keys is great. I had some doubts in my mind regarding the chicklet style keys of the VAIO P, but they feel great so far.
The power brick is almost the size of the EEE 1000H’s power brick, which is 50% the size of adapters of big notebooks.
Comparison with the EEE 1000H
The EEE 1000H absolutely dwarfed the VAIO P!
Stay tuned for the full review which will be published by the end of this week!
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The white unit looks great! Cannot wait for the full review
omg! the VAIO P made the quite compact 1000h look so big
I’ve it and I feel that in the case of VAIO P, “beauty is only skin deep”. With vista, do not even think of being productive with this machine. The only thing good about it is the keyboard. other than that it is a waste of money.
FWIW, I have the Vao P90S that I had custom built in Japan, ordered through Conics.net. It’s the 1.86GHz CPU/64GB SSD version and Vista runs very well on it as-is and if you do some minor tweaks even better…
I just did an upgrade to Windows7 RC and so far that works great too, feels a bit snappier overall…
All in all, very happy with this lil’ bad boy…. ;-)
I do not use the VAIO P as my main machine. My EEE 1000H and EEE 1000HE handle all the work load from showing presentations to the clients and managing my websites.
I hate the fact that I have to carry an extra adapter as VAIO P does not VGA out port on its body. All in all, it is a pretty package but just does not have the horsepower.
You won’t believe that when I asked SONY’s product manager about its poor vista performance, he himself admitted “VAIO P is all about style. Even my wife uses an EEE 1000H!” :)
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