SONY indirectly admits poor performance of VAIO P, now offering Windows XP as an option

We posted an article “Top 10 reasons you should NOT get a SONY VAIO P” nearly a month back and it received a lot of heat from the people. We concentrated on the fact that even a $300 netbook can outperform a VAIO P any day in any kind of task and asking $1000 for such a poorly performing product is just not justifiable.

The main culprit behind its poor performance is the big and bulky Windows Vista OS. Some people suggested us to install Windows 7, but we won’t do that. Reason? We can not recommend BETA software or a software which is still in its RC stage to the users. Now, it seems that someone at SONY has finally used a VAIO P and has realized how pathetic its performance actually is. SONY has now finally announced the availability of a new VAIO P model, P50, which will be come with a much lighter Windows XP OS instead of Windows Vista.

This also means a great news for the rest of VAIO P community as the users running Vista will be able to get access to the Windows XP drivers. Windows XP will surely make everything more usable and stable on the VAIO P.

Netbooks should have 3G and Windows 7 – Linux doing no good?

Those are not my words, but from the Lenovo worldwide competitive analyst, Matt Kohut. According to Kohut, the netbooks must come equipped with a 3G module and Windows 7 is a must-have for netbooks.

Kohut said that netbooks that will come with Windows 7 will push the linux out of the market. This is a baseless comment. I’m pretty sure that those who have given a try to the latest Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix are very impressed with it. Windows and Linux, both have their own separate pros and cons. Making such a blunt statement will do no good for Lenovo. Here are his exact words

people “didn’t know what to do” with Linux, and that despite it saving them between $50 to $100 per netbook, Linux loaded lappies were returned in droves.

Most of the netbooks that come with Linux are bundled with the required Windows XP drivers so that in case the users find the linux a little awkward to use, they can always switch back to more familiar XP.

Sharp PC-NJ70A Netbook is different from other netbooks – Features LCD in its Trackpad!

Remember the Sharp Mebius netbook that we mentioned a couple of days back? Well, some new details have emerge about it, something that makes it very different from the other netbooks in the market. It features an LCD trackpad.

About the Trackpad

Contrary to what you must be thinking about its utility, it features multi-touch too. Looks like engineers at Sharp took some thoughts from the Apple’s book. The resolution of the trackpad is really notable: 854 x 480. That is more than the one found on the early EEEs! (700 series). The brightness is automatically adjusted. The LCD on the trackpad can also be used as a second LCD and its resolution is not too bad for running programs. However, you will to squint your eyes to read the text.

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