The VAIO SZ1VP: Sony SurpassesItself

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Here's a stylish ultraportable notebook from the chaps and chapettes at Sony. This VAIO sports a powerful dual core processor, widescreen display with X-Black coating, and 120 GB of hard drive capacity.

As if Sonydoesn't already dominate enough of the competition in theelectronics and digital device world, now it's got to go andstart dominating itself. Yes, to those of you who were fans ofthe old Sony VAIO S Series, as well as the lineup of powerful,ultra-mobile VAIO T Series, enter the new VAIOVGN-SZ1VP.

Backstageand forgotten goes the old S Series, and if the Ts don't watchit, them too. That's how much of a step up the new S Series couldbe.

It starts with the looks. At less than 4 pounds, the new VAIOcomes in a lithe aluminum and carbon fiber shell. By itsthinness, you'd think Sony skimped onthe screen. But no, Sony has the techno know-how to build abacklit LED display with X-Black coating. It's widescreen toboot. Still, the SZ1VP isn't as compact as its T Series brethren.The new S series is 13.3 inches, so those of us who seeultra-mobile wireless laptops as more calculator than computer, then the new S seriesis definitely for you.

But size isn't everything. Can the new VAIO compete whereit's most important-on the inside? No worries. The SZ1VP has goodlooks and substance. It features the Intel Core Duo T2500 chip,which en toto gives the VAIO 4 GHz of computing powerbetween the dual processors. Then there's two graphics processorstoo-both an nVidia chipset and an Intel integrated graphics. Thatway, the Intel can handle your Windows load and manage batterylife, while the nVidia can allow you to "multitask" with somehardcore 3-D gaming.

And all of this is anchored by 120 GB of hard drive and 1 GB of533MHz DDR2 memory. Thw SZ1VP definitely has the laptop legs tofinish the race. Take that, old S Series. And you, too, T Series:)

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