Sony VAIO Lifestyle VGN-P688E/W 8-Inch Laptop – White
Posted: August 5th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Sony | Tags: Laptop, Lifestyle, Sony, VAIO, White | 5 Comments »
- Intel Processor (1.33GHz)
- 2GB of RAM & built-in Bluetooth technology
- 64GB Serial ATA Solid State Drive & Integrated Mobile Broadband
- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
- 8″ LCD w/ XBRITE-ECO™ technology
Product Description
Your portal to the world, the fashionable VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC delivers your entertainment and computing in a single go-anywhere design. Features like built-in mobile broadband and real-time GPS functionality tell only a partial story. The bottom line is that this chic little 1.4lb (with standard battery) computing sidekick will make a perfect fit with your life, whether it’s for business, pleasure, or both…. More >>
Sony VAIO Lifestyle VGN-P688E/W 8-Inch Laptop – White
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When I first spotted this product in the Sony store, the only question that went through my mind over and over again was “…why…”.
*BY THE WAY FOR THOSE THAT MISSED IT THE FIRST TIME, AND FOR NEWCOMERS, HERE’S MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE PRODUCT*
First off, this is one amazingly well-engineered product. It’s solidly built, but still light and ultra portable. Despite the small screen, web pages and applications are displayed brilliantly – it was a great idea to make the screen wider than it is tall, like most widescreen desktop monitors. The battery life is impressive too, rated at about 6 hours with standard use. The keyboard is much easier to use than it looks, and the trackball is just as easy to use as a mouse pad.
*DID YOU GET THAT? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT A BUNCH OF INFORMATION THAT’S ALREADY ON THE PRODUCT’S PAGE?*
Unfortunately, none of these features can withstand how incredibly asinine the price of this product is: A THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!
When I was a child, I thought a thousand dollars was an impossibly large amount of money. It was hard to imagine what I would do with that much money. Now I know: I can spend it on a netbook that’s actually inferior to every other netbook out there.
To be fair, Intel and Microsoft have teamed up to make our lives miserable by severely restricting the specs of netbooks – in case you haven’t noticed already, almost all netbooks have extremely similar specs. Manufacturers must obey their guidelines, otherwise they are punished by being denied the latest and greatest processors. Hence, this netbook, which deviates from the norm, has a sub-standard processor when compared to the competition which cost hundreds less. You really can’t blame Sony for attempting to create a unique and successful product at the cost of performance which is really at the whim of the computer giants.
Rating: 1 / 5
I like size but would rather buy a small weight Vaio with a Blu Ray Disk player for my use so I could use DVD’s in the newest format and that would be worth the extra money. So until they can add that kind of entertainment it seems no better than having a I Touch actually better to have something like that than just a very small computer you can’t use for many things yet.
No Thanks I would stick with Sony Vaio computers with lowest weight and be entertained and have it all!! OH Yeah! BS
Rating: 2 / 5
this laptop has troubles with wifi connection, i change it for a new one and it had the same issue. I contacted Sony Vaio customer service and they couldn’t resolve the problem.
Rating: 1 / 5
Item as advertised and no problems with purchase/delivery issues. Best price I could find for this item.
Rating: 5 / 5
This disaster would be a great opportunity for some LINUX techie–
buy up all the castoff units at 10% of retail; convert to a decent fullfeature LINUX OS;
sell for 50% of retail !!!
Anyone listening? Sony?
Rating: 1 / 5