Archive for May 26th, 2009

Sony VAIO P Gets Windows XP

May 26th, 2009

Sony VAIO P Gets Windows XP

I was impressed with the Sony VAIO P, if I played with it, but I always want it with Windows XP instead of Vista. The performance was not well with Vista, and my experience with other similarly equipped notebooks with XP I had the desire for this option.Sony has a special focus for this kind of longing, and the word is that Windows XP will soon be a configuration option for the purchase of a VAIO p. This comes at a price, as Microsoft’s rules for the marketing of XP on notebooks limited memory allows up to 1 GB. This is crazy, but it is what it is like for OEMs that want XP on notebooks. Sony is not the only OEM for this restriction, you can use the HP Mini 1000 with 2 GB of RAM with Linux installed, but only 1 GB with XP. How not, your Best Foot Forward for Microsoft.

More good news from Sony regarding the VAIO P – it is a new 2-GHz processor option and a 256 GB SSD, but I can only shudder to think how much will cost. These new options will be in Japan and hopefully over the waters in Europe and the U.S.

via PortableMonkey

Qosmio Laptop Transformer

May 26th, 2009

Qosmio Laptop Transformer

Still in search of something else to go with that transforming mouse and USB drive? Then you can try your hands on this seemingly official Qosmio laptop, which is in everyone’s favorite Autobot cassette playback, Blaster.

Unfortunately, this particular blaster can not really play cassettes, and the laptop is not really a laptop either. It is, however, a fully functional four-port USB hub, the … Sense? It is not surprising that such miracles are a bit hard to find ’round, but people in Japan (or go to the importing country route) will apparently be able to order one.

via Coolest Gadgets

Lenovo introduces first Ion based netbook

May 26th, 2009

Lenovo introduces first Ion based netbook

We already saw Asus’s Italy-only ATI GPU-equipped netbook. It looked to be promising, allowing to do more graphically intensive tasks as a standard Netbook. Now it might seem a little outdated, since Lenovo is finally bringing a new chip based on Netbook.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 is just barely a Netbook with a large 12-inch screen and full-size keyboard. What makes this so exciting is the S12 will be the first Netbook to use NVIDIA’s new platform for ion Netbook. As an Nvidia platform, Ion is better suited for more graphically intensive tasks like HD video and games. It is even able to play spore mines which may be played on Intel integrated graphics, but still a little impressive. Maybe it will not choke on high quality Hulu streams such as the Intel Atom may times.

Ion Nvidia’s platform for the IdeaPad a tempting buy. It Netbook is finally exciting again. Maybe it will push Intel, the Atom platform better suited graphically intensive situations. The idea actually the possibility of games on a Netbook next PopCap Casual Games sounds wonderful. I have no reason to doubt it would probably play for Team Fortress 2 or World of Warcraft also appropriate, if he can play spore mines. It would also be nice to be able to high-definition video, or at least better quality than what the atom is in the position. It is true that we do not really have a chance to play with the ion-platform, but from the looks, it could in fact make Netbook finally, if for some people.

via wired