Sony VAIO VGN-TX650P

[JohnnyWalker]

Mobility is in and Sony took charge by revamping its lightest and thinnest ultra-portable with the new VAIO TX model. A predecessor to last year’s T350 series, the new VAIO TX is lighter, wider, and richer in features while maintaining a similar $2,200 price tag. Measuring 1-inch thin and weighing a mere 2.8 pounds, this robust and versatile laptop comes loaded with most functionality a business user would possibly need, including a multitude of connectivity options and communication offerings.

The Sony VAIO VGN-TX650P comes with cutting-edge elements, including being wrapped around a sexy carbon fiber chassis, so far found only in a limited number of laptops such as the prestigious Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi. The VAIO TX sports a razor sharp 11.1-inch WXGA widescreen display with XBRITE to enhance image clarity and is one of the first laptops to incorporate LED backlight technology. Despite its minute size, it comes with an integrated double layer DVD±RW optical drive and for convenience it features Sony’s Instant On Mode so you can watch movies or listen to music without having to boot into Windows.

Equipped with a battery efficient Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and 512MB DDR2 RAM (upgradeable to 1.5GB), this ultraportable is powerful enough to handle most mainstream and office applications sufficiently. Unfortunately you will have to look elsewhere if you plan on using it for 3D intensive tasks, as the Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is to say the least a bottleneck in the graphics spectrum.

In addition to featuring the standard 802.11b/g Wireless LAN and built-in Bluetooth wireless, the VAIO VGN-TX650P also integrated the new Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) using Cingular’s Wireless National EDGE network so you can surf online anywhere with cellular coverage.