Sony Unveils New VAIO Notebooks Discussion

Sony today announced three new VAIO notebooks during a pre-show event at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. The VAIO F-seies 3D notebook, VAIO S-series, and VAIO YB-series notebooks offer the latest processor technology and attractive designs.

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the Vaio S was released over a year ago with the same specs..I guess this means it's no longer Best Buy exclusive in the USA which means it's now configurable

 

I thought I read when the S was announced like last year it was suppose to come with the optional nvidia gpu, is that still the case?

 

Yes it already does come with an optional Nvidia GPU, im guessing the specs they listed are just for the base model, you can configure it higher than that

 

The vaio YB seems like a perfect machine to me. 550 dollars is nothing (thats like 400€, but even if the price will be 600€ it would still be a very nice deal in the Belgium market, though even that seems a bit too optimistic).

Does anyone have any idea how this new APU is 'positioned' regarding raw processing power? Can we describe it as ... a very powerfull netbook (compared to atoms dual core cpu's), or a very weak laptop processor (compared to intels cpu's, both low and normal volted).

I'm also wondering what the graphics are capable off, I know that amd's highest apu's will have the same graphics power of an ati hd 5650 or something, but I have no clue of the weakest graphics power (will it be comparable to intels SB integrated graphics which are +- equal to an nvidia gt310m)

 

Sony also "supposedly" announced a Sony Z successor known as the Sony SA. ATI switchable graphics, sandy bridge, USB 3.0, etc. but almost all tech websites didn't have pictures of it and they all suddenly got rid of mentioning the SA.

 

this is the most info ive been able to find about it: Sony VAIO SA Series: Hands-On | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

Guess I found the answer to my own question regarding the graphics power of the ati hd 6310 graphics in the amd fusion gpu, according to this recently released NBR article about the HP DM1 http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6007&news=hp+pavilion+dm1 which has the same APU it should be able to play word of warcraft and even left 4 dead 2.

I'm so exited about these new fusion based products

 

The discussion that is going on the Sony forums brings the point up the SA could be replacing the Vaio Y, which had the ulv i core cpu, an optional ATI 4330 gpu, ssd, and a premium model before it was discontinued. I guess the YA is being designated to only the 11.6in model.

 

I think sony discontinued the 13.3" Y because they already have the 13.3" S..unless the SA is replacing the S

 

Well the Y lack and optical drive and both the SA and S have it, so does the Z.

 

That would be amazing! But it's actually 240 Hz.

 

Its performance is almost directly in the middle between Atom and the low-voltage CPUs (from last year, this year's look like they're going to be a lot more powerful but they're not out yet). It is very, very far from Intel's normal voltage CPUs. So a very weak laptop processor compared to what was available last year, a powerful netbook compared to what will be out this year.

 

2135 points in 3DMark 2006:
AMD Radeon HD 6310 - Notebookcheck.net Tech

Miles ahead of the GMA HD though nothing to write home about.

BTW I'm not trying to trash-talk the YB series. Might be getting one myself if the new S series is not worth the premium.

 

so...technically speaking aside from Vaio 3D F series (shown at IFA 2010 first) Sony didn't show any new (working) laptop whatsoever?! Quite lame...

 

well most of their notebooks just had a recent refresh so it would be a few months before they come up with new stuff