Interesting one day sale by sony.

[Matthew Godycki]

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> Well the carbon fibre (rather than plastic) case doesn't help, and
> unlike other devices that size, it actually has a real CPU (not a slow
> poke atom) and twice the ram of a netbook, and it has a DVD-RW drive.
> So it has more than a netbook, while being almost as small and just as
> light and probably more durable.  I don't think that necesarily makes
> it worth $1000 and certainly not $1800.  Carbon fiber is cool though.

> > Certainly this is a good deal compared to the regular price, but how
> > do Sony's these days compare to similar machines of other brands?

> Don't know.  Seen any 11" ultra portable carbon fiber laptops around
> lately?  I haven't.  I don't know what to compare it to.

Depends on how strongly you feel about the carbon fibre.  I own a
similarly configured Acer 12" notebook (yes, with a real CPU, same
graphics card, dvd-rw, etc, etc) that I purchased for ~$500.  It certainly
won't have the materials and build quality that this puppy has, but the
hardware is certainly comparable.

In other words, I'm with you, not sure this is worth $1000, let alone the
original price.

-M


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