Sony's Flash-Based Notebook Reviewed

Lucas123 writes "Computerworld's Rich Ericson reviewed Sony's first all flash-based laptop, which carries a whopping $3,200 price tag. Ericson says the laptop runs incredibly fast, with an average data transfer rate of 33.6MB/sec and great battery life. But, the laptop is also limited to certain uses. While lending itself to travel, the small capacity of its hard drive doesn't make it a real competitor for a main PC workhorse. 'While there's a lot to like [about the VAIO TZ191N notebook], there's only very limited uses for which I'd recommend this system. The best features — its size and the flash drive — are also its biggest limitations.'"

The new oblig.

[r3b00tm0nk3y]

Yes, but does it run XP?

Pricey

[jav1231]

So a $3200.00 limited use PC. This should be called the Sony ID-10-T PC.

Wow Sony..

[moogied]

Sony's marketing people must be asleep. They should *NEVER* brand a sony product with the following words:

Fire.

Flame.

Boom.

FLASH.

Re:Mac tablet

[calebt3]

I don't. I use Linux.
Yes, I know that is a fairly standard answer around here but that doesn't change the fact that it's true.

Re:32GB is good space for business

[calebt3]

Wouldn't it make more sense to carry a spare battery?

No reason you can't still do that. Besides the fact that you might not be able to afford it after buying the laptop.

Flash!

[achenaar]

Ahhhhhhhahhhhhh!
He'll save every one of us!

Re:*ba-dum pshh*

[bmo]

Real geeks don't need on-off switches. They just use arrays of abacuses.

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BMO

Watch the rejoicing...

[Cloud K]

When Apple comes out with the same thing at an even greater cost :)

Seriously though, this could be the beginning of flash based storage hitting the mainstream in laptops. The capacity is small right now (though how many people really *need* 300GB? Oh right... pr0n...) but I'm sure if it becomes popular, progress will follow at a decent pace.

Re:Space issues

[SargentDU]

I believe that would be Microsoft.

Re:32GB is good space for business

[camperdave]

Where is my Acronis/Ghost boot disk anyway?

On the flash drive on your keychain? Where else would it be?