Having difficulty gripping Sony’s slim VAIO S array laptops straight? It’s okay, we are, too, generally right away that a company’s denounced a SA series, a 13.3-inch ultraportable that’s staid to go toe to toe with a spare Lenovo ThinkPad X1. Although it’s got roughly a same magnesium-and-alloy framework as a VAIO SB array we saw during CES, a SA is a hair thinner, during 0.95 inches, as well as comes customary with AMD Radeon HD 6630 graphics as well as 1GB of video memory, 1600 x 900 resolution, a 500GB tough drive, fingerprint reader, as well as a Blu-ray drive. You can additionally pretence it out with a twin channel solid-state drive, that promises to assistance let we work up to sixteen hours unplugged if we mix it with a $100 piece battery. The catch: you’ll have to flare out a smallest of $1,650 only to obstacle a single with an SSD.
If a SA’s $1,375 starting cost is some-more than you’re peaceful to spend, there’s still a SB series, yet a $999 bottom indication of course has reduction considerable specs, together with 512MB of video memory, 1366 x 768 resolution, a DVD player, as well as a Core i5 — not Core i7 — processor. For what a worth, a tone options right away embody pinkish as well as navy, if that floats your vessel some-more than a high-end SA’s black, silver, as well as brownish-red palette.
In alternative news, Sony’s additionally receiving orders for a VAIO F Series, that comes in dual flavors: a single with a 16-inch 3D arrangement with a 2D-to-3D acclimatisation button, starting during $1,840, as well as a 16.4-inch 2D indication with a some-more medium $799 bottom price. But if we wish a 2D arrangement with 1080p fortitude as well as a Blu-ray drive, we can design to compensate during slightest $1,125. Both these as well as a SA array have been up for pre-order today, with gussied-up photos next as well as full PR as well as past a break.
Sony VAIO SA series
