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Sony VAIO Lifestyle VGN-P688E/W 8-Inch Laptop - White
pVAIO P688E Netbook delivers your entertainment and computing in a single go-anywhere design. Features like built-in mobile broadband and real-time GPS functionality tell only a partial story. The bottom line is that this chic little 1.4 lb (with standard battery) computing sidekick will make a perfect fit with your life, whether its for business, pleasure, or both./p
Lowest New Price: USD 1199.99
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 699.00
Great travel laptop
I purchased this notebook to use as a travel laptop for this purpose, it is great. The display is bright and very legible (after changing the font DPI to 120 dpi). The keyboard is usable (given the size) and the built-in SD card slot comes in handy.
The main problem with this laptop is that it comes with Vista SP1. After updating the SP2, the performance is much better. I also got the Intel developer drivers from their website and used the "Have Disk" procedure to update. Now the graphics have reasonable responsiveness too.
I think I am going to get the extended battery which essentially doubles the battery life.
Overall, having purchased this refurbished for 600, I am happy with it. I will most likely update to Windows 7 to get even better performance. By the way, the Z series ATOM supports hyper-threading which is almost 2x the perfomance similar to a dual core.
I wish SONY/INTEL would release a graphics driver that took full advantage of the dual stream capability of the GMA500 PowerVR graphics chipset.
For Linux, try the Linux JoliCloud Netbook distro [...].
Love it for the size not for the perfomance
This is a fine product, in winodws 7 it perform ok, you have to keep in mind is a very small net book made for email et photo storage in a vacation , it like it do the job, do not replace your home computer whit this...but think if it like a speare tire,
rated 4-5
Great little laptop for travel; bit pricy and perhaps discontinued?
Item as advertised and no problems with purchase/delivery issues. Best price I could find for this item.
