Sony is set to ship its VAIO TX3 laptop, a one-inch-thin and light jewel with an 11.1-inch display at 1366×768. The smart-looking 2.75-pound subnotebook is running a power-sipping 1.2GHz U1400 Intel Core Solo processor, giving it seven hours’ worth of battery life on a single charge. Its light weight is due to its carbon fiber construction, which Sony says is 230% stronger and 30% lighter than the materials used in the laptops of mere mortals.
Though it’s well under 3 pounds light, it still has a dual-layer DVD+R/RW drive packed underneath. Accordingly, Sony touted the DVD viewing attribute of the TX3, asserting that its widescreen has a perfect 16×9 aspect ratio. Well, that’s just right for viewing HDTV with the higher-end TX72 version’s OneSeg digital tuner, but a lot of films you’d watch on DVD are shot in a bit narrower aspect ratio than that. Expected to ship in mid-to-late July, the TX3 will be available in either black or limited-edition Slate Blue, and pricing for a well-equipped model will run around $2K.
Sony unveils ‘no compromise’ sub-notebook [Reg Hardware]
