SONY VAIO VGN-T1XP 21/10/2004

Quick review:

The Sony VAIO VGN-T1XP (PRICE), which takes the concept of the widescreen laptop, it has a 10.5-inch display that has a native resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels, into a slim and light package. As buyers have come to expect from a VAIO, the screen uses Sony’s X-black technology for a greater degree of screen contrast. A complaint often levelled at such a panel is the amount of reflection that it casts. However, with such a small display size, we found that there was little evidence of this with the T1XP.

Weighing in at 1.4kg, the T1XP comes in the form factor that was once referred to as a sub-notebook. Roughly the size of a hardback book, the only way to identify the T1XP when closed is due to the battery pack that sticks out of the spine of the unit. Considering that the system houses a Matshita DVD rewriter, located on the right-hand side of the chassis, this two-spindle machine

In order to meet the thermal needs of such a machine device, Sony has opted for Intel’s Pentium M ultra-low voltage solution, in the form of the 1.1GHz (ULV). Designed with battery life and low heat dissipation in mind, this chip does offer reasonable performance for office-based tasks and in daily use we found little to complain about. The processor is supported by 512MB DDR SDRAM and under test produced a MobileMark 2002 score of 127.

FOR THE FULL REVIEW OF THIS LAPTOP, PLEASE SEE THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF WL – on sale 10th November 2004