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1.3kg Sony Vaio TT Rumoured To Have Blu-ray Burner, 250GB SSD
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 4:05 AM on September 23, 2008
According to leaks collected by Sony Insider, that Sony Vaio TT I mentioned yesterday is turning out to be one of the sweetest laptops we've ever not seen. A new spec sheet shows that the 1.3kg laptop will come in Champagne Gold, Crimson Red and Silk Black with respectable features, and then there will be a Premium Carbon Fibre Black, with a 250GB solid-state two-drive array and a 2X speed Blu-ray burner—with no change in overall weight. Sounds too good to be true, but here are the full leaked specs for your perusal:
VGN-TT190UBX:
• 11.1 inch LED screen with XBRITE-DuraView™ (1366×768)
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor SU9400 at 1.4ghz
• 4GB of DDR3 RAM
• 2.87 pounds
• (2x) Blu-Ray writer, reader / DVD writer, reader / CD writer, reader
• 250gb (128GBx2 RAID) solid state hard drive
• HDMI output, 2 USB ports
• Built-in camera
• Memory stick Pro, SD slot
• Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n, ethernet
• Windows Vista UltimateCommon features of the VGN-TT190EIN, VGN-TT190EIR, VGN-TT190NIB:
• 11.1 inch LED screen with XBRITE-DuraView™ (1366×768)
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor SU9300 at 1.2ghz
• Up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM
• 2.87 pounds
• Hard drive options max out at 160GB (non SSD, SATA 5400rpm)
• DVD writer, reader / CD writer, reader
• HDMI output, 2 USB ports, VGA output
• Built-in camera
• Memory stick Pro, SD slot
• Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g/n, ethernet; we are unsure which model will have the EVDO that was cleared by FCC
• Windows Vista® Home Premium (VGN-TT190EIN/VGN-TT190EIR), or Windows Vista® Business (VGN-TT190NIB can also get XP Pro)
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jibbly
Posted 4:51 AM 23/9/08
If it's anything like the TZ series you're looking at a seriously expensive machine.
jibbly
Letsgohokies
Posted 4:51 AM 23/9/08
For all that, you would expect to get more than 2 usb ports. And I agree about the cheap CPU.
Letsgohokies
wheresmydanish
Posted 4:44 AM 23/9/08
whats with the cheap CPU?
wheresmydanish
wheresmydanish
Posted 5:02 AM 23/9/08
@Nets_Fan: If it can do bacon I'm buying it.
wheresmydanish
wheresmydanish
Posted 5:01 AM 23/9/08
@marm0lade: Well I guess we'll have to wait and see what they actually price these models at, but yeah compared to the rest of the specs I'd say that it was pretty low standard.
wheresmydanish
Nets_Fan
Posted 5:00 AM 23/9/08
@wheresmydanish: This is a small portable laptop with only a 11" inch screen, the heat production of this small titan might already be like that of Helio himself. I mean it can do everything, + bacon.
Nets_Fan
marm0lade
Posted 4:59 AM 23/9/08
@wheresmydanish: You think a 1.4GHz core 2 duo is cheap??? I think its damn good for a laptop this small and feature packed.
marm0lade
mikecoscia
Posted 4:56 AM 23/9/08
TZ has better specs (much better CPU). Fully loaded these suckers go for like 3k. Which is crazy for a machine that can just open windows quickly. Should be able to play games but they can't fit a really good GPU in there.
mikecoscia
vgart
Posted 5:27 AM 23/9/08
250Gb of SSD? WOW
vgart
Thorin78
Posted 5:24 AM 23/9/08
So I'm expecting $3200 for this machine.
Thorin78
outie
Posted 5:41 AM 23/9/08
It's 256GB of SSD (2x 128GB on RAID). With the Z-series at $4k for 128GB SSD RAID, this one is probably $5k?
outie
stryder100
Posted 5:34 AM 23/9/08
Me want.
stryder100
Jitty
Posted 6:39 AM 23/9/08
Two 128GB SSD's and a blu-ray burner? In an 11.1 inch package? My wallet explodes just trying to contemplate how much that would cost.
Jitty
ZoinksS2k
Posted 6:24 AM 23/9/08
Guess you guys have never seen a TZ. The thing is small and the battery life is prolific at a cost of overall performance. These are not "cheap" processors. They are ultra-low-voltage or ULV. Don't get these confused with full sized or Atom processors. These are different animals.
I love my TZ and routinely get 5 hours of life from the standard capacity battery. Faster disk and more proc is always welcome. Put in a backlit keyboard and I'm sold.
mikecoscia, you are incorrect. The TT will have the newest ULV proc with DDR3 RAM. It beats the old proc in both raw mHZ and FSB speed.
ZoinksS2k
marm0lade
Posted 7:40 AM 23/9/08
@Letsgohokies: more USB ports than the MBA, and probably in the same price bracket.
marm0lade
rcast1986
Posted 7:34 AM 23/9/08
@Jitty: Good Lord, agreed. I thought they were expensive now...
rcast1986
o0adam0o
Posted 7:58 AM 23/9/08
I have the 11" TX series, its like 5yrs old and i still get people making comments about it at least twice a month.
The TT series is a monster performer for its size, if i had the money i will definatley buy it...however next year i will probably resort for a used older TZ series under 1k. I love these little things!
o0adam0o
golferal
Posted 10:07 AM 23/9/08
One BILLION dollars!
golferal