Wednesday, September 15, 2004
TrustedReviews Looks at the Sony VAIO VGN-A117S Widescreen Notebook
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 10:30 PM
I have no idea how TrustedReviews is so prolific with their reviews, and how they get such spanking new gear to review, but here's their take on the new 17" Sony widescreen notebook:
"It seems like the Sony notebook department does things in extremes. It wasn’t so long ago that I looked at the VAIO X505 which was without a doubt the slimmest and lightest notebook I’ve ever used, and now I have the VAIO VGN-A117S in front of me, which is one of the largest notebooks I’ve ever used. But with larger dimensions comes the advantage of a large screen, and this machine has the best screen I have ever seen on a notebook."
It's not surprising that they're gushing about the screen - I'm sure it's stunning. I'm still on the prowl for a 17" notebook, and this Sony unit is seriously tempting - it's the only 17" notebook that I've seen that uses a power-friendly Dothan-based P4 processor, giving it a reasonable 2.5 hours of battery life. That's the longest I've yet seen on a 17" monster laptop, so you can tell Sony aimed this at specific scenarios (gaming not being one of them).
"It seems like the Sony notebook department does things in extremes. It wasn’t so long ago that I looked at the VAIO X505 which was without a doubt the slimmest and lightest notebook I’ve ever used, and now I have the VAIO VGN-A117S in front of me, which is one of the largest notebooks I’ve ever used. But with larger dimensions comes the advantage of a large screen, and this machine has the best screen I have ever seen on a notebook."
It's not surprising that they're gushing about the screen - I'm sure it's stunning. I'm still on the prowl for a 17" notebook, and this Sony unit is seriously tempting - it's the only 17" notebook that I've seen that uses a power-friendly Dothan-based P4 processor, giving it a reasonable 2.5 hours of battery life. That's the longest I've yet seen on a 17" monster laptop, so you can tell Sony aimed this at specific scenarios (gaming not being one of them).
