Sony Vaio PCG C1XS

Having already owned both the Sony Vaio Picturebook PCG-C1X (266Mhz) and the PCG-C1XS (P2/400Mhz), I eagerly awaited for Sony to release the new PCG-C1VN model. While I was initially leary of the use of the Transmeta Crusoe chip, I figured Sony must know what they are doing. Big mistake! The new machine, while faster in megahertz (400 vs. 600), the new Picturebook is actually SLOWER than the older Pentium II-400Mhz model! (I would estimate about 15-20%; I could actually see the machine pause and think while it did it's internal conversion to Intel instructions). Yes, it does get a little faster on repetitive tasks, but still painfully slow. Again, while on paper ...  Read the complete review

SONY PCG-C1XD Description: VAIO laptop from SONY in their VAIO lilac colour – barely larger than A5 size, an inch which, with a built in camera. 64Mb RAM, Widescreen TFT and a PII 400Mhz, !2Gb of HDD space. OS: It is shipped with 98SE with a lot of OS dependant gadget drivers that come with it. The nice touch is the two CD’s that come with it – which will very quickly return your machine to the status it was shipped in from boot. Great idea – but hang on …. Where is the CDROM drive?! Ah – here you have an issue – it is shipped with a floppy drive USB, and that is it. I am fortunate enough to ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever seen it? I have been using one for the last few weeks (unfortunatelly I have to give it back to my boss) and I must say, if you have a PC at work, this is the best laptop to have. The screen is a bit too small, but you get easily used to it, the keyboard is just the right size, and the camera... oh the camera... you can take pictures anywhere (without being noticed) and send it to anyone by email. The vaio is a concept computer, where you have all the PC stuff with a small camera on top. The HD is not too big, but you if you have another PC, you can transfer the stuff quite easily. The processor is quite fast (P2 400mhz), and the only bad thing is the ...  Read the complete review