| The new VAIO-P netbook looks elegant and | | | | touchpad from VAIO P and has touchpoint or |
| stylish but its being so expensive is not justified | | | | trackpoint pointing stick for this purpose. |
| by its functions. The prices of VAIO P models | | | | Keyboard is very comfortable to type on and |
| start from Rs 42,000 which is twice as expensive | | | | there is no bounce at all. The netbook serves |
| as some of the fully functional notebooks in India. | | | | better for hunt and peck style of typing (typing |
| Portability is the biggest plus point of VAIO P. The | | | | while looking at keyboard) than touch typing due |
| device is just 19. 8 mm thick and weighs less than | | | | to reduced key gaps. |
| 600 grams. The 8-inch wide screen supports | | | | Vaio P comes loaded with Windows Vista which |
| resolution upto 1600X768 pixels but at that point | | | | really makes this device performance miserable. It |
| font size becomes too small to view. Although | | | | took us almost 2 minutes to surf the net starting |
| pressing FN and F10 keys makes the small text | | | | from the boot up. We believe people will surely |
| instantly becomes readable. We found that | | | | look for windows 7 or revert back to windows |
| 320x240 resolution worked best for most of the | | | | xp for VAIO P's smooth working. Come to the |
| device functions including watching a movie. The | | | | multimedia capabilities and sadly , Sony has failed |
| glossy plastic surfaces is strong enough to | | | | on this front VAIO P is not a great multimedia |
| overcome minor wear and tear in your purse or | | | | entertainment box. Still if you are desperate you |
| back pocket but it is advisable not to test its | | | | can opt for external speakers or headphones. But |
| extremities. | | | | that incurs extra expenditure you know. The |
| Like most of the current breed of netbooks , the | | | | VAIO P series comes with two USB ports and a |
| driving force behind VAIO P is the Intel's Atom | | | | combination HDMI/port extender. Sony provides a |
| processor of 1.6GHz. Perhaps , to keep the device | | | | small extender to add video and wired Ethernet |
| cool in its small cabinet Sony used this rather slow | | | | ports in the sales package too. |
| processor. The 2 GB of RAM with VAIO P which | | | | The battary of this netbook has , the Li-on 4-cell |
| is tightly soldered to the mother board does | | | | battery of VAIO P that gave us nice 2 hours and |
| make things better which is lost on processor | | | | 45 minutes of working. The backup is expected |
| front but creates another problem - you can not | | | | to increase with little tweaks like loweing screen |
| upgrade RAM or any hardware. The netbook is | | | | brightness,disabling wireless card and unwanted |
| provided with solid state 128GB drive which which | | | | startup applications. |
| is sufficient space for performing most acts on | | | | Some advantages of VAIO P |
| device. The technology of passive cooling makes | | | | - The highly portable Vaio P is neither too heavy |
| this device absolutely noiseless while running. | | | | nor too big and easily slips into back pack |
| As far as Keyboard is concerned, Sony VAIO P | | | | - Vaio P sceen display is nice and vibrant with rich |
| very compact , although you can type long | | | | colors |
| reports or emails without too much difficulty but | | | | Some limitations of Vaio P |
| if you do that more often better consider buying | | | | - It runs on a slow processor |
| an external keyboard to be attached with this | | | | - There is absence of firewire port in this Vaio. |
| netbook. For space saving , sony removed the | | | | - It is tough to upgrade. |