Sony's New Vaio PCG-TR1A: 12" Powerbook Killer?

Anonymous Howard writes "Sony has a hot new subnote on it's hand: the Vaio PCG-TR1A. This subnote is packed full of features: integrated camera (still and video), 10.6 inch bright wide-format screen, 900MHz Centrino, CD-RW/DVD Combo drive, 30GB drive, 802.11b, two usb ports, firewire, 3.11 pounds and a magnesium alloy case. The thing looks really cool. For me, it's the first subnote that actually gives me a viable option for purchase instead of a the Apple Powerbook 12". Read a article about it over at Designtechnica. Check out this forum thread that has good pics, other then the stock pics, next to a VPR Matrix 200A5."

Does it run Mac OS X ?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or can ya just stick an Apple sticker on it and then attract lots of friends?

Re:12 inch powerbook killer?

[Anonymous Coward]

"For such a small market share they sure do seem to set a lot of standards."

Too bad taste isn't one of those standards.

Re:Battery Life.

[Anonymous Coward]

Not in the opinions of %5 - %90 of its potential customers.

What we always ask here...

[linuxislandsucks]

What we always ask here...

can it run Linux?

Re:12 inch powerbook killer?

[thefinite]

You're right, Apple Computers taste horrible, despite all of the "lickability" people talk about. Still, they do look great and kick butt over any other laptop.

(This post written from my sixth limb--a TiPB 667.)

Re:Battery Life.

[Anonymous Coward]

2.5 if the laptop is on.

7.0 if it's off.

Re:Battery Life.

[vidnet]

They should never have put in that red "Off"-light.

Re:3.11 Lbs

[Anonymous Coward]

Perhaps the pound unit should be measured as a fraction of the total weight of a US Tank ripping through the cobblestones of your quaint European village street.

Shhh!

[TheRaven64]

The powerbook is more expensive! Macs have to be more expensive, or what would the trolls complain about (Greater ease of use? Longer battery life?)?

Re:3.11 Lbs

[CausticWindow]

Nah, I think it's closer to a very large multiple of the weight of all the Weapons Of Mass Destruction the US has uncovered in Iraq.

Re:Battery Life.

[Anonymous Coward]

But we used a "Power efficent" 25 Watt bulb.

Re:Dell has had one for some time too

[Anonymous Coward]

How about reading optical disks? (You know, those shiny things software and music sometimes come on.)

Switched!

[huntz0r]

Seems you forgot the last sentence of your comment... perhaps I can help?

I'm __________________ and I'm a __________________ .

(fill the blanks)

Re:Now let's be honest here

[ghjm]

Okay, so the original poster's point was that he already warezed those programs for Windows, and the Mac versions are really hard to find on Kazaa.

Seriously. If Apple went out of their way to create a vibrant warez scene for all the third-party OS X apps, they would sell much more hardware. I've seen worse business strategies.

-Graham

Re:Interesting...

[nomadic]

I guess if I had an unlimited amount of money to spend, the Powerbook would be worth considering. But then if I had an unlimited amount of money I would get an IBM PPC based laptop to run AIX and/or NetBSD on.

If I had an unlimited amount of money I would be too busy being fed grapes by supermodels on my 500 foot yacht to worry about laptops.

Re:Troll?

[node 3]

Anti-zealot zealots are stupid.

Re:3.11 Lbs

[cosmo7]

No need for anything external except a flppy drive.
and a paper tape punch/reader while you're at it.