Comments on: Sony Vaio P… Performance Has a Price – The Review

By: S_J_C

S_J_C — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:28:04 +0000

You prove youself to be really clueless calling the Atom a dual core. Hyperthreading is not dual core it is a single core that presents two virtual cores to the the operating system and for that reason it is not that powerful (remember Pentium 4). So stop repeating the foolish remarks of another poorly informed writer and go look up what Intel themselves say about hyperthreading.

Oh and the reason the poor Vaio P is lugged with Vista is that MS has a restriction on what hardware is allowed to be OEMed with XP. Unfortunately the P is deemed “too powerful” by MS because of its 2GB RAM and very high res screen.

So blame MS for the crap performance and credit Sony for shoehorning what technology they could into a small, passively cooled (ie completely silent) package. I am considering paying the extra just so I can escape the sounds of fans for a few hours a day.

By: David_P

David_P — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:26:15 +0000

The Vaio P is marketed with vista because Windows has restricted licenses for XP to low spec computers, however the P’s high resolution, and 2 gigs of RAM keeps it from being licensed to XP, which I’m sure Sony would run with in a second if they were allowed to. Its a great concept, I LOVE the size and the keyboard layout, but the low processing speed, Vista, and the Price are a major turnoff. I might get one A) after 7 comes out and B) when/if the 1.86ghz’s price gets reduced.to a considerable level.

By: mat

mat — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:40:00 +0000

this is a high end luxury product….not for people with a budget in mind!!!it may take 3 mins to boot up n go into browsing like u claim but it has an unix platfom jus like ta psp to boot up in 30seconds!!duh
if u r doin a review for netbooks, do it for netbooks n nt desktop replacment!!if u wan performance on a little thin then do it against ta vaio TT!!n sony this never gona hear wat u gota say!!this thin is 600 grams n u know y vista was installed instead of xp,coz microsoft says the specs for vaio p is to high for xp.n this thin comes with a mag alu top!!tis is no perfomance pc its a lifestyle pc used s a second pc for traveling!!

By: Alexey

Alexey — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:17:26 +0000

The reason why japanese models don't have GPS is because it's AGPS wich (in case of Vaio P design) requires presence of 3G network. Currently P90 are not providing 3G because of some contract with one japanese cellular operator. Soon P90 will be offered with 3G subscription (modem will be locked to this operator) and AGPS. People who don't want to use 3G shouldn't be bothered to use AGPS too. It won't work without 3G. Buy BT GPS instead

By: almtbwu

almtbwu — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:08:29 +0000

Just found out the P90 version does not have built in GPS nor 3G support.

Why would Japan not include those features in the P90? I don’t understand the different versions out there.

May have to look for the UK version for at least the 1.6Ghz Atom and hopefully that has GPS/3G.

By: almtbwu

almtbwu — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:31:14 +0000

Nice review. I’m really considering this but WILL not buy the 1.3Ghz Atom when there is a faster 1.8Ghz available in Japan although the price sounds crazy considering what you can get on the market for that price.

Was it easy to install Windows 7 on the P? Did it affect the dual boot?

I expected the slow boot with Vista so was glad to hear about the dual boot feature.

You sure the Atom is a dual core? I heard that Intel is still working on the dual core.

By: starstreak007

starstreak007 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:30:44 +0000

My TZ150n takes just as long to startup. With everything loaded it’ll take around 3-4minutes. Once its loaded, it seems to move fine. I scored:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU U7500 @ 1.06GHz 4.3
Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 4.2
Graphics Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family 2.0
Gaming graphics 256 MB Total available graphics memory 2.7
Primary hard disk 41GB Free (85GB Total) 3.9

So the “P” has a processor about 2x slower but has a faster video score? I think with a SSD it should be even faster startup on the P?

By: daw0lverine

daw0lverine — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:22:06 +0000

arf, merci du test j'etais pas loin de me l'acheter perso (akiba fait mal ) faudra attendre la prochaine version

By: Nandos

Nandos — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:30:35 +0000

Hm… I think that is Hyper-Threading and not dual core ^_^;;;

http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=35466

By: Daimaou

Daimaou — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:19:39 +0000

I updated the review… YES this ATOM is DUAL CORE, check photo in gallery, and the score is 2.7 with Vista but 1.9 with 7.