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Wednesday July 18, 2007
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 From the outside, the new Sony Vaio TZ Series looks very similar to the TX Series of the past. So why is this little ultraportable so much better than the previous version? Forget that the housing is now completely draped in carbon fiber(before it was just the lid that was encased in carbon fiber). Sony brought back the raised keyboard from the X505. Many will say that Sony copied the keyboard from the Apple Macbook 13-inch, but it was actually Sony that introduced this form of child-proof keyboard first.
The TZ Series adds an LED screen like many are doing now, including Dell, Apple, and Asus. It even has an option for a 32GB solid state hard drive. It succeeds the TX series in so many ways, but the most impressive change, at least for me, is the move to an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. I'm talking about a standard voltage processor, not the sluggish Ultra Low Voltage one found on the TXN15P(Update: Just found out it's using a ULV processor after all. You can imagine my disappointment). If you're wondering about heat, there's a good chance that the system will run warmer. As for battery life, Sony claims you can get 7.5 hours off the 6-cell battery. It even has a 9-cell battery option if you're willing to pay extra. At $2,299, it's still a little steep, but at least now you're paying for premium parts.
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July 27, 2007 4:59 PM
SONY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???
The "Stupid Business Decision of the Week" goes to SONY! I just purchased a new super-duper laptop, the SONY SZ480 which came with a "ATT/CINGULAR 2 MONTH TRIAL".
While traveling, the wireless did not work. After spending about 2 hours on the phone with tech support, the wireless works, but was running slow and then dropping. I called back (another hour), to download drivers, and all sorts of fixes. It was working again, but still really slow. I asked the tech support guy, Dave, who finally admitted that the Cingular Network was just a little faster than dial-up.
So, here's the deal. You buy a terrific computer with a built in wireless card that hooks up to the slowest network out there! What were they thinking. Cingular should be ashamed to be offering such a bad product, and SONY made a terrible decision to offer this instead of Verizon or SPRINT. So for an extra few bucks you might get from Cingular, you cost yourself 4 hours of tech support, a dissatisfied customer, and earned the "Stupid Business Decision of the Week Award"!
QUESTION: What city was I in? ANSWER: LA, NY, Seattle, and Chicago.
Wireless broadband access anywhere, anytime for your laptop using a PCMCIA card.
TAGS: SONY, CINGULAR, AT&T, ATT, VERIZON, SPRINT, Broadband Internet, wireless broadband, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Communications, PCMCIA card, Verizon Communications Inc., laptop computer, wireless, broadband
August 20, 2007 8:30 AM
I bought one and love it.
Only problem is Sony preloads this with a TON of garbage software, trialware and demos. If you thought Dell for preloading junk let me tell you Sony is much worse. Including AOL toolbar and search with Spiderman Wallpaper. Took nearly 2 hours to remove the preinstalled garbage.
I'll take a fresh Vista install ONLY thank you sony for $2200 I shouldn't have to put up with this crap.