Notebook Sony Vaio P VGN-P15G

Monday, September 6, 2010

Notebook Sony Vaio p VGN-P15GSony insists the vaio P is not a notebook, but a premium "pocket style Pc". The emphasis is clearly on aesthetics and portability, with a super-slim design and high quality glossy paint finish.
The unique shape allows you to slip a Vaio P into coat pocket or trouser pocket. It's less than 2cm thin, and only slightly wider and deeper than business envelope. Externally, you'll notice the perfectly rounded corners and smooth lines. Even the underside is free of stickers, labels and screws. Around the edges are the power and Wi-Fi switches, two USB ports, an earphone socket, a custom port for expansion, and one slot each for SDHC and memory stick cards limiting, but manageable.
Opening the lid reveals large roomy keyboard. The keys are well spaced, expect for the minuscule right [shift] key and the cramped arrow key cluster. Unfortunately they are a bit too mushy and since there's no wrist rest, the lower lip where the cursor buttons sit obstructs the entire bottom row.
The track point is well positioned and you can ta it lightly to register ca click. Above the keyboard lie two slots fo the speakers, which quite frankly are awful. A mic and VGA Webcam are integrated.
The screen measures eight inches, pretty normal for a notebook-class device, but has a crazy resolution of 1600 x 768 over twice as wide as it is tall. This kind of horizontal resolution is greater than most 19inch desktop monitors! Sure it plays HD videos, but all those pixels are crammed into almost no space at all. icons and buttons are minuscule, and even regular texts on screen is impossibly tiny.
A shortcut buttons brings up a dedicated media interface which is designed to look and feel like the PSP's Xross Media Bar. Pressing the same buttons while the Vaio P is off brings up Instant Mode, an instant on OS which lets you access stored media files and browses the Web as well.

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