Sony Customers Help Design New Vaios May 31, 2007
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It may be hard to believe but Sony actually listened to customers and implemented their suggestions when building its latest ultraportable notebooks. So let’s see what happened.
The good-looking TZ Series is designed as a replacement for the popular TX Series and Sony’s thinks it’s hit the nail on the head, thanks to surveying 5,000 TX Series owners. Around 60% cent said they use their TXs on the move while 74% said there needed to be a good balance between size, weight and durability.
The lid has been dieted down to 4mm thin but the screen surround and chassis are now constructed using carbon fibre production techniques to make them tougher. The TZ Series weighs in at 1.19Kg, which ain’t bad.
The ‘Full flat’ design is a result of 70% of TX users claiming that design was "very important" to them. There’s a miniature Webcam built into the screen surround and the handy ‘Instant On’ feature lets users watch DVDs without powering up Windows.
Under the hood is an Intel Core2 Duo Ultra-Low Voltage processor, 2GB of Dram and a choice of 80GB and 100GB hard disk drives. Jump now for the full specs and another photo.-Martin Lynch
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The Instant On sounds particularly cool. Still no Firefox as standard though ;)
Hmmm. Nice Macbook!
Actually that keyboard was used in 2004 on Sony's older T series notebook. Macbook liked the idea and used it.
Plus the TX series are know for their slim and sleek designs for years.
It's true, Apple copied Sony's design. I far prefer Sony over Apple in any case. You get more features, functionality and glamour with the Sony TX Series (okay, now it's the TZ Series if you have upgraded!)
Plus ultra-portability is so important to me along with an integrated optical drive. I'm old-school, not one for downloading every piece of music I come across. I'd rather play cds from my own collection of 5,000 plus discs! A Macbook-Air(head) I am not!