Sony’s foray into the growing netbook market with the Vaio P (which Sony itself doesn’t call a netbook) caused considerable interest in the blogosphere, especially in Japan. And it’s the best netbook in that country. This is at least what a report by Japan’s biggest business newspaper, The Nikkei, suggests.
The newspaper conducted a study to find out which netbooks were the best in Japanese electronics stores between January 1 and February 8 (based on factors such as performance, price, design, portability and ease of use).
The result:
1. Sony Vaio P (solid hardware, slow OS)
2. Acer Aspire One AOD150-B73 (easy to use)
3. Lenovo Japan Ideapad S10e (good cost performance)
4. Asus EeePC 1000H-X (long battery life, bad design)
5. Onkyo Sotec C102 (beautiful design)
What do you think? Does this ranking make sense?
Via The Nikkei [registration required, paid subscription]
This whole “(fail to) fit big ass computer in pocket” thing is becoming quite a meme :-)
The type P will be the best eventually. But not until it’s sold with Windows 7.
The hardware is adequate for vista, but would be especially snappy on a better OS.
Too bad that Apple lost its leadership on cleverly designed beautiful highly useful portable computers to Sony… After three years in the OSX nirvana, I was tempted into buying this lightweight, big keyboard, mega screen, always (HSPA) connected. It’s so great! I’t always with me, completely unnoticed because it’s so light and slim that I can slip even it into a magazine and carry it around without any pain. Too bad that it runs Vista – you can’t imagene how much I am missing OS X… Apple, please convince yourself that millions want a) a fully useable 20 oz. computer with great keyboard, screen, decent battery life and VERY slim design and b) want mobile 3G Internet connectivity built in into computers!!!!
How great would be this Vaio P running OSX and featuring a multitouch touchscreen (not necessarily capacitative, because handwriting is an important feature ignored by the iPhone).