When the TX5 with Vista soon is out on the market, following the TX3 with XP, there are some very important questions to be considered:

1) The fan noise (on and off, or more or less permanent on) in TX3 - will this problem be reduced or eliminated in the TX5 with Vista?

2) Will the TX5 with Vista run smooth and fast enough compared to TX3 with XP?

3) Start up from Stand By: Will the TX5 with Vista be conciderably quicker than TX3?

4) The redness problem some experience on the TX3 screen - has this problem be solved in the TX5?

5) Has the TX5 the same problem of light “leakage” at the bottom of the TX3 (and even more TX1) screen - or has it been fixed in TX5?

6) Using the TX5 for music and dvd, will there be constraints or limitations when music and films are to be played?

For me, first of all the two first questions are of utmost importance.

And finally: The new chassie colors of the TX5: Is there now a WHITE (not platinum) edition, or is it the same silverish edition?

I think the only significant upgrades in the TX5 are 2gb memory & (slightly) faster CPU.

I am using Vista (Home Premium) with my TX3 XP/L (1.5gb ram) and I am finding it as responsive as XP, even with Aero enabled. I suppose it depends what applications you are running also as to how responsive you find it.

My screen has always been fantastic, although I understand there are some TX owners with issues, but this has been the best screen I have ever used, and have never had any issues with it.

Fan noise - I’m sure will be the same wth the TX 5. You cannot really suppress the sound of such a small case fan unfortunately, and I doubt there is any space to include a larger one! Maybe the fan is a little more active with Vista, but if you turn off the Aero effects (most will after a while, I’m sure), it’s a little less prone to spinning up. Basically you will experience fan noise with he TX 5, it is inevitable.

As I type this my CPU uage is at 18-43%, with 40% RAM being allocated.

From standby, start up is max 5 seconds. Vista’s ‘hybrid sleep’ is also a cool feature, which combines the best of sleep and hybernation (rapid resume, slightly slower to go into standby mode.)

I regularly have multiple Fireworks/Photoshop windows open on top of Dreamweaver, and only experience slowdown when tryng to unrar large newsgroup dowloads whilt also trying to work (to be expected really)

Whilst I’d also like a white TX (for a change , the lid on the TX3 XP/L is still magical - in direct sunlight it glitters blue, at other times its slate grey - it’s an awesome feature, and extremely understated. Light leakage has also never been an issue withmy day to day working.

In all, I wouldn’t upgrade my TX3 for a TX5, and I’d still consider a cheaper, maybe second hand TX3 as an alternative to a TX5 if one was available - and no I’m not hinting at selling mine, I’m delighted with it!

Thanks for the feedback, Wadham! Hope that Vista is not so demanding that the TX5 reacts slower, generally. Your experiences give hope that this will not be the case. Further, hoping that running Vista is not so much “heavier”, so that more heat is dissipated in the chassis of the TX that will make the fan go on much more.

So there was never a TX4, it was skipped?

Does anyone have any idea what will come after the TX, not another refresh to the TX line but an all new addition to the T series? What do you think it will be like? 

Hi

I got a TX850P/B I am not sure what is it equivalent to… TX3?

Anybody running Vista on this system?

Yes, in North America, the TX6XX is like the TX1s elsewhere, TX7XX to TX2s, TX8XX and TXN1X to TX3s and TXN2X to TX5.

rahulnirmal2000, thanks for the information. Do you know what the TX93 from Dynamics is similar to in European terms? It seems to be TX5 or what?

Yes, the TX93 in Japan is identical to the TXN2X (aka TXN25N, TXN27N, etc) in North America and the TX5s in Europe.

The TX93 in Japan is thinner than the TXN in North America because the TXN equips an EVDO WWAN.

Yes your right, the TXNs in North America are slightly thicker and heavier than all the other TXs to have been released due to the Sprint EVDO modem built in. I had noticed this whilst comparing my broken TX790P and a TXN15P and later TXN25N at my local Best Buy, I had forgotten to have taken that into consideration.

But does anyone know why the Sprint EVDO modem is bigger and thicker to cause the TXNs to be slightly larger where the Cingular EDGE modem in the other North American TXs except for the TX850P didn’t cause any weight or size increase?

Otherwise, the newest TXNs here in North America are similar to the TX93s in Japan and TX5s elsewhere in the world.

When will Sony release a totally new addition to their T line though? Because as I recall, the TRs came late 2003,  the Ts came out late 2004, the TXs late 2005 and here we are early 2007 with still the TX.

I can just imagine Sony releasing a new Vaio TZ series or something. Dual core ULV and slightly thinner chassis because of a slot loading DVD burner, or maybe even a Blu-ray burner like the Vaio L. I don’t know why Sony is reluctant to use slot loading instead of conventional. Slot loading is being used in their Vaio L and Playstation 3. Also, shrink the hinge to make way for a built-in webcam. Think of a Vaio TZ as a Vaio SZ mini or something. That’s my dream, but judging from today’s technology, it is possible.

I will drool like crazy if this is to happen:

Technical Specifications

Model:  TZ94

Motherboard Features
CPU: Intel Core Duo 1.2GHz
L2 Cache: 2 MB CPU integrated
RAM: 1GB (2.0GB Max)
Chipset: Intel 945 GMS Express

Storage
HDD: 100GB
Optical Drives: Slot-Loading Dual Layer or Blu-ray Supermulti Drive
Floppy Drive: CF-VFDU03J (USB Floppy Drive) - optional

Graphic / Video Features
Chip: Intel X3000
VRAM: 384MB (shared with main memory)
Display: 11.1” Widescreen WXGA
Resolution: up to 1366 x 768 pixels @ 16M colors

Sound system
Sound Card: Intel High Definition Audio with built-in stereo speaker

Interface
Card Slots: SD memory card /MMC×1; Memory Stick; PCMCIA x 1
Modem: 56K flex V.92 mini PCI fax/modem
Integrated ports: 802.11b/g Wireless LAN; v.90 modem (RJ-11) x1; LAN x1 (RJ-45); USB2.0 x2; VGA x1; microphone x1; headphones x1; SlotMotion Eye; Bluetooth v 2.0

Input / Output Devices
Keyboard: 85 key OADG, 19mm pitch, 2mm stroke
Pointing Device: TrackPad
Battery Life: Standard Battery: 4.5 hours

Power
Consumption: 50W
A/C adapter: 100-240V / 50-60 Hz

Physical Features
Size: 10.7(W) x 7.7(L) x 0.81-1.06(H) [inch] (272.4 × 195.1 x 20.6-26.9 [mm])
Weight: 2.7 lbs / 1.22 kg

Other
Package contains: A/C adapter; standard battery;
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (English)
Windows Vista Business SP1 and Vista Ultimate SP1 (Optional)