Seems some pics of the next generation desktop replacement Vaio are out… check out:

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.aspx?newsID=1854

Now where’s the next TR!?!

Excellent find. I’ll have to dig through the Japanese press releases (if any) to get more details on this system. It looks like they’ve taken some elements from the Z1. At any rate, the specs seem extremely aggressive (finally!) for a Sony.

Yeah, we’ll have to see what goodies they have in store for other designs. The Z1 probably won’t see too much of a drastic change but I’m anticipating that the 12” 505-series and the 10.6” TR-series will see a design refresh….or, at least that’s what I’m hoping for.

Long live the Pentium M! Also, I find it amusing that the Pentium M pet project done by their Israel based design team is now the future for Intel. They basically canned all further Pentium 4 development in favor of Pentium M based designs. Their Oregon design team now has a Pentium M/64-bit version in the works. This is good as Intel lost the handle on how to cool the Pentium 4 even after the die shrink to 0.09 microns.

ne ideas what will the weight be like?

Probably looks to be in the 6/7+ poundage range.  I mean, 17” widescreen? Come on, nobody can pull that off without some more poundage. I mean, for buddha’s sake, look @ Toshiba’s 17” monsters! Those things aren’t laptops, they’re freaking bricktops!

~Nox

yeah I had seen one guy with his Toshiba Satellite laptop(?) weighing 9.9 pounds and looked real ugly. That one is a true desktop replacement or may be even the Dell XPS systems.

[quote author=“nox”]Probably looks to be in the 6/7+ poundage range.  I mean, 17” widescreen? Come on, nobody can pull that off without some more poundage. I mean, for buddha’s sake, look @ Toshiba’s 17” monsters! Those things aren’t laptops, they’re freaking bricktops!

~Nox

Well, i wouldn’t say nobody. Apple’s 17” model is only 1” thick and weighs only 7lbs. Knowing that Pentium M chips run way cooler than G4s, someone should be able to come out with a Windows laptop that’s 7lbs or less. Of course, the market will determine if these things ever get released…especially here in the US where people have this odd fascination with bigger being better (which we all know isn’t always the case).

*Looks at my VAIO-W701B desktop….*

17.5” wide screen…

*Looks at my 17” Sony LCD*

17” eh?

*Looks at the pictures of new notebook VAIO*

17”?!... that’s huge…
This model just looks to me like a modified version of the Z series… instead of a triangular side view, it’s a block again…

Cool stuff gr00vy :mrgreen:

Seeing those pics gave me goosebumps!  I cannot wait to see what Sony reveals in the 12” and 10.6” ranges. :D

Nice post, dogstar!