Post #13

I am extremely interested in gadgets, and technology, so with CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this week, I feel like a giddy little school child eager to see all the new toys that will be released this year. One of the things that I have had my eye on for a while is the Sony P Series ultra-portables. It was thought that Sony may have used these as their entrance into the netbook market, but they have turned out to be a set of ultra-portables. There is a huge difference between a netbook and an ultra-portable. A netbook is a laptop that has the parts in it stripped down to the most basic things, so that it can be at a very affordable price point, but can't run really complicated applications or multi-task. An ultra-portable is the most advanced technology that is miniaturized so that it can fit into a very thin and compact laptop body. Ultra-portables are much more expensive and it isn't unusual to spend $2000 on one. Anyway, the P series is an interesting approach to UPs because it is very wide but short, length wise. There is also a very high resolution display on a small screen, which makes for a VERY sharp picture. These new UPs are expected to be at least $1000.