[waldojim]

Any chance for a review of the new Sony S series notebook or the CA/CB series?

I am actively looking for a new machine, and would like to know how they fair in performance, and temps.

The S seems impressive, but I am worried about how well temps are managed.
It seems to be more than powerful enough, with an i7 2620M (2.7Ghz ~3.4TB), AMD 6630 video card, and 500gb Hybrid drive - in a magnesium alloy case. They even claim a 7.5 hour battery life. It almost seems like it was designed to compete specifically against the the MBP 13, while including real graphics horsepower.

Now, I realize that the MBP, and similar machines are not what is fashionable at the moment... And Apple did at least get some sort of review. How about a little love for those searching for something that can be called portable and a mid tier gamer?

[LiveBrianD]

What size do you want? I've read great reviews on the Lenovo Thinkpad x220, it starts at $900 and has great battery life (I think 8+ hrs with one battery, 17 or something with the extended - YES 17 hrs!) and performance. I'm not sure if it has dedicated graphics options or not though.

[waldojim]

LiveBrianD, on 21 March 2011 - 02:48 PM, said:

What size do you want? I've read great reviews on the Lenovo Thinkpad x220, it starts at $900 and has great battery life (I think 8+ hrs with one battery, 17 or something with the extended - YES 17 hrs!) and performance. I'm not sure if it has dedicated graphics options or not though.

Not even the option as I recall. I know I looked into the X200, and I thought I checked into the 220... Right now, I want to actually find good info on the C, and S series from Sony. It looks like they might have a heck of a machine with them.

[LiveBrianD]

waldojim, on 22 March 2011 - 01:24 AM, said:

[Not even the option as I recall. I know I looked into the X200, and I thought I checked into the 220... Right now, I want to actually find good info on the C, and S series from Sony. It looks like they might have a heck of a machine with them.

Not the x201?

[waldojim]

LiveBrianD, on 22 March 2011 - 02:56 PM, said:

waldojim, on 22 March 2011 - 01:24 AM, said:

[Not even the option as I recall. I know I looked into the X200, and I thought I checked into the 220... Right now, I want to actually find good info on the C, and S series from Sony. It looks like they might have a heck of a machine with them.

Not the x201?

sorry... I was thinking 201, and put 200... just a slip.