SONY P series netbook $599

[snow2ice]

marked down from $799

http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/ser...=n32009n100299

[Yankees 1903]

They need to drop it by another $400 to make it a deal, this thing flopped more than the PSP Go.

[Longobongo]

Very stylish netbook but the small but sharp screen, lack of trackpaf, and very sluggish CPU not to mention premium price made it a failure. I hope they create another iteration.

[jamewoong]

wow, pay 400 just for this brand >_>

[Montague]

They need to drop it by another $400 to make it a deal, this thing flopped more than the PSP Go.

Mainly because it was priced WAY out of line - something like a grand (originally) for a netbook?

Note that it is a slower Atom in this thing (*not* 1.6GHz).

There is a Sony coupons thread around that will take another $50 off (as well as free shipping) here (search for it).

[Fantaz]

you need to plug in a mouse? well sony computer stuff is good, i've got a vaio cw290 notebook and it's pretty nice

[zenzen]

you need to plug in a mouse? well sony computer stuff is good, i've got a vaio cw290 notebook and it's pretty nice

No, it has a trackpoint-type eraserhead thingy like an old Thinkpad.

[warpdrive]

you need to plug in a mouse?

No, it has a trackpoint.

Personally I like this thing and for $599 I think it's worth it. It's not your usual netbook, it's practically a UMPC.

I find most netbooks too large. This thing is the right size to shlepp around if you are trying to go light.

[number8888]

I think they had the right idea for creating a small stylish netbook when every other manufacturer was coming out with generic white book designs like the original Eee PC or the Aspire One. But the high price is definitely turning people away as people getting netbooks would consider price to be an important factor.

[Montague]

But the high price is definitely turning people away as people getting netbooks would consider price to be an important factor.

Sticking Vista on this thing was the other major problem (Vista was the original O/S supplied with it last year instead of XP).

2GIG of memory + slower Atom CPU (1.33 instead of 1.6GHz) = bad news.

edit:

Just realized why XP was not used - Microsoft has put limitations on what hardware can be used with XP on netbooks (eg screen resolution)

[Derek]

SonyStyle.ca coupons are here:

http://coupons.redflagdeals.com/i.ph...yStyle.ca_158/

The 1600x768 resolution is nice...

[nyererei]

$599 should of been the price when it first came out. Albeit its still expensive, but hey, its overpriced Sony.

[gameboy115]

It is ugly, I pass, would consider if it is selling 100-150 lol

[Montague]

It is ugly, I pass, would consider if it is selling 100-150 lol

Actually Sony sells a case for it that costs $125.

[frogger]

IIRC, the display on these was way too high res for the size and didn't seem to have good contrast.