Chicago (IL) - Sony has determined its Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC is not a member of the netbook category, as the company feels it possesses much greater capabilities than the majority of netbooks on the market. They further feel this justifies its very high price. What do you think?





The Vaio P Series is tiny, sporting a mere 8-inch LED screen; the display is actually very sharp though, with a high 1,600 x 768 resolution. The PC weighs only a pound and a half, and is small enough to fit in most pockets.



Internally, the PC ships with a 1.33 GHz Intel Atom processor, rather than the typical 1.6 GHz Atom one might find in standard netbooks. Additionally, it comes with Vista for an operating system. Its built-in GPS device, WiFi and 3G modem allow you to connect to the Internet from virtually any location and run positional applications. Another great feature is a multimedia card reader, supporting both SD and Memory Stick Duo. It also has high quality noise cancelling headphones.



This PC can be purchased at prices starting around $900. The base model includes a 60 GB hard disk drive, the median model costs $1,200 and ships with a 64 GB solid state drive, and the best model in the series costs a whopping $1,500 and ships with a 128 GB solid state drive. Each model comes with its memory capacity maxed out to 2GB.



While the average netbook costs consumers around $400, this netbook-sized PC seems a little outrageous in price to us for its size. The only question is will consumers buy Sony's not-a-netbook PC in this way?