In oktober zal Sony een zestal nieuwe VAIO notebooks introduceren, verdeeld over twee series; de bestaande FX lijn neemt voortaan alleen nog Pentium III processors voor zijn rekening, de uitvoeringen met Athlon en Duron chips vinden voortaan de letters FXA voor hun typenummer. Alle zes de modellen zijn voorzien van FireWire, 100Mbit ethernet, video-out en een hoop software. De FXA36 heeft een 1GHz Athlon 4 aan boord, 15" display, 256MB geheugen, 20GB harde schijf en een CD-RW/DVD speler. Het veredelde kladblok kost $1,700 na een rebate, maar op de processor en de combo-drive kan bespaard worden door de FXA33 of FXA32 te kiezen. De laptops in de FX serie verschillen onderling ook qua hoeveelheid geheugen, harde schijf en LCD scherm. De versies met een Pentium III-M processor aan boord laten echter nog op zich wachten, dus de topsnelheid is voorlopig nog even 1GHz:
The FX390, FX370 and the FX340 have lightning-fast mobile Pentium III processors, featuring Intel SpeedStep(TM) technology for convenient high performance. Customers will have a choice of operating system on the FX series, including Windows 2000 as well as Windows XP Home Edition and Professional operating systems.
The FX390 features a 15-inch display with a 30GB hard drive, 256 MB of SDRAM and is expected to sell for $2,100 after a $100 mail-in rebate. The FX370 also comes with an expanded, 15-inch screen, 20GB hard drive and 256 MB of SDRAM. It's expected to sell for $1,900 after $100 rebate. With a 14-inch screen, 128 MB of SDRAM and a 15 GB hard drive, the FX340 is expected to sell for about $1,500 after a $50 mail-in rebate.
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The FX390, FX370 and the FX340 have lightning-fast mobile Pentium III processors, featuring Intel SpeedStep(TM) technology for convenient high performance. Customers will have a choice of operating system on the FX series, including Windows 2000 as well as Windows XP Home Edition and Professional operating systems.







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