Isaiah's Tech

According to the latest unconfirmed news, the Sony Vaio X notebook will be available next month - presumably under $2,000 USD - and it will replace the Vaio TT lineup. The other big rumour is that Sony also plans to launch a touchscreen notebook next month as well, likely utilizing Windows 7's built-in touch technology.

[Crunch Gear]

Most netbooks that come out don't have DVD drives, and it's pretty interesting when a manufacturer actually decides to pack one in there. Putting in a Blu-ray drive would be downright insane, wouldn't it? Yes, for the idea; No, for our wallets.

Sony's latest netbook, the Sony Vaio TT, has a Blu-ray drive and Sony claims this to be the "world's lightest Blu-ray notebook." Along with the Blu-ray drive, the Vaio TT also has: an 11.1-inch LED-backlit display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9600 1.6GHz CPU, a 250GB HDD, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, HDMI / VGA out, Intel's 4500MHD graphics, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR / A2DP, and 2 USB 2.0 slots. This netbook's standard battery is said to last up to 7.5 hours, but it's probably a false claim. The Vaio TT only weighs 1.3kg, just in case you wanted to know. The specs are great for a netbook, but how much will it hurt your wallet?

The cheapest Blu-ray model of the Vaio TT is available for an insane $2,899 USD. Is it still worth it?

[CD Freaks, Sony]