Although there’s no official sign of a U.S. counterpart yet, Sony Japan has just added three new models to its Vaio UX Micro PC lineup.
The UX72 and UX92 series, scheduled for release in mid-October, sports the same hardware as all previous units but swaps the old Core Solo processor for a 64-bit Core 2 Solo CPU running at 1.06GHz (U2100) and 1.20GHz (U2200). As with other UXs available in Japan, the new group will be customizable through the "VAIO Owner Made" service with casing color, HDD capacity, and SSD options depending on configuration (keep track of all the models with my UX series chart).
The non-configurable U.S. version, already listed at Amazon and B&H as the UX490N/C, will reportedly feature the U2200 processor and a 48GB flash drive.
Great leap forward in technology, but sadly sticking with the small screen and lousy thumb board, defeats these improvements IMHO.
I’m disappointed that Sony didn’t redesign, too. Even though I do love my UX180P, it’s just crazy for new models to look exactly like it. I believe the keyboard is a tad different (slightly less flush, I think), but that change was made a few generations ago.
My 180P could definitely use a boost in power and performance (512MB is really not enough), but I won’t even think about upgrading until the hardware is changed.
I don’t mind the size of the screen, but the resolution could stand to be lower. My eyes aren’t too happy after about 30 minutes.
I still don’t see the point of the U2200. Why not use the U7600? There will be no noticeble performance gain, so basically, this is a HDD/SSD refresh only.
Agreed. We need a new form factor stat!