retroremakes
February 28th, 2010, 22:20
So, the Sony Vaio P (http://gizmodo.com/tag/vaiop/) has a clone. Congrats, Sony! Too bad the mimicry ends with the aesthetics:
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-1.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-1.jpg)The appearance is spot on, but the insides are decidedly sub-par. The Atom processor is a less powerful than the processor offered in the Vaio P, and the memory maxes out at 1GB. If you're comparing, that's a full GB short of the original.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-shell.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-shell.jpg)Since this is a clone however, the price is really the only area where one could say it "competes" with Sony's premium-priced Vaio P.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-under.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-under.jpg)
The clone offers a 160GB for about $300, as well as a $380 model with 350GB storage, 2Gb ram and 3G.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone.jpg)Aaand scene. [Gizchina (http://gizchina.com/2010/02/28/sony-vaio-p-clone/) - Thanks, Andi]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7WCEHmL0yso
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7WCEHmL0yso/)
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-1.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-1.jpg)The appearance is spot on, but the insides are decidedly sub-par. The Atom processor is a less powerful than the processor offered in the Vaio P, and the memory maxes out at 1GB. If you're comparing, that's a full GB short of the original.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-shell.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-shell.jpg)Since this is a clone however, the price is really the only area where one could say it "competes" with Sony's premium-priced Vaio P.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone-under.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone-under.jpg)
The clone offers a 160GB for about $300, as well as a $380 model with 350GB storage, 2Gb ram and 3G.
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_vaio-p-clone.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/vaio-p-clone.jpg)Aaand scene. [Gizchina (http://gizchina.com/2010/02/28/sony-vaio-p-clone/) - Thanks, Andi]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7WCEHmL0yso:W_yRyRJvJBc:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7WCEHmL0yso
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/7WCEHmL0yso/)