Sony has unveiled the VAIO NW consumer laptop series, featuring a 15.5″ display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512MB dedicated graphics, and a Blu-Ray Combo drive in select models.
The NW also includes a chicklet style keyboard, built-in web camera and microphone, HDMI and VGA outputs, WiFi, a Gigabit LAN port, three USB ports an ExpressCard slot, SD card and Memory Stick PRO slots, and a Firewire port.
The display has a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
Sony has published full specifications for only one VAIO NW model – the VGN-NW180J/S – which comes with the Core 2 Duo P7350 at 2GHz, 4GB of DDR2 memory, and a 400GB hard drive.
Starting at 6 pounds, the VAIO VGN-NW180J/S provides “up to 4 hours” of run time on a single charge with a standard capacity battery, and “up to 5.5 hours” with an extended unit.
The Sony VAIO NW Series comes in walnut brown, birch white, and rattan silver and runs Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS.
The laptop starts at $800 for the standard configuration and $880 for models equipped with the Blu-ray drive.
