Sony VAIO TT - World’s Lightest Blu-Ray Computer

Sony today unveiled the VAIO TT laptop, “the world’s lightest computer with Blu-ray Disc technology”.

The Sony VAIO TT Series ultraportable, that weighs 2.87 pounds and is less than 1-inch thin, has a 11.1-inch 1366 x 768 display. The screen features LED backlight and has a 16:9 aspect ratio, used in many HD movies. The Blu-Ray drive is incorporated in select models and reads and writes BD, DVD and CD discs.

The laptop is based on Intel’s Centrino 2 technology. According to specification sheets of the VAIO VGN-TT160N/B and VGN-TT198U/B models, the TT comes with an ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, support for up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, and a traditional hard drive or solid state drive storage. The SSD option will be available in single 128GB or dual (128GB x 2) variants.

There are also optional Sprint Mobile Broadband support, standard WiFi, Ethernet LAN, and Bluetooth connections, as well as a built-in web camera, HDMI and VGA outputs, two USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, Memory Stick PRO and Secure Digital Card readers, and a Firewire port.

The notebook runs Windows Vista operating system and has a premium carbon black, silk black, champagne gold and crimson red carbon-fiber chassis.

Sony’s VAIO TT will be available starting this fall with a basic price of $2,000. The BD version will go for about $2,700, while the SSD model (128GB) for around $2,750.

UPDATE: The ultraportable is available now at the Sony website and Amazon.com.