Despite filigree casing and flat keys on the Vaio VGN-X can be quite easy to work - at least this is the first impression that could be made after seeing the prototype presented at this year's IFA. Today, Sony revealed a concern technical data and price model: since October 19, exactly on the day off Windows 7, this notebook is to appear in Europe for the Professional version of Microsoft's new operating system.

11.1-inch screen displays an image with a resolution of 1366 x 768 dots, and the touchpad recognizes multitouch. Here is the latest processor, Atom Z540 with 1.86 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and the SSD with a capacity of 128 GB. For the basic equipment must also be Bluetooth, WLAN and UMTS high-speed modem, a subtle cover also find Gigabit LAN, two slots for memory cards, and much of the USB connector. Time for action by Sony is eight hours. The mass of the device is 780 grams - only model VGN-P with a smaller keyboard and screen of the same company is lighter. Optical drive is missing here, do not provide it to the dock connector or digital output to the monitor.

This configuration costs 1500 euros. Starting from the end of October, online stores can be ordered individually configured Vaio VGN-X with a weight of 655 grams of housing in black, gold or matte-black. Among the enhancements is also capacious battery costing 230 euros, which allows up to 13 hours of work.

At that price VGN-X does not include either the netbooks or to costing less than 1000 euros sub-notebooks thin and light class. Due to the performance of your notebook can not compete with classic subnotebooks expensive, but as a model VGN-P, it represents a new approach to a class of extremely lightweight notebooks -record-holders  old ones of less than one kilogram, such as the Toshiba Portégé R500, Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 or Sony X505, the cost over 2500 euros.