Sony VAIO VGN-TZ18GN/X

32GB solid state drive, 11.1in screen, Weight, Battery life

Price, Small storage capacity

Although there's a notable premium on the solid-state hard drive and ultra-portables don't often come cheap anyway, this is a good little buy. It's got enough power to handle the most basic tasks and its implementation of flash memory should please...

32GB solid state drive, 11.1in screen, Weight, Battery life

Price, Small storage capacity

Although there's a notable premium on the solid-state hard drive and ultra-portables don't often come cheap anyway, this is a good little buy. It's got enough power to handle the most basic tasks and its implementation of flash memory should please...

32GB solid state drive, 11.1in screen, Weight, Battery life

Price, Small storage capacity

Although there's a notable premium on the solid-state hard drive and ultra-portables don't often come cheap anyway, this is a good little buy. It's got enough power to handle the most basic tasks and its implementation of flash memory should please...

Appearance ; Sheer number of proprietary software ; AV mode ; Long battery life

Keyboard finish that is a fingerprint magnet ; Small storage capacity ; GMA graphics ; Steep price

We foresee the same problem with the Vaio SSD notebook as with the R500: the technology is there, but it's just too expensive for anyone to purchase at this moment in time. Cost aside, we can firmly say that Sony is able to give users exactly what they...