Sony Officially Announces its First Ultrabook Offerings
The slim T13 weighs in at 1.6kg.
We saw an abundance of Ultrabook offerings from an array of different companies at CES but not everyone was ready to show off their Ultrabook chops as early as January. Sony, for example, had brought some Ultrabooks but kept them safely out of the hands of prying journalists and bloggers with a glass case. Today, the company finally gave the VAIO T13 and T11 an official unveiling.
Boasting Intel's Sandy Bridge Intel Core i3-2367M CPU, the notebooks come in either 11- or 13-inch flavors (as is probably obvious from the names) and feature Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4GB DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM, the option of having hybrid storage solution that offers a 320GB hard drive working alongside a 32GB SSD, support for WLAN 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 (x1), USB 3.0 (x1), HDMI out, stereo speakers, and a HD Web cam with a 1.3-megapixel sensor. Sony says the resolution for the 13-inch model is 1366x768 with a 16:9 aspect ratio but offered no resolution for the smaller model.
The T-series is set to launch next month, but Sony has not yet detailed a specific release date or pricing.

Second, is there no i5 option? No larger hard drive? They couldn't get 1440X900 out of the LCD as an option? 2 USB ports?
Second, is there no i5 option? No larger hard drive? They couldn't get 1440X900 out of the LCD as an option? 2 USB ports?
I3
And, Sandy Bridge ?
I am not impressed with the size, nothing too far from current netbooks I think...
Hope AMD ones will be far better...
Funny thing how Sony had the Ultrabook with the "Macbook Air keyboard" back in 2003. Sony VAIO X505, look it up iSheep.
Please stop talking now.
Anyways Sony already had an Ultrabook the Z-Series. Which is thinner and lighter. It is also much faster, more expandable and quite expensive. They probably made the specs so low to avoid cannabalizing the Z-Series. They can have an i7 2.8Ghz, 7hour battery (14 with thin sheet battery that snaps underneath), 8GB RAM, 2x256GB SSD RAID 0, 4G mobile broadband, 802.11n, Intel Wireless display, 1920x1080 13" display, dock and all sorts of other bells and whistles.
How is this a "feature"? There's nothing HD about Intel's graphics. Pathetic.
I agree; 1.6 kg is too heavy for an ultrabook (1.6 kg = 3.52 lbs). I want an ultrabook because it's LIGHT WEIGHT. I don't want a heavy, underpowered laptop masquerading as an ultrabook.