Sony Debuts Hybrid Ultrabook, Mobile Tabletop PC, More

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Sony has revealed its new Windows 8-ready devices including a new "Mobile Tabletop" PC and a hybrid Ultrabook.

With Windows 8 just around the corner, we're starting to see a huge wave of devices gearing up to flood the retail channel later this month. Sony is the latest to reveal its goods, introducing its first mobile Tabletop PC for the U.S. market, the VAIO Tap 20 PC, and its slider hybrid, the VAIO Duo 11 Ultrabook.

The company has also injected new models and features into its other VAIO Lines of PCs, as well as introduced the phrase "VAIO Touchworld" which spans its collection of touch-based notebooks, Ultrabooks and AIOs. Here's a general list of features for each series, as provided by Sony:

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  • greghome
    Mobile table top?
    Aren't all notebooks mobile tablettops? :P
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  • nebun
    i am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv
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  • uglynerdman
    whats the hardware? details we need details
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  • damianrobertjones
    @Nebun: Then don't use touch! I've got Windows 8 on my HP 8470p and it's perfectly easy to use.
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  • damianrobertjones
    I do like the Vaio Duo 11 but will hold off until reviews and especially to see what the heat is like on the unit
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  • bustapr
    nebuni am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tvfad? probably. is it useful? sometimes. do you have to use it? no.
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  • spookie
    nebuni am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv
    at least now there will be a reason for all the fingerprints on my desktop, it's not touchscreen but for some reason someone always touch it!
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  • southernshark
    The first one the 20" table top by VAIO is pretty far out. If the price comes down, I might buy one just to hang on the wall and use it for media streaming and such.
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  • The slider is nice, but not the price. The gold VAIO is so tacky. ewwww.
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  • southernshark
    nebuni am so tired of this fad called "touch"....i will repeat, i do not want my finger prints to look back at me 24/7...i can't stand smudges, especially on a monitor or tv

    Its not really a fad. Its an inevitable feature which is here to stay. Will it be useful for every purpose? Obviously not. But there is no point making an operating system which does not offer it for people who want to use it, even if it is not for everyone.

    Additionally adding touch to screens is simply the right thing to do. Eventually the cost of a touch screen will be about on par with an old dumb screen. It is just a matter of time.

    I can see many uses for touch besides just tablets and phones (which is a big use), such as a media pc for the wall, or a store display. I also envision a time when every person has a small touch screen linked to their PC for added utility (including uses in gaming). Think of it as a HUD display in a fighter jet, for example. There is a lot you can do with all of this. It is just a matter of bringing it to the market place. I do not see this as a challenge to the traditional PC, but rather a way to make the PC better.

    And finally from what I have read, Windows 8 is even more efficient than Win 7 so you can't blame touch for bogging down the system.
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