New little toy :)

Bradmax57 · 27 Aug 2009 at 23:44

Bought myself a Sony P11Z today and absolutely love it even with vista its not bad, im currently installing windows 7 on it (i get free upgrade too when its launched) picked it up as a customer return the thing is absolutely as new and was £400 so whilst it was a little more than most i think its still pretty good, the biggest shock was that it plays 720p and even 1080p video perfectly fine

hopefully windows 7 will be a little quicker the only down side to the size is the fact it has a 60gb hdd

when i feel a bit brave i may dismantle it and try and fit an ipod 160gb hdd in.............

Sorry about the pic quality was taken with my useless phone camera!

beermonster · 27 Aug 2009 at 23:50

Nice find, these are the danglies of netbooks, not envious in the slightest, hd upgrade should be straight forward theres not much to take apart

Bradmax57 · 27 Aug 2009 at 23:53

beermonster said:
Nice find, these are the danglies of netbooks, not envious in the slightest, hd upgrade should be straight forward theres not much to take apart

Theres no obvious screws holding it together unfortunately so it must just crack to gether, shame the choice of 1.8" hard drives is a bit limited, cant have it all i suppose, im even going to try and get £150 cash back

receipt says nothing about b grade etc on it so you never know it may end up costing £250

anti5580 · 27 Aug 2009 at 23:56

Yes I've been looking to get his Vaio as well ... its very tempting because of the £150 cash back, it'll work out on average £500 for one.

I'm not sure to get this or the Vaio Mini W ...

Bradmax57 · 28 Aug 2009 at 00:06

yeah i think at £650+ it is a bit on the pricey side even considering how nice it is

anti5580 · 28 Aug 2009 at 00:14

I think they're awesome, they where closer to the £1000 mark when they first came out I believe. The SSD version would be good but that is still very expensive.

I haven't really had the chance to play with one, is it quite nippy to use? I would want to install Win7 on it eventually.

apeZ · 28 Aug 2009 at 01:08

Can you take a picture next to a wallet or something, quite curious about the size.

I recall their site saying you could slip it into your pocket without problems, but I'm not 100% sure.

Rroff · 28 Aug 2009 at 01:15

Wow thats a nice bit of kit, decent screen res and CPU for the size - I'm a big fan of ultra portable netbooks - was one of the first people to buy the original Eee 701 in the UK

How big is it compared to a DVD case?
EDIT: Just measured it up and it slightly wider than I thought, but comparable in depth and height... not bad.

Tho my xperia has replaced most of my netbook needs for now... but I'll have to serious keep this in mind.

Bradmax57 · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:18

much nippier with windows 7, two devices not yet installed, i think one maybe the webcam. Another picture with some items to give ideal of size

Bradmax57 · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:21

apeZ said:
Can you take a picture next to a wallet or something, quite curious about the size.

I recall their site saying you could slip it into your pocket without problems, but I'm not 100% sure.

Need big pockets

MumboJumbo · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:29

Bradmax57 said:
the biggest shock was that it plays 720p and even 1080p video perfectly fine

Surely its not possible for it to play those resolutions, the screen is tiny!

Bradmax57 · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:32

8igdave said:
Surely its not possible for it to play those resolutions, the screen is tiny!

can't play 1080p correctly as its not that high res, but the res is more than enough for 720p 1600x768

MumboJumbo · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:46

Bradmax57 said:
can't play 1080p correctly as its not that high res, but the res is more than enough for 720p 1600x768

wow thats really hi-res screen consdiering how small it is.

knowlesy · 28 Aug 2009 at 15:50

nice!!!! lucky git !

Bradmax57 · 28 Aug 2009 at 16:12

8igdave said:
wow thats really hi-res screen consdiering how small it is.

My eyes are not the best to begin with either

MumboJumbo · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:06

Bradmax57 said:
My eyes are not the best to begin with either

yeah high resolution on such a small screen must make everything tiny. Kinda defeats the point really

Bradmax57 · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:13

8igdave said:
yeah high resolution on such a small screen must make everything tiny. Kinda defeats the point really

It does a little, but its still usable wether or not i keep it for long remains to be seen, my 3 month old son seems to like it

okay okay hes a little young just yet......

Rroff · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:15

8igdave said:
yeah high resolution on such a small screen must make everything tiny. Kinda defeats the point really

800x480 works ok on my xperia (3" screen) tho the ability to point tap to zoom in does make it a lot easier to use...

K1LLSW1TCH · 29 Aug 2009 at 14:43

If I could find any at that price then I'd snap one up straight away! Would be great for taking notes down at uni!

Aod · 29 Aug 2009 at 20:40

Awwww, sweeeet, it's got a super-tiny Vista sticker