Ever since Sony entered into the world of notebooks with its flagship brand Vaio notebooks, it has taken the facet of Apple Inc, a company that till recently was manufacturing high end ‘luxury‘ notebooks. Same is in the case of Sony Vaio that made its presence known with the launch of the Vaio W series that started off at $499 per notebook. Sony has never embraced the normalcy of the technology market, producing goods that even though are significantly costlier than the other brands, yet have such innovative technologies and designs that makes Sony stand apart in the crowd.

Sony latest gift to the notebook market is the all new Sony Vaio X, that is incredibly light and sleek and is built around a carbon fiber chassis. The Vaio X will set you back $1,499 for the Gold Edition and $1,200 for the Black Edition. Vaio X comes with a sold state drive, providing the users with the ease of mind about the condition of the hard drive, even if the notebook is dropped. The new notebook is powered with a 2.0 GHZ Intel Atom Z550 processor and comes with 2GB of RAM that is more than sufficient to run the Windows 7 Home Premium that comes bundled with the device and the other programs that you wish to install on top of the OS.

However, there are a few flip sides to Vaio X as well. Firstly, the Intel Atom processor providing a clock speed of 2.0 GHZ might not please the users who are avid gamers and for those who like run heavy applications on their notebooks. The second issue with Vaio X is the price range. Although, the Golden Edition comes with a 128 GB sold state drive, but it costs $1,400 and the Black Edition with a price tag of $1,200 has greatly compromised on the notebook’s storage capacity with an only 64 GB solid state drive.

Via Cnet.