Sony Announces New, Stylish, Affordable VAIO NR Notebooks

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Sony Electronics today unveiled the new VAIO NR series of fashionable, entry- level notebooks starting at $750 ... which is the lowest-priced notebook the company has ever introduced.

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The new series is available in three colors: &quot;Wenge&quot; (brown with copper accents), &quot;Silk&quot; (bright white with a matte finish), and &quot;Granite&quot; (silver).  The notebooks feature a leather-like textured chassis with a slim design incorporating rounded corners and beveled edges.  

The NR models feature a 15.4-inch widescreen display with XBRITE-ECO LCD (glossy screen) technology, which delivers razor-sharp details and crisp, bold colors.  The notebooks also feature Intel Core 2 Duo processors (on select models) and come pre-installed with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium.

As seen on other VAIO notebooks, the NR series allows you to conveniently access your music, movies, and photos thanks to an integrated A/V Mode which launches a dedicated media menu putting your entertainment within easy reach by letting quickly satisfy your entertainment needs without starting Windows.

The VAIO NR series will be available online with complete specifications listed at www.sony.com/pr/nr

 

They said that about the FZ, and when you pushed the A/V button on that it crashed

 

This looks really nice, actually. The styling is very similar to Apple, with the rounded edges and such, and overall its a very clean design. The only thing missing is the illuminated VAIO logo.

 

Certainly looks way better than their previous N series.

 

Would be nice if Sony could code their website so that it doesn't crash either IE7 or Firefox. God, how I hate flash.

 

Sony's website doesn't crash either web browser, or Safari, for me...

 

No crashes at my PC..

That is what my sister is looking for.. but no mention about C2D on Japanese website

 

No it doesn't. Every FZ I've seen in the UK has its A/V button working fine.

 

nice looking

microsoft should code vista to crash whenever you go to the apple website

 

Any word (or predictions) on graphics?

 

A Sony at this price will only have integrated.

 

Looks like Sony is ripping off Apple again... It's still a nice looking series of notebooks, though.

 

Sony doesn't do CTO, do they?

 

Your clearly part of the arrogant crowd who has never bothered to actually research the topic, most of the stealing has been the other way round, Apple taking from Sony, the typical Macbook keyboard for example appeared on a sony laptop almost a whole year before it appeared on a Apple. Sony has been making design breakthroughs with laptops a whole lot longer than Apple has, anyone here remember that stupid looking 'toilet seat' like Apple laptop.

 

Depends on what country you live in (and what store you buy from)

 

They do CTO, but the NR won't be available in a CTO model, I think. The N wasn't, so that should be a pretty good indication. Regardless, the graphics are going to be Intel GMA X3100. Yes, that sucks, but its a Sony at $750; what did you expect?

And Laptop Mag gave this thing an Editor's Choice... Is it really that good, or just a solid value for money model (from Sony, thats almost unheard of)? I personally think the dv6500 will be a better notebook....

 

This may be true but in the auto design field and the notebook one it is tough to design something without it having a slight hue of something else. In my opinion it looks like a HP mix with Apple.

 

Aint this just weird or what? THe NR looks better than FZ.

 

Well, excuse me for "being" arrogant. Except I wasn't being arrogant. You ASSUMED that I'm arrogant which I'm most certainly not. You are very much mistaken and wrong.

For your information, I knew that Sony pioneered the keyboard that Apple now uses/has ripped off. I do remember that "toilet seat" clamshell iBook. Yes, it was ugly. But to tell you the truth, although Apple has, in fact, ripped off Sony, that doesn't mean that Sony hasn't done the same thing back. And these new VAIOs are an example of that. But they still look nice regardless.

 

Not to mention many notebook manufacturers ripping off LG's white keyboard/black glossy lid scheme. These sort of things happen all the time. Nice design, other companies see copying it as a profit without infringing on copyright laws, they go ahead and imitate whatever would make their products sell more. I know it sucks when originality is concerned, but hey, there's nothing much we can do about it. That's what trends are.

 

I'm liking these new laptops from Sony. It appears this line will replace the N line which you can find in stores on sales from time to time between 600 and 750. I expect this line will have such sales too.

 

don't u think it look like vostro's???

 

Looks nice but... 15.4" =

 

Lol, designs for laptop has turned into a rip off frenzy.XD

 

Nice design. Hope they don't continue with the 950 integrated like they did with the TZ.

 

Unlikely. The reasons why Sony chose the 950 for the TZ is to strengthen battery life and prevent heat problems in a such a small package, something I highly doubt Sony is concerned about when they designed the CR.

 

For me, 15.4"= . Perfect balance of power, screen size and portability, IMO. Of course, there probably won't be very much power with these notebooks .

 

i would DEFINITELY grab one of these, when are they available for purchase?

 

They look pretty plain IMO..?
Right now I think the HP and Asus have the nicest looking designs...(especially HP's lid designs) i dunno why everybody likes the square, rectangular, flat Apples and these plain NR's ?

ACtually, these NR's look like a mix of Apple & Dell (the beefy rounded edges and plain keyboard of the Inspiron 1520)