Sony SA Series Discussion Sony's next new 13.3 laptop

So....

Engadget got rid of mentioning the SA, there are no pictures available... what does this mean?

 

I think they saw pics of the S actually, not the SA.

 

What about this ?

The all-new VAIO® S Series laptop. | Sony | Sony Style USA

 

or this :

Sony Electronics News and Information

 

Didn't the S in other countries actually come with a nvidia gpu options? I was kind of hoping to upgrade my TT to a newer 13.1in laptop from Sony(with better battery life of course), but I guess I will have to see what other offer in 13.1. I personally found many 13.3in machines to bit a bit large for my taste, while the 13.1in Sony was pretty much the prefect size.

 

The S is not the SA....according to what people are saying. The S is a lower model.

 

This is the new S not the new SA "Z replacement"
Because its battery removable "check the pictures"
and have nvidia graphics not ati

But now its got backlit keyboard like Z series ! "and my new macbook air doest have backlit "

 

Nvidia graphics, probably isn't the Sony SA. It sounds like the standard S series that Best Buy has had for a while, just upgraded?

Edit: coolhamoood ninja'd me.

 

So the S series really does live on. I think it's a little pointless for Sony to have two 13.3 models especially if the starting price of the SA will be $1,200 as Engadet first claimed it to be.

 

I'm beginning to wonder if the SA actually exists...

 

Me too. Maybe that's why they took all the stuff down. Maybe there actually is a Z and there was just a mixup or something?

I don't know.

 

Will the nvdia model of the S be using optimus or graphic switching, because I know it came with an nvidia gpu in other countries but dont know if it was switchable?

 

It's just that the only source we have is some Japanese report out of PC Magazine. Why is there no one else reporting this? Also the Japanese report keeps referring to the media having seen the SA....yet no other media outlet has it. Could be a total hoax.

 

Same here

beaups please go and kidnap the SA you saw and post some pictures for it

 

One question I didn't see asked here, will the SA come with a matte screen like the Z?

 

I was waiting for the ''new'' Z to come up at CES tonight and I was religiously watching this thread to find more infos ... Why the secrecy and misleading infos and removing infos from the web ? Some website journalist earlier (Engadget ?) had handle the new SA ? No booth display and pictures yet ? Wow talking about vaporware ... Might be looking for the new Samsung 9 series : Samsung 9 Series laptop unveiled, ready to slice some MacBook Air -- Engadget

 

I called them and said "Take it back to the drawing board!", they yanked it and wait for my approval.

 

Considering that the Z doesn't have a matte screen[*], that's an awfully difficult question to answer.


[*]: It's glossy with an anti-reflective coating, in effect making it a semigloss screen. You can still easily read a text reflected off the screen at an angle, so it's in no way matte, like, say, many Lenovos are.

 

On the same news I dont know if its a typo but :
Available on January 5, 2011 for pre-sale at www.sony.com/pr/ lseries
L series now and not S series ... Lol ..

I think I'm going to sleep on this and wait a bit to have reliable infos ...

 

I am familiar with the screen my TT has the same(or similar screen).

On that note, has anyone seen the screen on the S? How does it compare to the TT, Z(any gen) or F(models I am familiar with)?

 

L and F 3D are the other models also announced at CES:

Sony intros new VAIO L Series Touch HD PC/TV all-in-one and VAIO F 3D laptop -- Engadget

The L's a All-in-one pc and the F 3D, is the successor to the F-series

 

I you search Google for "Vaio SA" you get a link to this Engadget story:

Engadget

However, the story has been removed and the link just takes you to the Engadget home page.

 

I'm still holding out hope the SA is not replacing the Z, at least what Engadget claims (or had claimed, since the article is now gone). It feels...underwhelming and not worth succeeding the current Z.

 

What's wrong with the SA? It has all high end specs like the Z not to mention that the title of Engadget's article was "Sony VAIO SA with Intel's latest processors primed to take over the VAIO Z"

 

I pasted the good bits into a post a few pages back if you wanted to read what was there: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/545391-sa-next-generation-vaio-z-5.html#post7027095

 

sony vaio sa - Google Search

hmmm wonder why they took em down!!!

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375135,00.asp

 

Where is the SA ???????????????????????????

 

i take the battery out and just run AC if i need battery i will put it in at that time.

no pictures = fail

 

The best i could do to get a pic is the magnification thing on google for the article on engadget which is attached!


n/m theyre pix of the Y

 

That is a Vaio S series in that pic. Not SA. Not even a single pic of SA is out yet

 

I'm gonna pass this so-called successor. Indeed, it's more like the transition from the TT to the X; the SA will be considerably different to the Z that it's supposedly / reportedly succeeding.

[The thing that set the Z apart was the hybrid GPU (and its small, near ultra-portable form factor despite its high-end specs). One of the first HIGH-END model to do so. Yet, the so-called successor lacks the functionality in question.]* And it's grown bigger (ok, maybe to allow for better graphics implementation). Though not really a successor for the Z if you ask me. I stand by my claim that this is intended to replace the older SR (or the slightly newer S) lappies.

That all said, you have to start wondering as to whether Sony is bringing into play their 'two-builds' scheme (where they confirmed the lower-end VAIO lineup production would be outsourced to 3rd party companies). Something on the magnitude of the late TZ, or the VPC-Z might be made in Japan, but considering the SA is looking more like a SR / S replacement (both made in China)... Curious...

...now... Waiting to see how the Japanese media portrays the VAIOs at CES. Might even start lingering around Sony VAIO JP again...

edit: ignore *

 

Where did you read that it doesn't support hybrid GPU tech ?

It does have a dynamic hybrid graphics switching tech just like the Z. And mostly its the same as Z with sandybridge and ATI graphics

 

Lol. I made a fool of myself. Take that back. It has hybrid (engadget didn't mention it...? Can't check now...)

 

WHERE ARE THE photos/articles/press link? All of this speculation is useless jargon.

I thought yall said sony was going to announce something at 5 or 6 pst.

hmm, also appears an engadget link has been redacted.

 

Now we can only get pics and info once CES opens at 10 am

 

i love my dedicated page up/down keys hope they keep it

 

pcmag article is back up, but no new info nor pics :\

Sony VAIO SA Series: Hands-On | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

 

I'm wondering how this laptop looks like, because the ones of the links are Y and S series notebooks. The new F serie I don't like at all, not the style of design I like.

 

I realize the current Vaio S uses GT 310M. Since the next S will use ATI/AMD HD6630 Graphics, does that mean the Vaio Z replacement will have something faster than the HD6630?

 

the vaio S uses integrated, not discrete graphics. the Z replacement, the fabled SA, uses the 6630

 

There is no S replacement. The SA series is the Z replacement.

 

Some S models use a discrete Nvidia GT 310M graphics

 

Do you know what time the official announcment will be?

 

This is ridiculous. So this thing isn't going to get announced at CES? Is there still hope?

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/545741-worlds-first-photos-vaio-sa-ces.html

 

Any mention on the specifications yet?

 

Yes, er, it seems to have a knurled copper palmrest. Er......

S

 

Has Sony actually confirmed this is the Z successor is that just speculation?

And is the material carbon fiber or is that matte plastic or what?

 

i think it's speculation, however, Sony CES booth only has 4 laptop series: F, SA, YB, and unknown 14".

 

Only 4 laptops for a show like CES ?!