【转帖】索尼Vaio P中看不中用
在最著名的电脑制造商中，只有苹果(Apple)和索尼(Sony)把主要客户群定为普通消费者，而不是通常比较保守的大型公司信息技术部门。因此，这两家电脑巨头的硬件设计尤为时尚、大胆也就不足为奇了。
但和苹果不一样，索尼在软件方面并不擅长，而且也没有自己的操作系统。索尼最新推出的超小笔记本Vaio P外观新颍、极具视觉冲击力，吸引了无数眼球，但用起来却不尽如人意，部分原因就在于软件方面的软肋。
我很喜欢Vaio P的时尚外观、大胆的设计以及给人带来的新鲜感觉，但实在是无法向广大消费者推荐这款产品，原因在于它的运行速度太慢，电池续航时间太短。对了，售价还比同类产品－－即所谓的“上网本”－－贵上一两倍。
Vaio P运行速度慢的主要原因是预装了Vista家庭高级版(Vista Home Premium)操作系统，这个版本的Windows运行迟缓，是个吃内存的大户。大多数上网本都安装了更快的老版本Windows XP。此外，Vaio P配置的处理器令Vista问题进一步恶化，因为它用的是英特尔Atom芯片中速度较慢的一款。
Vaio P的售价在900美元到1,500美元之间。我在测试这款机器时，几乎每个看到的人都想试一下，因为这款机器的样子和以往的任何笔记本电脑都不一样，又长又窄，而且非常薄－－大小跟在餐馆里结帐时服务员送来的帐单夹差不多。你可以把它塞进大衣口袋或牛仔裤的后兜里，并有好几种靓丽的色彩可供选择。
这款笔记本与众不同的尺寸意味着只能使用8英寸的狭长形液晶屏，但Vaio P的屏幕解析度非常高，因此几乎能和较大笔记本上的普通13.3英寸显示屏一样，显示出完整的网页和文件页面。
索尼在Vaio P的键盘布局上也发挥得非常出色。令人惊奇的是，这么小的笔记本，键盘却不局促，格局也安排得很巧妙，空格键、Enter键和Backspace键都很大。Vaio P没有触摸板，而是在键盘中部设计了一个指点杆。
这款小本有很多不错的功能，包括内置3G手机调制解调器，用作Wi-Fi和免费GPS地图的补充。Vaio P标配机型有2G内存，900美元的基本型内置60G的硬盘，1,200美元的中间机型配备64G的固态硬盘－－更耐用，更省电，1,500美元的顶尖机型则配备更为合理的128G固态硬盘。
Vaio P有两个USB接口，网卡接口和视频接口通过一个扩展坞来实现，而且这个小小的扩展坞可以连接电源适配器。所有型号的Vaio P都配备一个快速启动系统，不用等Windows启动就可以显示一个下拉式的网络浏览器和媒体播放器。这是个很好的功能，只是界面设计还有些粗糙。
索尼把Vaio P定位为代表一种“生活方式”电脑，是对用户主流电脑的一种补充，几乎和智能手机一样便携，但功能更多。可惜，一旦你真正开始使用，这种承诺就被Vaio P糟糕的表现冲垮了。
在我的测试中，Vaio P的软件启动速度慢得令人痛苦，延迟情况比比皆是，开机和重启时间非常漫长。我给重启时间计了一下时，要将近四分钟；我使用通常速度较快的Firefox网页浏览器来同时打开15个网页，但最后只能选择放弃。此外，视频播放也断断续续。
这款笔记本还有一些问题不能归咎于Vista操作系统：笔记本的扬声器比一些智能手机的都差，小小的点指杆离键盘下部边缘太近，经常会无意中点击到按键，而且我无法让GPS功能正常使用。
我做了严格的电池续航时间测试，即把所有节电功能关闭，这款笔记本用了2小时不到，即使固态硬盘也是如此，这意味着常规电池续航时间在2个半小时左右。索尼提供容量加倍的电池，但重一点，尺寸跟小巧的笔记本相比不协调，售价为129美元。
我还测试了两款试验性配置，从中可以看出Vaio P还有希望。其中一款配置由索尼公司把Vista的很多耗内存和耗电功能关掉，结果机器跑起来要好一点，但还谈不上非常好。索尼计划提供一款软件的下载服务，用户下载后可以把这些功能关闭。
另一个更好的配置是安装了新版Windows 7的Vaio P。这个新操作系统预计将于2009年秋发货。虽然Vaio P处理器较弱，但Windows 7让Vaio P的表现更令人满意，速度变得更快，重启时间也减半。
Vaio P是个漂亮的小玩意儿，但可能有些超前。即使你买得起，我也建议你等新版Windows 7出来后再考虑出手。
Walter S. Mossberg
Of the most famous computer makers, only two, Apple and Sony, primarily aim their products at consumers, instead of the generally conservative IT departments of big companies. So, it's no surprise that these two tech giants often turn out especially stylish and daring hardware designs.
But Sony, unlike Apple, isn't especially skilled at software and doesn't make its own operating system. This situation partly explains why Sony's latest gorgeous, daring laptop, the shockingly tiny Vaio P, turns heads everywhere, but is pretty frustrating to use.
I love the look and feel and boldness of the design, but can't recommend this sleek machine for most users because it is very slow and has poor battery life. Oh, and it sells for double or triple the price of other small laptops, commonly called netbooks.
The Vaio P is mainly undone because it comes with Vista Home Premium, the edition of Windows that is sluggish and a memory hog. Most competing small notebooks ship with the more nimble, but older, Windows XP. And the Vista problem is made worse by the processor inside the machine, which is an especially slow version of the Intel Atom chip often used in netbooks.
While I was testing the Vaio P, which costs between $900 and $1,500, nearly everyone who saw it asked to try it. That's because it doesn't look like any other laptop I've seen. It's long, narrow and very thin -- with roughly the same footprint as one of those plastic folders waiters use to bring you the check at a restaurant. It can be tucked into the pocket of an overcoat or a pair of cargo pants, and comes in several handsome colors.
These unusual dimensions allow for only a small eight-inch screen, which is much wider than it is tall. But the Vaio P's screen boasts very high resolution, so that it can display almost as much of a typical Web page or document as the more common 13.3-inch screens on larger laptops.
Sony also has done a great job with the keyboard on the Vaio P. Its keys are surprisingly large and well-spaced for such a tiny computer, with a wide space bar, and large 'Enter' and 'Backspace' keys. Instead of a touch pad, it uses a midkeyboard pointing stick.
And this little laptop is packed with nice features, including a built-in 3G cellular modem to supplement its Wi-Fi and free GPS for mapping. The P also comes standard with two gigabytes of memory. The $900 base model comes with a small 60-gigabyte hard disk; and the $1,200 midrange model has a 64-gigabyte solid state drive -- which is more durable and uses less power. The top model, at $1,500, comes with a more reasonably sized 128-gigabyte solid state drive.
There are two USB ports, but the Ethernet and external video ports are relegated to a little module that snaps on to the power adapter. All models come with a quick-start system that brings up a stripped-down Web browser and media player without waiting for Windows to load. This is a boon, but it's crudely designed.
Sony positions the Vaio P as a 'lifestyle' computer, a companion to your main computer that's almost as portable as a smart phone, but can do more. Unfortunately, once you actually start using it, that promise is dashed by its awful performance.
In my tests of the Vaio P, programs launched painfully slowly, delays were common and start-up and reboot times were glacial. I timed a reboot at nearly four minutes, and had to give up on an attempt to open 15 Web sites simultaneously in tabs in the usually speedy Firefox Web browser. Video playback was choppy.
There are some other problems that can't be blamed on Vista. The speakers are worse than those on some cellphones. And the tiny mouse buttons are so close to the bottom edge of the keyboard that they are easy to hit accidentally. Also, I couldn't get the GPS to work.
Using my tough battery test, in which I turn off all power-saving features, I got less than two hours, even on a solid-state model, suggesting a typical battery life of maybe 2.5 hours. Sony sells a double-sized battery, but it adds a bit of weight and bulk to the sleek box, and costs $129.
I also tested two experimental configurations of the Vaio P, which show that there's hope for it in the future. One of these models had been tweaked by Sony to turn off many of Vista's performance-sapping and power-hungry features. This box ran better, though still not great. Sony plans to offer a software download that will make these tweaks automatically.
Much better was a Vaio P with the forthcoming version of Windows, called Windows 7, installed. This version of Windows, likely to ship by this fall, made the Vaio P perform acceptably, despite its wimpy processor. Everything was much snappier, and reboot times were cut in half.
The Vaio P may be a beautiful device that's just ahead of its time. Even if you can afford it, I'd advise waiting for the version with Windows 7.
Walter S. Mossberg 还是等win7上市，vaio p才能一身轻松啊 WIN7是一个方面，另外也应该在那个作为对WINDOWS补充的快速启动系统上下功夫。
也许和几年前一样，再次和PALM联手，把WEBOS移植上去就好了。:D 从开卖开始我就不看好。不实用。 如果GPU用GF9400M就好了 其实机器不错，也许太过自信了，配vista，降为xp好用得多。 那东西我试了试，差点吧眼睛给看花了。分辨率太高，屏幕太小，那个字就算放大一倍我都看不见 非常感谢了LZ提供的翻译，和相关信息， 中看不中用的东西是SONY的专利！ 两个选择，换xp或者上win7，我觉得这些咱们自己可以安装吧？另外我有个同感就是，小屏幕高分辨率确实累眼睛，时间长了眼睛会花流眼泪，这个本子其实看电影听歌不错，真是上网的话，估计眼镜的度数要增高了。 sony卖的就是工业设计， TT都有些看不清楚了，这个比TT的分辩率还高，的确看不清楚。
不过SONY的工艺一流 说的不错
不过很明显 作者对p的掌握还欠缺点
这东西需要慢慢挖掘
我现在用它放720p 竟然是流畅 硬解的显卡就是不一样 720p要在vista下面吧 xp显卡驱动感觉不好 很慢 我买了个1.33CPU的 有点折腾 呵呵 我喜欢这个本，但绝对不会买，原因大家已经说得很清楚了，我都同意。
另外，我对这个比例的屏幕有点意见，长宽比大于2：1，太长了，真看点东西很难受。原来的Sony U58很不错吗，就是价格太贵，要近2万；如果U58和P系列价格差不多，我想买2个！ 偶尔拿出去用用还成...长期用眼睛受不了
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