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The details are so well thought out – tiny rubber bumpers that exactly cushion the screen from touching the keyboard when it’s closed (a problem with the old Inspiron 8000), no screen latch needed, rubber feet on the base that keep the base off the table and help shift some of the heat.
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In my opinion the Vaio S380 is a beautiful machine, free of decoration like many home systems, it’s just pure form and function. VAIO S with front loading DVD-ROM sticking out ( view larger image ) When specifying the perfect audio crunching laptop, CPU, Memory Bandwidth, HDD size/speed and Ports are the only things that matter, and in these things the Sonoma 912PM chipset offers plus, after customizing an S270 to the spec I wanted the price difference was ~$200. The Asus V6V has everything I wanted except it was over my weight budget (it was a really close choice, how fickle am I?) and so I found myself drawn to the Vaio S270/S360/S380. That was a deal killer for me as I *need* 1394 for low latency audio devices. Initially I was set on the IBM Thinkpad T43 all the way, right up until the moment I found it has no Firewire. Thin and light was my key upgrade, that and NO LEGACY PORTS. Increasingly I found myself attending conferences and thinking “Nah, I’ll just leave it behind this time”. That 10 pound behemoth (with extra battery) was an overpowered, huge screen joy to use just so long as you didn’t actually need to carry it anywhere. My last machine was a Dell Inspiron 8100, a monster of a machine.

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I bought this laptop as the centerpiece of my portable audio studio – software synths, software FX and mixing, MIDI I/O, FireWire pro audio, that kind of thing. Unlike almost every laptop review ever, I couldn’t give a flying French fancy about 3D gaming performance.
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VAIO is for people who really want a Powerbook, but have to run Windows programs, n’est ce pas?įor those uninterested in reading and just looking to kill time looking at pictures, we’ll accomodate that desire here: Sony VAIO S380P Image Gallery But then, if you’re buying a new model Vaio you’re not doing it for the sweet deal. Purchased from the Sony Style website just a few weeks before the S480 was announced (doh!) and, despite being a Sony employee, I was joyfully fleeced on the price just like everyone else.

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Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG + Bluetooth (802.11 a/b/g).RAM 512MB (1 stick, I’m going to be upgrading this).Intel Pentium M 750 (1.85 GHz, 533 MHz bus).Previously there was a good review of the S260 and S360 that covered the basic physical features of the Vaio S-Series and the S380 has exactly the same dimensions and chassis, so I want to go into more detail about the differences and what it’s like to live day-to-day with the machine. was the site I came back to over and over again to compare details, cross check models and prices, so I thought it was time that I gave a little of the love back and do a real good in-depth review of the machine. The VAIO S and everything that comes with it ( view larger image ) Face it, I’m a design snob and I like Sony products. It’s got killer industrial design, the perfect screen hinge used on the Powerbooks, is legacy port free and, for me, has exactly the right looks and features. This Sony VAIO S380 has got to be the smallest, lightest and grooviest laptop I have ever owned.
