Sony has upped its already impressive desirability stakes with its latest super-slim, dinky notebook – the VGN-TX1HP, or TX for short. Like the T2 before it, the TX packs an amazing amount of technology into an implausibly small space.
Other than the eyecatching 4mm-thick screen, the design is fairly faithful to the T2, with the odd millimetre shaved off here and there.
The righthand side is taken up by the built-in DVD writer. Unfortunately, the drive isn't the easiest to open, since the eject button is tiny, recessed and difficult to see. Round the front you'll find a useful hardware switch for wireless activity, while over to the left is no doubt a first for a Sony bit of kit: an SD card slot.
The TX's trump card is the X-black LED screen, which stretches to a widescreen resolution of 1,366x768 – wider than the T2's 1,280x768 – and offers an incredibly clear, bright display. If you thought the T2's display was vivid, you'll be amazed by this.
But while the TX may be the T2's successor, it's by no means its superior. Firstly, the processor has dropped 100MHz in speed, contributing to a fairly pitiful WorldBench score of 56. And while it may be lighter and slightly smaller, it can't match the T2's 335-minute battery life, managing only 282 minutes in MobileMark.
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