Vaio TZ: The Little Notebook That Could?

Sony's Vaio TZ laptop closes in on the convergent hotspot around which subnotebooks have hovered for years: small size and great power combined with ubiquitous connectivity. But (drum roll, raised eyebrow, deep breath) is it any good? Does it take the nearly-there Vaio TX and hammer it home? Indications are that it does — if you can afford it.

The revision uses the X505-style wide-gap keyboard that Apple also likes, and has other design flourishes such as carbon-fiber frames in the more expensive models. Core 2 Duo and other spec bumps that fluff it into shape for the road-warriors, and at 2.7 lbs, with an 11" LED-backlit screen, optional 32GB flash drive, and 11.5 (yes, eleven-point-five) hours of claimed battery life, it's got great palmtop credentials.
The cons? It comes loaded with a crapload of craplets and the same steam-era Intel GPU that was in the earlier model. Oh, yes, one last thing: $2,200.

So it's great, but Chismillionare still thinks the Asus Eee is the way to go in this segment and at a tenth of the price with no hour glass ever again!!!