Ok – after researching for some weeks and finding major competitor fujitsu siemens simply incompetent to sell or even demonstrate a product in public, I came across the Sony S2XP.

Ultramobile computing as they call it… and I will receive my order TOMORROW :-)

and it's got all I need:

• Centrino 1.8 GHz
• 1024 MB (with my 512 upgrade)
• 80 GB disk
• 13.3" X-black LCD with 1280 × 800 pixels
• DVDRW
• Wi-Fi G 54Mbit / Bluetooth and WXPP
• and most important: a keyboard I can write on…

Believe it or not – but the most thrilling issue was to find – not the best CPU/RAM etc… at lowest price but the best keyboard… and I admit that Sony still doesn't compare to the Apple Powerbooks – which got unbelievable cool keyboards… but they are ok… compared to other sub notebook keyboards…

It has the new type of Pentium-M with 2MB L2 Cache and a 333 Mhz PC2700 DDR memory… combined with the Radeon 9700 that sony squeezed into this 1.89 kg gadget it actually now outperforms not only my old Dell Inspiron 8600 but my normal workstation as well… Good to know that my new workstation will arrive on next wednesday :-)

With all this power it shall last 5 hours ( according to Sony spec ) or better 4 hours according to some reviews… That's enough for an evening at the university…

Some more reviews about this goody can be found here

oh … and the "downside" for many:

It cost me € 1999,- + 249 for the memory upgrade + VAT = € 2679,- ... So you sure need good arguments or the will to get only premium hardware for your daily/nightly work.

Expect more about my Sony S2XP in the future…