Sony Vaio VGN P530H Q
Sony Vaio VGN P530H Q I sold my Gateway LT3103u a few weeks ago and I have been looking for a replacement �carry-around� notebook (my Gateway P-6860FX is a great laptop, but it is also a 9.3lb device with a 17� screen �and not something I want to keep in my backpack all the time). I looked at some of the new CULV laptops, but their price vs. performance isn�t where it needs to be yet. The lower end (SU3500; Core2 Solo 1.4Ghz) is has about 160% the processing power of a 1.6Ghz Atom N270 (488 vs. 304 on Passmark), it is sells for $100-$200 more (using $300 as the current average price for a NetBook). The high-end CULV (SU9700, Core2 Duo 1.6Ghz) is almost four times as fast (1106 vs. 304), but most models sell for 2 to 4 times the price of an average NetBook. CPU Type Passmark Score Intel Atom Z520 @ 1.33GHz 251 Intel SU1300 @ 1.06GHz 264 Intel Atom Z530 @ 1.60GHz 295 Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz 304 Intel Atom Z540 @ 1.86GHz 306 Intel Atom 230 @ 1.60GHz 315 ...