Biggest Vaio yet: Sony unveils 18.4-inch Vaio type A

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Sony is rolling out its biggest laptop yet. Tuesday, the company shared details on the Vaio type A, an 18.4-inch laptop targeting graphics pros. The Vaio type A will trump the current 17-inch Vaio AR as the largest Vaio in the land. It's scheduled to be released in Japan at the end of the month; no word yet on if and when it'll come to the U.S.

Now, on to the specs. The Sony Vaio type A features a full HD (1920x1080), LED backlit display. It's powered by a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and a GeForce 9600M GT graphics card. Dual 250GB hard drives, Blu-ray burner, and eSATA port take care of your storage options. It weighs 8.6 pounds, which is only a hair more than what the current Vaio AR weighs and less than the only other 18.4-inch laptop we've seen, the Acer Aspire 8920.

The Vaio type A also supplies an HDMI out, along with FireWire, three USB ports, and a high-speed UDMA-enabled CompactFlash slot.

Battery life reportedly clocks in at two hours, though an optional second unit will give you another three hours of shoulder-busting travel time.

Pricing estimates peg it at roughly $3,000, though it appears as though some of the price might go toward preloaded Adobe software that the intended audience already owns.

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[Lerianis]

Too expensive for what you are getting. I can get a Gateway P-7811 computer with almost all the features here except the Blu-Ray burner for only $1399 and I can upgrade to a 320GB drive in the other bay for only 150 dollars, making it a grand total of 1550 for a computer from Gateway that is better in some aspects than this one. As I said about the other computer that Sony has come out with recently.... too expensive! Cut that price by about 1200 dollars, then we will talk Sony, though the hefty price is probably coming from that high-margin, cutting edge processor... that is only a little bit faster and won't really make a difference compared to one that costs 50% less.