Sony VAIO VGX-TP1G hits retail stores

Darius Chang | Dec 05, 2007

After ripping one apart for our reader's viewing pleasure, the home entertainment desktop from Sony is now available to Singaporean consumers.

It is possibly the first small form-factor desktop to use a round chassis, which entailed cutting the mainboard to fit into the unique casing. Like the iMac, the VGX-TP1G is based on a notebook chipset but has the distinction of using a faster desktop harddisk for its larger storage capacity. When we peeked at its innards, it became apparent to us the lengths at which Sony had undergone to ensure that the spinning of the hard drive platter would be whisper quiet.

While the design is certainly appealing, and we can forgive the notebook chipset for its power-saving features, what we do not like is that this VAIO is based on yesterday's Intel 945GM technology. The latest Santa Rosa chipset comes with the Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics platform, which is certainly head and shoulders above the older Intel GMA 950 used in the VGX-TP1G. This unit is now available in Singapore for S$2,199 (US$1,616.91) inclusive of taxes.

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