You can pre-order the latest in Netbooks, the stylish Sony P Series Laptop. Is it a laptop or is it a netbook? The size would suggest a netbook, but the price tells a different story. The base model comes in at £849 on Sonystyle, and goes all the way up to £1300+ for the top end SSD model.

What are you getting for your money? (Base model, £849)

• 8″ Screen (UWXVGA 1600 x768 LCD LED Technology)
• Intel Atom CPU Z5320 (1.33mhz 533mhz FSB)
• 3G Broadband ready
• Dual boot with Xross media bar and Vista Home Premium w/ SP1
• 60GB HDD (SATA 4200rpm)
• 2GB RAM (DDR2-533)
• WIFI, 2xUSB, Built in camera, Memory Stick Slot)

The more expensive models come with all of this as standard but faster CPUs as the price goes up, SSD Hard drive and Vista business.

It is way to expensive to be just a netbook, with its rivals less than half the price. You can get an Asus eeePC for under £200 and the better models for under £400, which makes them half the price. There are others from different manufacturers aswell like the MSI Wind (around £300),  Samsung, Toshiba, Compaq, HP, Lenovo and others also offer much much cheaper alternatives. None of them offer the same style and finish as the Vaio, but is it worth double or more the price for a mini-laptop?