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Toshiba Qosmio vs. Sony Vaio TZ vs. eee PC
9Feb2008 Filed under: Gadgets, General Author: Rami Taibah My latest gadget-fetish acquisition was the eee pc, and I felt obliged to brag about it’s nimbleness! So I pitted it against a behemoth (19″ Toshiba Qosmio) and a little squirt (Sony Vaio TZ). Poor little E, he seems like a frightened little white mouse! 
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February 10th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Nice to see the comparison. I plan to get an eeepc for carrying around with me everywhere. Its so tiny and light it won’t have have the same conscious “I’m lugging around my laptop” feeling.
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atropos Vote:
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February 10th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Yup you totally don’t get that feeling, it just feels like carrying around a notepad but on steroids
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amrush Vote:
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February 10th, 2008 at 6:49 am
lol .. ok .. have it your way bro .. anyway i’m satisfied with my portable desktop
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nicky Vote:
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March 15th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
yeah, the TZ is like the eeepc.
eeepc isn’t so much little.
the TZ is the best!
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mr.rub Vote:
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March 15th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
wow tz series and eeepc are similar.
great sony
small dimension for tz and most powaaaaa and functions.
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Rami Taibah Vote:
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March 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
@ mr. rub: You conveniently left out the price tag difference
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mr.rub Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 1:40 am
yes, there is difference between the price but there is the some different in the qulity and the functions.
it’s incredible, the tz is a jewel of tecnology.
the images are clear, the tz and eeepc are similar in dimensions.
great sony
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Rami Taibah Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:32 am
hehe, maybe the small TZ screen is just giving you the wrong perspective, on my 24 inch screen the eee pc is on a league on it’s own. It is at least 20% smaller…but hey you paid a fortune on it, so I guess you are entitled for selective vision
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March 16th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
mr.rub you’ve right.
TZ 7.8-in x 0.89-in - 1.17-in x 10.9-in
eeepc 6.3-in x 0.79-in - 1.26-in x 8.9-in
The difference is not so much.
TZ have a 11.1-in monitor and the eeepc only 7-in but their dimensions are the same.
The prices are differente like their performance are so different.
TZ can read ahd write CD and DVD but eeepc can’t.
TZ has inside the connect card for internet but eeepc not.
TZ has 120gb hard drive and eeepc only 4gb(soooo pooor).
So there is a big difference about the prices but there are many reasons.
TZ is a notebook for buisness, eeepc is a game for kids or inexpert pc users.
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sandisk Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/images/2007/11/03/asus_eeepc_3.jpg
Ehi rami tahibah maybe the small eeepc screen 7-in is just giving you the wrong perspective.
I post the dimensions of TZ and eeepc, TZ is 1.2 kg and eeepc 1 kg, can you tell me where eeepc is 20% smaller?
watch your picturs, there are some line error
you are so smart eh?
http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0543qv6.jpg
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sandisk Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
7.8-in vs 6.3-in there is 20% difference? I think no.
0.89-in vs o.79-in is 20% difference? I think no.
1.17-in vs 1.26-in si 20% difference? Ops, TZ is smallest than eeepc.
10.9-in vs 8.9-in is 20% difference? I think no.
1,2 kg vs 1 kg is 20% differece? I think no.
So the small eeepc monitor give you th wrong prespective
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nicky Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
wait.
11.1″ and 7″ there is 20% diffrence? oh yes, there is
120gb and 4gb hard drive there is 20% difference? oh yes, there is
2gb and 512mb there is 20% difference? oh yes, there is
over 7hrs and 3hrs battery there is 20% difference? oh yes, there is but all for tz
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nicky Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
sandisk where you take this picture?
eeepc for kids:
images.derstandard. at/20071107/maxi_EEEPC_Kids.jpg
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nicky Vote:
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March 16th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
For those of you wondering how this system performs inside Windows XP, here are some benchmarks:
PCMark05
PCMark05 measures overall system performance:
Notebook PCMark05 Score
Asus Eee PC 701 4G (900MHz Intel Celeron M ULV) 1,132 PCMarks
Sony VAIO TZ (1.20GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600) 2,446 PCMarks
Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 (1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400) 1,152 PCMarks
Sony VAIO VGN-G11XN/B (1.33GHz Core Solo U1500) 1,554 PCMarks
Toshiba Portege R500 (1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U7600) 1,839 PCMarks
wPrime comparison results:
Notebook / CPU wPrime 32M time
Asus Eee PC 701 4G (Intel Celeron M ULV @ 900MHz) 200 seconds
Sony VAIO VGN-G11XN/B (Core Solo U1500 @ 1.33GHz) 125 seconds
Sony VAIO TZ (Core 2 Duo U7600 @ 1.20GHz) 76 seconds
Dell Inspiron 2650 (Pentium 4 Mobile @ 1.6GHz) 231 seconds
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March 17th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Lol it’s so funny how you two are going down on the eee pc? Buyers remorse?
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nicky Vote:
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March 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
yes, I sell my eeepc two weeks ago.
It’s only a game machine.
The are many applications in eeepc but it isn’t realy a notebook.
With eeepc you don’t have much power and you can’t watch movies because there isn’t a reader.
Ok, you can download dvix on his hard drive but there are only 4 gb.
The same for music and other applications.
eeepc is not expensive like tz?
yes, but we can see why.
the applications and the quality are so different.
tz is a notebook for buisness and eeepc is only a fun machine for some kid ore some noob .
REMEMBER:
Quality determines the price and the prestige of a brand.
Do you think that a Ferrari is qualitatively less than a compact car?
I think no and you?
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March 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
if the people haven’t the money to buy a TZ does not mean that the eeepc, which costs less, is better.
If people had the money to buy a TZ not even take into account the eeepc.
people despise what they can not have.
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Rami Taibah Vote:
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March 17th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I don’t know why you are coming up with all these comparisons. This post is a comparison in size, and only that, and the eee pc clearly has that advantage. Nobody claimed that it’s more powerful or better than anything let alone the TZ. The TZ, and most other laptops win when it comes to performance hands down! But that’s not the eee pc’s purpose…
The eee pc serves a purpose for a lot of people, and thats ultra mobility. And that’s the only advantage over other laptops (aside from the fact that it’s Linux preloaded
). Most eee pc owners, including me, have other laptops/desktops for their main computing needs.
Can’t own? Where do you think I got these laptops for the photoshoot??
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March 17th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
The ultra mobility is useless unless there is also the usefulness resulting from the availability of many applications.
Do you want watch movies, divx, photo, play games, music and surf to internet?
Buy a PSP that have all this characteristics.
A notebook you should offer more of these things.
PSP is the smallest and least expensive dell’eeepc.
The eeepc does not offer anything in this innovative and your enthusiasm is not justified.
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March 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
We can not only consider the size.
To connect EEEPC to the Internet is necessary A connecting card.
To download files you need a memory card or an external hard drive.
To read and write CD or DVD requires a reader outside.
All these things at the end increase the EEEPC’s volume making it little portable.
For two inches more you can have all these things in one system.
The TZ is really an ultra-portable notebook and not an object that lacks everything.
Are all good at creating a small notebook removing the essence of a PC.
The EEEPC has nothing and nothing occupies little space.
The TZ has everything and occupies almost the same space.
Bye
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Rami Taibah Vote:
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March 18th, 2008 at 2:27 am
@JVC, Nicky, and Sandisk: Well obviously I am not going to convince you otherwise, and vise versa. The eee pc has amassed huge following, so there IS another side to your story. Anyways let’s agree to disagree shall we? And thank you for dropping by
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June 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Very curios as to what these Sony fanboys have to say now that the EEEpc 900 is available…
Dont get me wrong, i think the TZ is an amazing computer.. but it also cost a lot more.. and as such even if you can afford it, you treat it more delicately. i think the point of the eee is that it is so small you that take it everywhere, and it is so cheap that you dont worry about it …. Now with the bigger screen and larger ssd’s of the 900, i believe the two main flaws have been covered..
and the insinuations that the eeePC is a noob’s toy? well i imagine the opposite is more true.. the only people i know with eee’s are technically capable, and run all sorts of operating systems on it, including xp, different linux distros, and OS x
I imagine TZ owners are more likely the inexperienced computer user that just wants it to work and does not like experimenting with different os’es
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August 5th, 2008 at 1:35 am
*cough* *cough* eeepc 900 hands down!, love the looks of the tz but just toooo much $$$$$$ $2,199+ whooah!
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August 5th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Yup M II K E! Am def gonna buy a 900 will probably write about it! Hell i’ll do a laptop fashion show like I did with all these systems
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