Sony Vaio YB Notebook With AMD Innards Now Available For As Little As $549

It was unveiled at CES and it looks like Sony has just released it. It's the AMD powered Vaio YB notebook and it's now available with the new 1.6GHz APU. It also features an 11.6-inch display (1,366 x 768 resolution), up to 4GB of RAM, and up to 500GB of HDD storage. If you want then you can check it out on Amazon where it's going for $549.99 or Sony Style where it starts at $599.99.

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Sony Unveils VAIO YA, YB, and S Series Notebooks At CES Presser

Sony unveiled a bunch of new products last night and we'll talk about their various notebooks here. The first one is an 11.6-inch VAIO YB Series notebook which will feature a new AMD E-350 APU, 320GB / 500GB HDD options, up to 4GB of RAM, and Windows 7 Home Premium. The base model will be going for $549 but it only features 2GB of RAM and just the 320GB HDD. The company has also revealed the new VAIO YA Series notebook which features an Intel Core i5 CPU and will be available for $749.

That's not all though. Sony also revealed a new 13.3-inch VAIO S notebook. This one features a new Core i3 CPU, WiDi, and it's all wrapped in a nice magnesium body. Price and release date for this one are unknown right now.

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Sony Vaio Y Trims Down To An 11.6-Inch Display, Hitting Japan On Nov. 27th

The Sony Vaio Y launched in January of this year sporting a 13.3-inch display but just like the small MacBook Air model, this new model will be sporting a smaller 11.6-incher instead. The display resolution will be 1,366 x 768 which is pretty good and the rest of the specs is where it tries to set itself apart. Inside you'll find an Intel Core i3-380U 1.33GHz ULV CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, a 320GB HDD, Bluetooth 2.1 / WiFi b/g/n support, an HDMI output, and a battery life of 6-hours. This will be available in Japan starting on November 27th - the price is still unknown.

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