First look: Sony’s all-new ultraportable – the TT

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

We caught our first glimpse of Sony’s legendary TZ-series back in 2007. The first moment we clapped eyes on Sony’s VGN-TZ11XN/B was the beginning of a love affair to remember.

Picture the scene – before netbooks were even a distant, cheeky glint in Asus’ eye, Sony furnished us with a ground-breaking business ultraportable that weighed in at a frankly, unbelievable 1.2kg. Its svelte figure was hitherto unmatched by the opposition, and its looks were married with 7+ hour battery life and surprisingly capable performance, courtesy of its low-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor. 

Since then we’ve seen the incremental TZ21 and TZ31 refreshes come and go, but now Sony has completely revamped the series. The TZ has evolved into the TT.

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