I was impressed with the Sony VAIO P when I played with it, but found myself wishing over and over that it shipped with Windows XP instead of Vista. The performance was not great with Vista, and my experience with similarly equipped notebooks running XP had me longing for that option.
Sony has been paying attention to that sort of longing, and word has come out that shortly Windows XP will become a configuration option for those purchasing a VAIO P. This comes at a price, as Microsoft’s rules for putting XP on notebooks restricts the memory allowed to 1 GB. That’s crazy, but it’s the way it is for OEMs that want to put XP on notebooks. Sony is not the only OEM facing that restriction; you can buy the HP Mini 1000 with 2 GB of RAM with Linux installed but only 1 GB with XP. Kind of like not putting your best foot forward for Microsoft.
Other good news from Sony in regards to the VAIO P — there will be a new 2 GHz processor option and a 256GB SSD, but I can only shudder to think how much that will cost. These new options will be available in Japan and will hopefully cross the waters to Europe and the U.S.
(via Portable Monkey)

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