The Net-book war is heating up more and more with "Sony announcing the Vaio X series at IFA 2009 in Berlin, the company's ultraportable laptops that are expected to become available after the introduction of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.

Although Sony did not provide many technical details of the new system, the showcased engineering model was 14mm thick and its weight was about 700g. At the exterior, the X-series boasts a carbon-fibre chassis, coupled with an aluminum keyboard and a choice for both a glossy- and matte-plastic finishes. VAIO x will also have wireless WAN access connectivity through 3G networks

. Due to its very thin profile, the new notebooks are expected to be powered by the energy efficient Atom CPUs from Intel, rather that the Core series of CPUs. Sony's prototype had a 11" LCD display, an SD/Memory Stick slot, two USB 2.0 ports, LAN and VGA interfaces."

In full here!

The system is now ready to be configured, ordered. Time to dole out some $$$ and wait for up to 3 weeks for delivery. Base price hits €1499.

Model vpc-x11 s1e/b or x5e

* Gold, Black and Carbon covers.
* Intel® Atom(TM) 1.86 Ghz (Z540) or 2.00Ghz (Z550)
* 128GB/256GB SATA Flash SSD
* (max) 2 GB 533MHz DDR2-SDRAM
* Windows7 Pro (32bit) with WinXP !!!!
* Wireless WAN (7,2 mb/s HSPDA - 5,7 Mbps-HSUPA - UMTS - EDGE - GPRS)
* Bluetooth
* 8+ hrs of battery performance
* 11.1", 1366x768 + Motion-Eye Camera
* 2x USB 2.0

cheers ...