Sony has announced two new VAIOs today at Computex – the VAIO Pro 11/13 and the VAIO Duo 13. The VAIO Pro is one of the lightest Ultrabooks to hit the market and will be available in both 11-inch and 13-inch models (in “Carbon Black” and “Carbon Silver”) and weighing...

Sometimes there is nothing like a shiny new PC to bring a family together—and this was the case for my family a few weeks ago when I brought the Sony VAIO Tap 20 to my parents’ house. My sister asked inquisitively “what’s that?” when she saw it sitting in the trunk of my car. I told her that it was half...

By now you’ve probably seen our “To the Cloud!” TV commercials where we highlight some of the cool new stuff you can do with an awesome new PC with Windows 7 and Windows Live.  The ads are great, but they’re only 30-60 seconds long, which isn’t a lot of time to dig into each PC and scenario. ...

One of the most common misconceptions about PCs is that the bigger the screen, the more items you’ll be able to pack on it. After all, bigger is better, right? Well, sort of. There’s a big difference between screen size and screen resolution, and that’s what Ryan and I are talking...

For this month’s roundup, Ryan and I wanted to share some of our favorite netbooks. Unlike the “original” crop of netbooks that were small, underpowered, and cramped to type on, today’s netbooks are bigger, faster, and more beautiful – and run any version of Windows 7 like a dream. Some even have full...

It’s summer! Well maybe not so much up here in Seattle, where we’re still dealing with 60-degree temps and cloudy skies, but definitely in other parts of the country. That means it’s time to get out of the house and enjoy the sunshine with a few days away from the office. If you’re like me, your PC comes...

For those of you who are regular readers of my posts, you know that I’ve waxed poetic about the ASUS UL30vt a few times. Those mentions generated a lot of questions, so I wanted to dig a little deeper into the machine that I said I loved so much, I felt like I was cheating on my wife . The ASUS UL series...

Unless you were on Mars, living in a cave with your eyes shut and fingers in your ears , you know that yesterday was kind of a big day for the Windows Phone team . Along with the Phone team, we were there (as were our friends from Xbox , Microsoft Hardware and Office ), focusing on great holiday PCs...

This morning I took part in 21 (yes, 21) live TV and radio interviews with stations from all around the country showing off some of the latest and greatest Windows PCs for the back-to-school season. Not all of the stations made their clips available online, but luckily the Microsoft News Center did....

You’ve probably heard the saying “the clothes make the man (or woman).”   It’s true; clothes aren’t there to simply shield us from the elements, they are the front-line of self expression.  Today’s Windows PCs are the same way.  They are not just tools to get work done, connect and...

Sony this week has announced updates to its VAIO line of Windows PCs as we near the holiday season. I’d thought I’d pass along what those updates are. First off with the VAIO S Series - they have the 13.3” VAIO SA Windows PC but also the new 15.5” VAIO SE Windows PC which I posted about a few months...

Last night Microsoft Hardware hosted a launch reception at the Greene Space in New York City to unveil the Studio Series: Artist Edition , a brand new collection of Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500’s designed in partnership with artists Kirra Jamison, Matt Moore, Linn Olofsdotter, Mike Perry and Jonny Wan...

As hard as it was to leave 85-and-sunny weather, the team and I are back in Redmond from a really fun PC Showcase in Miami .  The Spa at the Viceroy was beautiful, the crowd was interesting (and interested), and the PCs looked and performed great.   Below are some of my favorite photos...

Last year I wrote about Sony’s amazing VAIO Z. It was the PC I used for several months as my main work laptop and the one that was in my bag when my son was born last June . I defined the Z as “luxury computing”; it was fast, light, beautifully designed and sported features that no other laptop on the...

I never pass up a chance to play with a new device. In this case I was recently given a chance to play with a Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro. This is one of 14 phones Sony Ericsson has currently implemented Device Stage for in Windows 7. The Vivaz Pro comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5.1 megapixel...

One of the questions I get a lot is “Do you have a recommendation for a PC that’s light, small, cheap, looks great and has a long battery life?”   That may seem like a silly question – it kind of looks like the asker is looking for a laptop that does everything - but in today’s PC world it’s actually...

This is a guest blog post from industry analyst Rob Enderle, President and Principal Analyst of the Enderle Group. Well it is that time again and I’ve been going through my office and looking at the products I’ve looked at over the last several weeks that stood out. From the new class of stunning Ultrabook...

Many of you may be on the market for a new Windows 7 PC. Our partners are delivering new PCs we think you will love and just in time for the holidays! Below are hot and slick looking Windows 7 PCs in categories we think will be big for holiday 2009. Please note that many of the PCs with features mentioned...

Earlier today, Ashley let you know about the first of our offers – a Sony VAIO E series laptop with Windows 7 Professional, a free Blu-Ray drive upgrade and a $90 credit for movies, all for $799.99! This is an impressive offer, given that if you bought this same laptop at its MSRP it would cost $999...

Some experiences just ooze luxury. Strapping an Audemars Piguet to your wrist. Slipping on a Brioni Suit. Driving a Lamborghini . If you’re a gadget lover, you need to add “using a Sony VAIO Z” to that list. For those unfamiliar with the Sony VAIO Z , it’s Sony’s 13” top-of-the-line laptop. Packed with...

A few years back, if you worked with multiple PCs, like a desktop in your office and a laptop on the road, you ran into a hitch every time you moved back and forth between them – your stuff was always in two different versions in two different places.  This was a real pain.  To solve it, you...

For those of you who didn’t see my intro post, here’s the deal – send your PC buying questions to benthepcguy@live.com , find me on Twitter , or leave a question in the comments of one of my posts, and I’ll pick a few each month to answer publicly. I’ll always look to answer...

This week Sony joins our weekly Tech Tuesday Live Twitter Chat to discuss their great PC lineup including the Sony VAIO T Series Ultrabook and the VAIO E Series. These are great PCs for a variety of different people. The T Series is an Ultrabook with full port functionality including VGA, HDMI and SD...

Interesting news from our pals at Toshiba today with the launch of the libretto W100, their new ultra-mobile dual-screen concept PC. The libretto sports an interesting design – two 7” 1024 x 600 capacitive multi-touch screens arranged side-by-side (like a book, hence the name “libretto”). As the first...

Ever since Apple announced the new MacBook Air last week, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about ultraportable PCs. Mostly folks are intrigued by the trend toward small, sleek laptops - but don’t want to pay Apple prices or jump ship from Windows 7 to Mac OS X. Evidently the TechCrunch gang has been...