Sony announced 1 new VAIO notebook in the US and Europe. In Japan Sony announced today 21 new VAIO notebooks in four VAIO series. I ask you, Is this fair?

The new Sony VAIO notebooks are in the A, BX, F/FZ and G series.
The Sony A series gets the VGN-AR73DB and VGN-AR53DB and 4 models for businesses. Main features are huge 240GB/200GB hard-drives, digital TV tuner (wansegu), 17 inch screen, Core 2 Duo T7300/T7100 CPU, NVidia GForce 8600M GT GPU, 1GB RAM, Bluetooth, FeliCA and Windows Vista Home Premium. The VAIO BX series gets the retail VGN-BX4KANB, 8 business models. The new BX VGN-BX4KANB features a 14.1 inch screen, 120GB HDD, DVD drive and Core Duo 2 T7100 CPU.

The Sony VAIO F/FZ series presents the VGN-FZ70B and the VGN-FZ50B. Features include a Blu-ray drive, 15.4 inch screen, 160GB/120GB HDD, Core 2 Duo T7100 CPU, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Felica and DVD Drive.

The new VAIO G VGN-G1KBNA runs on a Core Solo U1400 CPU and has 1GB of RAM. The screen size is 12.1 inch.
The new Sony notebooks go on sale later this month and some in July.



Via this Sony press-release (Japanese).