I’ve been looking around.

We took a trip to the Sony store to find out about the little solid state jobs they’ve got going on. If money were no object, I would like to pick up one of the VAIO TZ series…in black with the 11.1″ screen. I don’t need a big screen, but I’d like to be able to bring the thing with me and –if I take pictures or video, have the capability of sneaking off somewhere to upload to the net quickly. The pricetag is around $2,000+, but includes fancy little things like a fingerprint sensor. The predominant problem with so many of these new laptops are that they’re loaded with Vista…which I’d like to avoid for right now.

The one that has me totally intrigued is the tiny little ASUS Eee 8g 7″ with linux. It is far more portable and light than any other I’ve seen, even though it’s a virtual toy - made for small child-like hands. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that the Sony has, but it doesn’t have the hefty pricetag, either, coming in at a little over $500 for the 8g version. It’s solid state, and the reviews I’ve been reading on this little thing are amazing. Since my hands aren’t that big, this might be just the ticket for mobile blogging that I’ve been looking for.

Another one that looks like a winner is the Toshiba Portege R400, although it is configured with VISTA - which for the time being I would like to avoid. I gather with the next service pak, Vista’s problems will be solved…but that remains to be seen.

For the short term, the tiny little ASUS Eee might be the way to go for me…but I’m still shopping.