Sony Vaio AX Desktop Replacement

The new 17" laptop, designed to be a multimedia machine, comes loaded with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and has a multi-function bay for different components.

Sony announces to bring big screen entertainment to the portable platform. Priced at about $2,000, this notebook series is set to be available starting next month.

The Vaio AX notebook offers a number of features. These include a 17” WXGA+ widescreen display with Sony’s Xbrite LCD technology, a removable TV tuner, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2, a DVD+R Double Layer/DVD+/-RW Drive, a multi-function bay for swapping out components and a 0.3 megapixel digital camera.