Sony‘s 14hr VAIO S series may be the company’s new mobility maven, but the Sony VAIO C Series promises to be a little more affordable. Described as “a dramatic lifestyle statement” – by which we’re assuming Sony is referring to that “lifestyle” where you burn out your retinas with ridiculously garish colors – the VAIO C Series packs a 14-inch 1366 x 768 display and choice of Intel Core i5 processors, together with AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics with HDMI connectivity.
There’s also four USB ports – three 2.0, and one 3.0 – along with up to 320GB of HDD storage and up to 4GB of DDR3 memory. As well as the AMD GPU there’s integrated Intel HD graphics with automatic switch-over, and a DVD burner.
WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and an HD webcam round out the main specs, and the C Series gets the same keyboard backlighting and instant-boot WEB mode as the S Series. No word on pricing at this stage, but the Sony VAIO C Series should make its retail debut from March 2011.