Sony shows off its Vaio W-Series netbook

The screen uses a resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, which is much better than the standard 1,024x600 pixel resolution offered by most current netbooks, but not unheard of. Dell, for example, offers the higher resolution as a premium option on its Mini 10 in the US.

Sony launched another small, Atom-powered subnotebook earlier this year — the Vaio P — but that device had an un-netbook-like 1,600x768 pixel resolution. Also, at £849, was not cheap enough to conform to the generally accepted definition of a netbook as a small, cheap subnotebook.