Sony Releases VAIO FJ290 Funkadelic Design and Customizable Notebooks

[Andrew Baxter]

Sony has released some funkadelic designed VAIO FJ notebooks featuring the following lid design optional configurations: Pink Feather, Orange Flower, Green Flower, Orange Burst, Blue Burst.  The VAIO FJ290 14.1" Pentium M notebook can now be configured with these designs and a free personalized engraving for a starting price of about $1,149 at SonyStyle.com.

This new design offering for the FJ series has been created exclusively by the Sony Design Center based in Los Angeles California.  The designers state that each design can reflect an individual's personality in the following ways:

• Pink Feather - for the daring, outspoken funky trend-setter
• Orange Flower - for the sun-loving, casual, free spirit that loves beach culture
• Green Flower - for the vibrant, green-minded person who appreciates relaxation, vitality
• Orange Burst - for the sophisticated, cheerful optimist
• Blue Burst - for the stylish, technology-savvy hipster

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The VAIO FJ290 weighs in at 5.lbs. and has a 14.1" widescreen display.  It has a built-in web cam and can be configured with a Pentium M or Celeron M processor.  The VAIO FJ290 customizable notebook is available now at SonyStyle.com. A review of the FJ can be found on this site here.

At SonyStyle.com you will see you can input two lines of engraving that will show up on the top left side above the speaker if you opt for the free engraving.

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[Playmaker]

Sony really needs to pull its head out of its and update the CPU for the FJ line. Dothan is more than 2 generations old now and really needs to go.

I will admit though, the blue burst color looks great.

[jetstar]

Nice designs. I wish Sony could include a dedicated graphics card as an option. Maybe a Go7400, or a X1400.

[Andrew Baxter]

Honestly, I think Sony over produced the VAIO FJ and are doing anything they can to get people to buy it now without dropping the price too much

[Metamorphical]

The designes are cool. Doesn't sony use the burst design as there default wallpaper?

[Charles P. Jefferies]

Although I must admit they look very attractive, I wouldn't even consider the FJ anymore because it uses a single-core Pentium M processor. Not that it's a bad CPU - it isn't - but with Core Duo processors being offered in just about every one of the FJ's competitors, it isn't worth it.

If I had to pick a favorite, the blue one hits the spot. Looks really nice.

[Metamorphical]

Bet ya'll would never guess which one is my favorite. xD

[mralex]

$1200 for a P-M?
I guess Sony is the major customer for notebook CPUs that come out from Intel's 90nm fab.

[jsis]

Is this the best they could come up with? I think the FJ is overdue for a redesign. I'm not impressed with their shoddy build quality either.

Sony is really going downhill these days...

[pkd]

This is getting pretty pathetic for Sony as far as I can see. Overpriced, oudated (products seem to be totally out of sync with consumers expectations) , obnoxious (DRM). Shame to see this erstwhile champion of industry falling so low...