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New VAIOs Made of Carbon Fiber

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-feel-pretty-so-pretty dept.

Shawnzyoo noted that Sony has released their new series of VAIO TX laptops. In order to make them stronger/lighter/thinner, they are now made of carbon fiber. No plans to release it in the US yet, so start learning Korean if you want this one.

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  1. Re:safe? by CausticPuppy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't carbon fibre both flammable as well as electrically conductive?

    If it was flammable, it would certainly be a very poor choice for constructing race cars.

    As for electrical conductivity, it wouldn't be any more of an issue than metal notebook casings which are already widely used.

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  2. Re:One word... by LikwidFlux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except for the price concern. Not all people need the functionality of a laptop and would rather spend a grand less and get a cheap portable DVD player.....

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  3. Re:Learn Korean? by MaestroSartori · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now straying dangerously offtopic, but if the first post just regurgitates a bit of the summary (or article) then surely it could be redundant? :)

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  4. Re:Learn Korean? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Good luck to change the keyboard of a laptop...