Sony dumps VAIO P pricing in Taiwan

It seems like Sony’s VAIO P isn’t selling too well, as the company has just dropped the price of its entry level model in Taiwan to a somewhat more affordable €495/$690. It’s still not even close to what most other companies charge for their netbooks, but it’s a start.

What you get for your money is the VGN-P13TH/Q SKU, which includes an Atom Z520 at 1.33GHz, 2GB of RAM, a 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive and all the other usual VAIO P features. A similar model is retailing for $900 in the US. If this isn’t quite up to scratch, you could opt for the €585/$810 VGN-P23T/W SKU which ups the processor to an Atom Z530 at 1.6GHz and the hard drive to an 80GB model.

The SSD models are still expensive in Taiwan, but it will be interesting to see if Sony follows suit in other parts of the world and drop the pricing of the VAIO P there too.