Well the people at Techon have been thinking the same thing we have, “why is the Sony VAIO so freaking expensive”. They set out to answer this question by tearing apart a VAIO X and finding out what makes it tick, and in case you hadn’t guessed, the VAIO X really is a masterpiece of manufacturing.
For instance, the display panel doesn’t route the antennas around the edge, as many bulkier notebooks do, but sandwiches LCD and antenna array together in two flat sheets. Sony have seemingly reduced a standard 0.37mm thick glass plate down to sub-0.21mm thickness by grinding it. Meanwhile all the mainboard components are mounted on one side, including some ports that appear to be hand-soldered into place; that’s meant that Sony needed to reduce the number of capacitors and other components in order to squeeze them in.
Of all the features of the VAIO X, I was most impressed by the fact all the components are mounted on one side. It is necessary to reduce the number of components to realize such a design. Also, patterning is much easier when components are mounted on both sides” unnamed engineer, TechOn
The end result is a machine that the engineer reckons would have cost twice as much to manufacturer as a regular notebook, and demanded comprehensive cooperation between the designers, engineers and production plants from early on in the project. The VAIO X may be hugely expensive and underpowered, but it’s certainly an engineering marvel.
via slashgear
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