Back in September 2008 BoingBoing asked where Sony’s entry to the netbook market is.  Currently the closest thing to a netbook that Sony sells is the TT series.  It’s small and light, but it’s about $1,600 too much to be considered a netbook.

Now if you consider the TT series has an 11″ LED backlit screen and weighs under 3 lbs. we only need to figure out a way to get the price down to something more reasonable and in line with the rest of the market.

The entry level TT starts at $2,100 and features an 11.1″ widescreen LCD with XBRITE-DuraView™, 2GB RAM, 160GB Hard Drive, CD/DVD burner, webcam, Bluetooth®, fingerprint sensor, HDMI™ out, noise canceling headphones and crimson red carbon fiber casing.

Consider:

• Removing the Blu Ray drive.  Netbooks don’t use drives.  Savings: $550
• Moving from Windows Vista to Windows XP.  Savings: $200
• Downgrading from carbon fiber casing.  Savings: $500
• Going from 2GB to 512MB. Savings: $50
• Changing 6 cell battery to 3 cell.  Savings: $100
• Remove headphones from packaging.  Savings: $25

Total savings: $1,425.  This would make the new price $675, much more respectable and a reason premium to pay for a Sony product.  Will they do it?  I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure they will.  They almost have to, especially with the rumors going around that Apple will be doing it so very soon.

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