From reading some of the comments in the TX thread, I know some of you will be eager to hear of the replacement for the current generation T series notebook, which will be arriving at Sony Centres and SonyStyle online this July.
The new series will be called TZ and will feature a completely new chassis design and encorporate the Intel U7500 Core 2 Duo processor.
Two models are to be offered initially, and in Europe they will be called TZ11-XN (with 11.1 widescreen display, integrated DVD-DL, 2GB of RAM, 100GB HD, WLAN a/b/g, fingerprint scanner and the welcome return to an integrated WebCam!). The second model is the TZ11-MN (same specifications apart from 80GB HD, 1GB RAM and no fingerprint scanner)
The design definately looks more business-like, with all black including the keyboard on both models. Unfortunatley the TX port replicator is not compatible, but a compatible one will also available at launch.
According to my contact at Sony, prices are expected to remain the same as current top and mid-range TX series.
AR41-Series
VGNAR41E 17WUXGA T7100 1024MB 120GB GFX CAM
VGNAR41L 17WUXGA T7100 2048MB 120GB GFX CAM
VGNAR41M 17WUXGA T7100 2048MB 160GB GFX TV CAM
VGNAR41S 17WUXGA T7500 2048MB BD 320GB GFX TV CAM
(I think that WUXGA for all AR models is a typo)