15.5" Sony E-series looks good for netbook refugees

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Sony's new E-series laptop is much bigger and better than the W-class model, but only a little more expensive: good for people tired of netbook performance who want to head in the opposite direction to that taken by all these newfangled tablets. It's $700 and up, has a 15.5" display and optional Blu-Ray drive, HDMI output, 3 USB ports, eSata, Wifi-N and Bluetooth, and Windows 7. It comes in glossy green, blue, white, pink, black and matte shades of brown, white and gray; big pictures follow after the jump.

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