When you simply put in audio, graphic and video files in “three simple steps” and wait for VAIO Movie Story 1.2 to churn out a clip for you, where is the fun in making a homemade movie?

Granted, the VAIO MusicBox 2.0, with its ability to classify music files into genres based on information in their ID3 tags and using the 12-tone analysis technology to identify tempo, melody and mood is pretty sweet. But any discerning music lover would prefer to organise his music into different playlists for different settings.

Who’re the software producers to tell each user that a certain track is what he’d want to be listening to on a “Rainy Day”, during “Meditation” or when he’s feeling “Energised” anyway? One person might want to listen to Madonna’s “4 Minutes” to perk himself up on a gloomy rainy day, while another might prefer to turn on “Something About Us” by Clay Aiken and grab some shuteye when it’s pouring outside.

	All in all, these software programs are wonderfully smart. But they weren’t designed for multimedia rookies. They were designed for sloths. Saving Grace: VAIO FW Of course, things aren’t all bad with the new VAIO.

Though the VAIO SR is lightweight at 1.88kg for the 200GB version, it’s also pretty lightweight in functionality, which is rather disappointing.

The VAIO Z, Sony’s flagship model, is rather exciting, packing plenty of power (read Intel Centrino 2 Processor, 320 GB HDD, 4GB DDR3 SDRAM, 5.5 hours battery life and more) into a featherweight 1.48kg, thanks to a 12-layer high density mounting board.

But keep your wallets for now; the VAIO Z will only be out in the 4th quarter of this year.

But Sony has done pretty well to present a tempting pick for the HD entertainment market with the VAIO FW Series. With a 16.4” LCD screen of 16:9 aspect ratio and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphics accelerator, Sony has just downsized your LCD TV into a computer handy enough for you to bring with you on the go at 3kg.

Of course, with good visuals come the need for good audio, and Sony delivers that with the Dolby Sound Room suite, which comes pre-installed in your VAIO FW Series. The punchy yet crystal-clear sound can definitely outblast that of the MacBook’s built-in speakers anytime.

Gamers aren’t left out either, with Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 CPU speeding at 2.53 GHz, Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset, 256MB dedicated Video Memory, 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM and a huge 320GB hard disk so gamers can play their most technologically demanding games just about anywhere they like.