The newly launched Sony VAIO X series notebook should appeal to the “small and light” business travel market. Weighing in at under a kilo it boasts the title of “Worlds lightest laptop” (amongst models with comparable screen sizes).

Clearly ignoring any talk of a recession, Sony are targeting this machine at the premium market – the spec sheet includes:

• Carbon-fibre chassis
• LED backlit screen
• Integrated 3G
• Wireless a/b/g/n
• Integrated webcam
• Solid state drive

Taking a leaf out of Apple’s book the gesture pad is multi-touch enabled and Sony boast an impressive 8 hour battery life.

We don’t have any prices yet but if it’s anything like the other object of desire in the VAIO stable (the Z series) you’d better start saving now…