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Sony VAIO PCG-505

Sony · 1997

The laptop that changed what laptops looked like: a magnesium alloy subnotebook under three pounds, in a purple-grey finish nobody else would have attempted. It made Sony's reputation in portables overnight and is the ancestor of every thin-and-light since. Genuinely beautiful, and the hinges are the weak point.

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Maker
Sony
CPU
Intel Pentium MMX-133
Memory
32MiB, 64MiB
Styles
PCG-505, PCG-505G, PCG-505GX, PCG-505EX
Regions
NTSC-J (Japan), NTSC (US), PAL (Europe)
Chassis
magnesium subnotebook, four panels and no drive in it
OS
Windows 95

Chips

1
CPU
Intel Pentium MMX

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