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Sony Releases Smallest VAIO Yet
ephidryn writes "Sony Corporation has released their new VAIO laptop in Japan. The PCG-U1 is even smaller than their previous sub-notebook the C1 PictureBook. Measuring in at 7.3" x 5.5" x 1.4" and weighing a mere 1.8lbs the 6.4 inch XGA screen does 1024x768. The laptop uses a Transmetta Crusoe TM5800 processor and can house up to 384 megs of RAM." As a Picturebook owner, I can't imagine how a keyboard any smaller can still be usable, but this little guy offsets that with thumb controls to make input easier.
this has become a prerequisite of such a story but here goes. IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THESE! now that it's done and over, please no more beowulf posts :)
Sooner or later, the computers will have to occupy inverse space in order to keep up with progress. And then how can the geeks build them in stuffed animals and desks and corpses and stuff? Since, obviously, stuffed animals, desks, human bodies, et al., are inferior technology and not able to be easily miniaturized.
I was in Japan in July for the IETF meeting there, and this was for sale then. I was very close to buying one until I realised my fingers were too big for the keys...
You've not been here long, have you?
Sdo now my fgat finfgers.. Will ptress even more ketys tjhan they needf to.
in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
The description includes :
"1x Biology U-Port"
What kind of beast is that?
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Nah, it's not out of date until the *next* time the story is posted.
Top ten ways Linux (and OSS) hackers can adapt to this keyboard:
... Profit!!
10. Cut down on those Starbucks Venti Moccha Frappucinos
9. Make like a yakuza and chop-chop-chop your way to smaller fingers
8. Develop appropriate mouse-gestures for your favorite language keywords
7. Finger train to slim fingers with other than hjkl keys
6. Stop hacking with this keyboard. You're violating the DMCA anyway
5. Keyboard? Who needs a @#$(*& keyboard...it's an Apache server!
4. Don't buy it. Sony's the enemy this month. Er, I think.
3.
2. Ssh in from your desktop via your XBox Linux via your Sony PS2 Linux box
and the number one way Linux (and OSS) hackers can adapt to this keyboard:
1. Take your fat ass out for a walk instead of that debugging session
Kevin,
I wish you would stop posting this crap and just move on with your life. I'm sorry that things worked out the way they did, but you gave us no choice. As it was, I spent a lot of time convincing Jon and Bill not to have you brought up on criminal charges. I even managed to get you a week's severence.
Instead of being grateful that they gave you a break, you have become obsessed with trying to sabotage their business -- but your *BSD is dying posts are just childish and silly. We move more product now than when you left. No one is cancelling orders because of your anonymous messages on Slashdot.
I think that you could still have a bright future, but if this keeps up, Jon and Bill are going to get pissed off and have you brought up on criminal charges. Is that what you want? How many jobs will you get when potential employers see a criminal record that includes the theft of company computer equipment? Jon still has the laptop that he bought back from the pawn shop along with the company's original purchase records for it. He still has printouts of the ads you put up on ebay for the DLT auto-loader and the RAID array. There are records showing that your badge was used to gain entrance to the building at 2:13AM on the day that the equipment was stolen. On top of the thefts, we also have logs showing your attempts to break into the servers using your ID the evening after you were let go.
Do you want to end up being some guy's bitch in prison? That's what may happen if you keep this up. If you think that your shopping mall karate classes are going to do you any good there, you are in for a shock.
Tim
P.S. Please don't bother with denying this, who you are, and so forth. This started practically the day after you were let go. The writing style and the Kreskin reference leaves no doubt as to who's posting this. (Like someone else is going to go to that much trouble to discredit BSD and then not sign their name! Get real.)
Wow, that was teh most out of date story I've seen on /. ever...
Typical newbies. They copy the site's style perfectly, but miss the overall philosophy entirely, or as we say 'round here:
TN. Thay cp teh sites stile pfcly, but miss teh overal fillosofy. All your base are belong to us.
I am a Karma Library.
Of course what they fail to mention is that in order to accomodate the additional bandwidth, you can only display at 1600x1200 in Monochrome.:-)
Why is this story reposted 5 months later?
/. reader's long term memory. If no one notices, they'll start posting reviews of Redhat 5.2 on the next slow news day.
1. This submission's been stuck at the submission queue for a long, long time.
2. dude, this is Slashdot. There's no reason for reposting old stories, they simply do.
3. An experiment to test
4. Go pick up a newspaper tomorrow morning, it should say May 9th 2002. Congrats, the Beowulf cluster inside your Delorean finally did something.
5. Michael's been the one making the Cowboyneal entries for the poll, and Cowboyneal unchecked Michael's name for stories (hey look a Cowboyneal reference that's actually a legit option!)
s a Picturebook owner, I can't imagine how a keyboard any smaller can still be usable
Easy CowboyNeal. Loose a couple hundred pounds.
oddly enough, it's also smaller than my penis.
And it's probably been handled by fewer Asian men.
I figure at least 1.25 hours doing text entry
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A half-empty battery could barely keep the screen lit for 40 minutes.
hmmm 40min x 2 = 80 min = 1 hr 20 min = 1.33 hr
Where's the problem?
Looks like they've sucessfully breed a palmpilot/laptop hybrid.
Until they breed the price, I'm going to have to hesitate in calling it a success.
It looks cool, though.
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I would be nice to use if you are 12, have small hands and rich parents.
http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/PCOM/PCG-U1/I mages/wallpaper_pop_02.jpg