| Component | Description |
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| CPU: | Mobile Celeron 600A |
| RAM: | 256–512MB PC2100 DDR |
| HDD: | 30GB Ultra ATA/100 |
| Video: | ATI Mobility Radeon 16MB |
| Display: | 7.1" 1024×768 CG Silicon TFT |
| Network: | Integrated 10/100 and 802.11b |
| Size/Weight | 7.0"×5.5"×1.3" / 1.94lbs |
The Sony Vaio PCG-U101 is a very tiny yet full-featured subnotebook. Sony only sells it in Japan, but several importers make it available in the US as well. I've got one, and I run Linux on it. This web site will give full details on installing and configuring the system, but the summary is: almost everything works perfectly, including the wireless network card.
The only significant lack is support for the special keys via sonypi, and I hope to resolve that soon. It'd also be nice to be able to tap the pointing device to click, but that's non-fatal — and should also be resolvable.
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There's more images on the pictures page, and much more system detail on the Hardware Chart.
November 19, 2003: Whew, what a slacker I am. I've got lots more stuff to add here, coming Eventually. Particularly, I've updated to running Fedora Core 1 instead of Red Hat Linux 9. But other little bits as well.
July 24, 2003: This update section was getting a little long, so I've decided to clear it out. This wasn't really meant to be a weblog. I've put up a section Dynamism to summarize my purchase experience — I think that was the most important info that was here. And lots of other info from people's e-mail and my experimenting will go up RSN.