Trying Sony's SMALLEST Laptop

[@cunnie84]

If you watch this video in 360p it feels like Ken time travelled and filmed this back in the day 😂

[@zombl337og]

more like 144p so i wouldnt get buffering on my 1-3mbps internet

[@GINGER_KING_]

Cant on my newer iPhone for some reason

[@AnimatorElite]

@@GINGER_KING_ AHAHHA, APPLE MOMENT (frindly fire)

[@LtPepperDimples]

Every DankPods enjoyer immediately did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme as soon as they saw the EEEPC

[@diskrisks]

EEE PEE CEE

[@Mark.Pelham]

Back up, I'm armin the nugg

[@AutoYoung]

SONY VAIO products were the high end products to have back in the day. EVERYBODY wanted the Vgn-ux280 and ux380.

[@StuartGelin]

Pretty sure the "random hole on the side of the laptop" is for a kensington lock.

[@royalace760]

A modern version of this with an AMD APU would be awesome.

[@revaaron]

I used a GPDwin1 from 2017 to backup pictures in between bands at concerts. I'm currently using a GPDwinmax2, but it's a lemon. I'm waiting on a GPDwinmini.

[@Crispy22]

i remember when these came out, I wanted one so bad, I still do. if I can find a cheap one, I'll pick it up to use for typing on the go. paired with a small split keyboard and a few upgrades, I think i could make do...

[@jumpman93LP]

I've got an old vaio picturebook running windows 98 and it's actually pretty fast. Even managed to play some old games like the first thief on it

[@Christofion]

Great video as always!! no hate but I feel like this couldve been a KZbin short?? there wasnt much to talk about it just has a cool form factor I guess

[@xerxesYt123]

My dad used to have one but when it broke he entrusted it to my uncle who "knows" computers, its sad that he didnt return it and simply said that its fully broken... The unit was last touched by me, and it was just laggy but still functional... I couldve sold it as an antique online...

[@funnywithit_]

forget the laptop a mclaren hat goes brrrr

[@xcon87]

this form factor would be the best option today for those coffee shop moments. when all you have to do is watch and few document typing. back then this was so forward that there was no perfect use for it.

[@ThatChannel48]

Literally just bought and finished updating and setting up mine yesterday, love these things! Honestly use it a lot for music, and it’s a lil less dreadfully slow on vista lol

[@IrinaFlowers]

I wish they still made Sony VAIO P or something similar! I used to want one so bad.

[@CRYPTiCEXiLE]

a thinkpad with the thinkpad keyboard and nipple same form factor of the sony laptop this would be a cool device with today chipset yeah!

[@creauspssrb627]

Vaio was the deal back then! I had the vaio duo 11 as my college laptop and it's really great for presentations in class!

[@TheRealAlpha2]

With the news that Sony might be working on a Vita 2, it's possible we could see a revisit of the concept but with a Steamdeck attitude.

[@natsuLore]

9:55 HELL YEAH, TOARU SONGS!!!!!!!!!!

[@sinwashereable]

Lol I just noticed I have the same lo-fi wallpaper from wallpaper engine as him.

[@munkykng416]

I had a 901 eee pc and still have an aspire one. Its what I used to use to experiment with Linux back in the day. The aspire one was surprisingly full featured. Lots of ports, trackpad, camera, removal battery, wifi Bluetooth, swappable ram. If this thing had a decent CPU the netbook market would have been different.

[@jhnadrn07]

I looked forward to a review of this device with its proper OS as Sony Vaio intended it to be. The magic of old PCs, especially these kinds of novelties, is also in the bundled software and custom drivers - and running a clean install of an inappropriate OS definitely kills that magic. Nevertheless, great video as always.

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

It’s massive. I owned a Toshiba Libretto back in the days. Later an Asus EEE 901 netbook. I expanded the Windows machine to 2 GB (1 GB was the standard, dictated by Intel) memory and 1 TB HDD (or was it 500 GB, 160 GB was the standard) very usable on vacation to store my photos and book hotels etc. Smart phones weren’t invented yet.

[@Pasi123]

Smartphones did exist but they didn't have much storage and were a lot slower for web browsing etc.

[@CalvinB_]

I would love one of these, I do a lot of programming in the terminal and already don't use a mouse to much, so this would be a perfect little EDC device for me.

[@Mojomanultra]

You would be better off getting one of those cheap Chinese mini laptops.

[@lorensims4846]

For most of the late 2000s I rocked an ASUS EeePC 2G Surf with 256M of RAM. I was given it used because the Knoppix Linux installation was wrecked. That's fine. I added a 16GB SD card as my new root drive for a fresh, full install of Slackware Linux. It was GREAT! Linux in my pocket! I couldn't run KDE so I used XFCE for my window manager. The whole system would immediately crash if I went to Facebook, so I didn't do that. For everything else it was great and I could use it anywhere since it fit so easily in my jacket pocket. And with the replaceable battery, I could run it forever. But eventually the keyboard quit working properly. I do so miss that kind of functional portability.

[@XLessThanZ]

Netbooks were great. It was just hard to get people to understand the concept. ChromeOS back at that time would've helped. Using Windows didn't really force people to store data online or use hosted applications rather than local. Hence all the complaints about storage limitations and slow applications. Great episode. Thanks for the memories 🤙🏽 p.s. Install ChromeOS Flex on the Sony. It's easy.

[@ezikii1]

DENki this is awesome 🤩 hello from London uk 🇬🇧

[@Kyomara1337]

I'd love to know if there is a possibility to replace that tiny terribly slow HDD with an SSD.

[@LouisSubearth]

Yes

[@hyperfox805]

Wait.. did I see some railgun back there....? My man.

[@iwo24gaming]

You could use windows ltsc, or install vista basic again, but nice vid! Keep up the work!

[@creambat21]

ahh... an old stuff, i love it

[@MoleculaRecords]

y si usas el ready boost que tal funcionaria? ami con windows 7 me funciona muy bien

[@perdomot]

OMG I had the EEE PC too and hated the performance.

[@reza310]

I liked to here the keyboard . I wish you would not put a background music on that section

[@rbrookstx]

I miss ren fair, pirate cosplay, facial hair Austin.

[@thumbtak123]

Try using BunsenLabs Linux. That is a good Linux for old slow computers. You also have DSL, Damn Small Linux. That is just not in development anymore. Oh, and Puppy Linux, which I think uses RAM as the HDD, or storage.

[@uweburger]

I have one of theese, Haiku OS (32bit) runs great

[@JeskidoYT]

Its like a Surface Duo XL

[@WinrichNaujoks]

I'm still angry that Sony thought the Atom CPU is in any way appropriate for this laptop. It is not. You're waiting for EVERYTHING with this. It could have been so good with a better CPU. Even the VAIOs with a Pentium M CPU from 2004 vastly outperformed this snail.

[@Vicq3010]

Are you uprading it?

[@links-awakening]

This isn’t Sonys smallest laptop - I used to have the Vaio U101 which ran xp. I loved it so much I bought 2 over the years.

[@DNKI]

Mind you I'm only going off memory here, but that PC was roughly the same size by volume if not slightly bigger. I'd argue the thinness makes the P more portable, but we'll find out! I have the U series as well for a future video 🙂

[@links-awakening]

@@DNKI nice 😉

[@zombl337og]

imma get a Steam Deck 2?, or something like an ROG Ally. Portable PC + Portable Gaming = W

[@ivovass195]

Install a pico win10 on ssd on it and you good to go.

[@bighaneul89]

I wanna see this with something like puppy linux

[@Kale-w5t]

A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own and will use modern smart phones?

[@Hinducoder]

what about ssd 1.8"? Can it be possible?

[@DNKI]

It's not impossible, but it's not a catch-all solution to mediocre performance

[@OuchMyHooves]

Is that a newports hat

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

VAIO used to be a status symbol

[@MaruonYoutube]

That netbook gave me the immediate though of: what would a linux user do to it if they have owned one. Doubt tthat it will work all that well still, but maybe it can be used for a fun project or used as a streaming device.

[@LouisSubearth]

These used to ship with a tiny Linux OS for super basic functions, as well as Windows Vista or 7.

[@Pasi123]

That Sony isn't a good option for Linux because it uses the PowerVR SGX535 based Intel GMA 500 graphics which has awful driver support. Funnily the GPU is the same one as on the iPhone 3GS, 4 and the 1st gen iPad. Netbooks with Intel's own graphics (GMA 950 or GMA 3150) work fine on Linux

[@EdensukoV]

Cyberdeck !

[@pufferzsola69]

i mean ... you put win10 on it :D i hope it is at least a pocket version :D

[@Kale-w5t]

A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own and will use modern smart phones?!

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

Debian based Puppy Linux?

[@buddybleeyes]

tablets are the new netbooks. I remember having an acer one (don't remember the model) running win 7 and it sucked for everything 🤣🤣 edit: would absolutely love to see an ssd and ram upgrade🤣🤣

[@jothain]

No. That is NOT a normal standard hard disk drive that thing has. It has to be 1,8" ZIF drive and those really aren't common and most importantly shouldn't have ever been put into computers 😊😊

[@mistrotech8894]

If you want a Sony laptop one level smaller, go with a Clié!

[@cloudycolacorp]

up and atom

[@NextNate03]

"Can it run Crysis?"

[@dillongoodfriend7248]

small but look how wide it is

[@smievil]

pocket laptops could have been interesting

[@lofuu1]

yoo its the guy from ltt

[@SalvatoreANapoli]

Am I looking at ebay for one of these...yes

[@pradisehawaii808]

I have an idea why can't you buy some electric scooters from Temu an electric bikes and make a video from it

[@Bryss]

nice

[@LLFrosty271]

hello

[@ghostbaleada]

No love for Linux. It would've improved the performance

[@Joedad000]

put windows 7 on it

[@TheRealKNineYT]

w vid

[@jesus092]

Yooo

[@deadskull888]

I think with todays chipset selection, it would be great to have a device like that. Its stylish and a fashion statement. Taking out from our bags would make a statement during a presentation.

[@acegikm2274]

imagine a more budget oriented, almost typewriter-esque device with this form factor, something you can use for taking notes during lessons or writing essays. would be way more convenient than a full sized laptop to just whip out whenever

[@DNKI]

The design seriously holds up for it!

[@zalyster]

Is GPD still around? They made tiny PCs like this for a while.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Easy fix. Raspberry Pi 400 with a 7-inch widescreen to make a 3D printed clamshell, miraculously light carry. All my life that was the form factor I wanted but not hard enough to get one done.

[@deadskull888]

@@DNKI absolutely, despite it's old, the design shows upgradeability it's in mind. Honestly, it's just something magnificent at today's hardware standards.

[@evilsephiroth21]

Dude, you should do a project vid of upgrading that VAIO. try to install/upgrade as much as possible to make it run better for this time of era!

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

Unless he learns to solder BGA components, it'd be a very short project video...

[@evilsephiroth21]

@@bubbledoubletrouble probably do a collab with someone that has that certain skills maybe

[@DNKI]

I want to upgrade an old laptop at some point, but this one's kinda rough and the gains wouldn't have been very worth it IMO.

[@LouisSubearth]

Steam Deck guts in this would slap.

[@Pasi123]

@@DNKI For upgrading an old laptop I'd recommend the ThinkPad T440p. The low spec ones came with a dual core CPU (which is socketed and can be upgraded), 4GB RAM, 1366x768 TN display and they can be easily upgraded to what the high spec ones had, quad core CPU, 16GB RAM, 1920x1080 IPS display. Mine was a high spec one from factory so the only upgrades I've done was a bigger SSD and more RAM. Mine has an i7-4800MQ 4c/8t, 16GB RAM, GT 730M, 2TB Crucial MX500, 1920x1080 IPS, backlit keyboard

[@mayurk8697]

Guess what? I'm watching your video in vaio laptop (13 year old) on 4GB RAM 💀

[@NightFoxZero]

I like the look of this device. It's like an ultra wide DS Lite with a keyboard instead of a second screen lol.

[@tb898]

Upgrade the hdd to an ssd and toss linux on it. Zorin OS is my go-to linux because of how lightweight it is, and it resembles windows.

[@RusticRonnie]

or you can just put chrome OS on it that is about as Lightweight as it gets without losing most modern features.

[@guaiqueritech]

I think that 1.8” drive is the same used in the iPod classic, as it is a Toshiba. You might get one of those adapters for Flash card memory so popularized by Dankpods and Elite Obsolete, to give it a faster boot drive. Also, installing Tiny 10 might go a long way in making this netbook slightly faster, yet you don’t lose official updates: you need to go into Services and manually reactivate Updates. Don’t remember the actual steps, but they are ease to google and I’ve tested it works Edit: noticing the SD reader, you could use one of those 2gb units we no longer have use for and format it for dedicated use as a ReadyBoost device. It’s still baked in Windows 10 menu and it’s an option meant for low spec computers such as these.

[@geoserenity]

Oh hey, if you ever wanna do a vid on the Eee PC for...some reason, Dankpods has one he sometimes needs to use for old MP3 players

[@sasanmottaghipour876]

The vaio p was dope, you should try to upgrade it to a ssd :-)

[@DeltaThePCGamer]

Linux would run well on this

[@jellyscape]

2:12 Uhhh what, Mario Teaches Typing had a passage talking about Pearl Harbour??? That's bizarre.

[@Rayd1998]

ken infected by austin viao p ness

[@perdomot]

I remember seeing this in Tokyo at the Ginza building that used to be there and like it a lot.

[@bigpete5987]

they need to make one 2024 but better it could help a lot of people

[@2muchjpop]

I wanna see this with some more RAM and SSD.

[@ElijahStone]

would love your thoughts on the miyoo mini v4! Getting mine today!

[@Sir_Richard_Crainum_lll]

Love the hat

[@GorgonJob]

The "nipple" has the Thinkpad feeling

[@bluemist_ch]

I would totally dig a new machine with that form factor. Just slap in a modern-style ultrawide with even just 2560x1080 resolution and have a touchscreen on it.

[@SweBeach2023]

The dimensions of the laptop gives us a 2:1 ratio, så a better fit would have been a 10" 2560x1280 screen.

[@SevenGC89]

I used to drool over the VAIO PCs they used to show off in the best buy ads that came in the Sunday paper when I was a kid, mostly because every other machine looked identical, just a vague genaric black box while the VAIO's always looked so awesome in comparison, kind of like when Alienware first came on the scene they looked so different from everything else but just like Alienware's VAIO's were ridiculously overpriced compared to others of the same spec. Still it was always a childhood dream of mine to own a VAIO lol!

[@LouisSubearth]

Vaios were always made in Japan, where other manufacturers often outsourced production to China, Taiwan or Vietnam. That definitely added to the cost.

[@carlospcpro]

I have two of these ones. Windows 7 just runs so much better. Try also the SSD version. Grate video. Also my favorite laptop of all times.

[@SergioAlbertoRomero]

Would've loaded ChromeOS Flex on this and tried finding a battery replacement. Wonder how that would've worked

[@Unan1mouz]

How I wish any manufacturer would make a mini laptop with this wide form factor again... It just looks soo unique! Plus, the extra wide screen is great for opening programs side by side.

[@itsAlphaFox]

You should install Windows 8.1 instead. The main reason why Windows 10 and 11 run so bad on these early netbooks is because the GMA drivers, which were designed for Vista/7, don't work properly in Windows 10, causing CPU to spike way more than Windows Vista/7/8, where the drivers work fine

[@Crazyblox]

whats with the lego yoda death sound on literally the first second of the video AHAHAHHA 💀💀💀💀

[@LukePollack]

I wanted to spice up the intro lmao 😂

[@trop1cal_blossom232]

I Didnt expect the flood escape creator to be here!

[@x3rts]

Hello Ken, I have a question regarding what format you generally use on your ipod, do you use flac, aac or mp3?

[@Peterstarzynskitech]

That thing has the screen size of a handheld.

[@nothingtoseeherelolkek]

I’m so sad those small machines aren’t mainstream anymore

[@ScottPigeon]

Would be neat to replace its guts and screen with something more modern.

[@baniakrulez]

GPD Win Max 2 in 2024 is kind of similar small laptop.

[@caffeinatedhuman4035]

(1) Ive been playing around on a 2004 laptop (2) In 2004 most had boot from USB 2.0 (3) There will be a copy of linux Puppy 32 bit that will run fine on that. (4) The most interesting thing I found is a screen recorder with H264 (5) Called simple screen recorder that you can download while live mode. (6) If we had H264 back in the day...we effectively had a PowerPoint replacement (7) Provided you ran at 3fps (8) Which was good enough to create low file sized tutorials (9) Give puppy a try (10) Create some low sized video files.🤔🙃

[@AfterPartyTracks]

Price for 1 today can buy 2 surface pros with ssd 😭

[@richieqs7789]

Good luck finding a driver for the GMA500 in Linux. This is not an Intel graphics processor, but a PowerVR one branded as "intel GMA 500". Also, in Windows I would recommend to install the "GMA500 Booster driver" it gives these laptops a liiiiitle bit more of juice.