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)

[@zenunomusic]

@@GINGER_KING_ yes u can i just did 😭

[@LtPepperDimples]

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

[@friedcatfood]

EEE PEE CEE

[@Mark.Pelham]

Back up, I'm armin the nugg

[@SakuyalzayoiTheMaid]

i have one in my room from my parents using it as the family pc all the way back, its a neat device watch po-

[@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

[@Denki]

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]

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

[@AutoYoung]

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

[@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

[@Denki]

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]

@@Denki 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

[@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.

[@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.

[@royalace760]

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

[@StuartGelin]

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

[@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.

[@escapetherace1943]

@@RusticRonnie AHAHAHAHAHA YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS 🤣

[@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.

[@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.

[@perdomot]

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

[@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.

[@Themanoff987]

the "lanyard hole" is actually a anti theft system , shops , offices put a device on here that enters the hole and locks by getting unfolded that stops it from the getting robbed as it is physically attached to the table pole etc

[@paolochicco7200]

I use a Panasonic Let’s Note from 8 years ago as my personal laptop for very basic tasks, like moving music into my iPod classic, so I would love the form factor of the Vaio P with a modern spec twist!

[@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

[@austinostergaard2187]

Ken, I think it's great watching your channel grow!

[@funnywithit_]

forget the laptop a mclaren hat goes brrrr

[@vkukuruzovic]

I used to own vaio P. One of the best form factors ever. I even soldered a sim slot, and it supported 3G out of the box (after the install of the said slot). I also owned a bigger battery, and with that bigger one you could do ~4h on that. Very slow, even back in the day, but the form factor was unbeatable. I even carried that one on all my bicycle rides (with sim slot) so I can connect to all of my systems in case of an emergency during the ride. Almost perfect. Form factor is great, and I wish someone makes a modern laptop in that form factor, with 5G now and wifi7.

[@bkw777]

To make the xmb thing work, you just need an NTFS filesystem anywhere on the disk (any partition number) with a directory in it named InstantON, with the "Instant Mode" files in it. Originally it was a directory on the C: drive (not a special partition like recovery or efi) but it can be any partition number and only needs to be just big enough to hold the files, about 1G. So you can partition the drive as mostly linux with a 1G partition with ntfs and nothing but /InstantON in it. wayback machine has copies of the files, search "vaio p instanon" or "vaio p instant mode". No special mbr or bootloader setup or bios settings. The instant-mode button triggers something seperate and special that knows how to scan for the files itself. Merely an ntfs partition needs to exist somewhere with the directory in it.

[@jellyscape]

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

[@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...

[@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.

[@sasanmottaghipour876]

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

[@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

[@mayurk8697]

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

[@Christophervri222]

What model

[@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

[@nothingtoseeherelolkek]

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

[@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!

[@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...

[@alvinj3530]

Song was the pinnacle before Apple took over. I did own the Sony vaio P when it first came out. I opted for the higher specs that had 4gb ram and also ssd instead of the spinning disk. I remember playing counter strike 1.5 on it with friends while in the same room lol they were confused when I brought only a mouse and the Sony vaio p case and charger. Definitely ran a bit faster when on vista or 7. Only drawback I had was the screen made it not as functional as I’d like when surfing the web or reading emails since I could only see a few lines of text at a time before needing to scroll

[@ArifAkmal]

I remember seeing a friend of mine bringing this to school. Man, it was soo magical at the time.

[@GorgonJob]

The "nipple" has the Thinkpad feeling

[@agoddamnferret]

something like this running, snapdragon gen 3(?) or whatever is going into the new surface books. With some tweaks it would run great. Honestly i'd love to see some hardware hacker get their hands on one of those snapdragon chips and get it running in the shell, because the form factor works, it's just the hardware is ancient.

[@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.

[@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!

[@redcomn]

Kinda wish for a modern version of this, since I kinda want one to chug all the keyboard plugin that I use for live performance.

[@sinwashereable]

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

[@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

[@mirelurk-fish7387]

I had a Sony vaio handheld and it was fantastic and now the rog ally took that concept to the next level

[@gamingguru2k6]

It's funny to see fully featured good performing PCs have gotten smaller than ever. I have a GPD Win 4. It's smaller than some graphics cards.

[@IrinaFlowers]

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

[@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.

[@Kyomara1337]

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

[@LouisSubearth]

Yes

[@mgjfile]

I have a P11z and "use" it with windows 7 with no theme (windows 95 like) and is okish. Unfortunately cannot find the original reinsured vista recovery image that was already missing when I got it that has windows 8 on it.

[@joshuathomasbird]

also this model you have is one of the slower ones; u have Z520, and theres a Z550 variant as well

[@ElijahStone]

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

[@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.

[@cnhnx]

I had 10 inch Vaio Netbook with Intel Atom and it really was slow. It came with Windows 7 Starter and 1024x600 screen but even with that the poor Atom was struggling. Perhaps XP would perform better but I didn't bother.

[@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.

[@joshuathomasbird]

i think a device like this could be cool as a home automation controller. Like install linux and write some basic menu system (no desktop env). Maybe like as a calculator as well would be a cool use. Kind of like the same use case as a TI Voyage 200

[@prz98]

Sony had some cool ideas during 2000 and 2010’s, whether with Vaio, Walkman or Sony Ericsson phones, they had some unusual designs

[@ikuturso7570]

I so much desired one (or in fact the 2nd gen Vaio P, I think) in 2011/2012 but really could not make a rational argument to throw decent amount of cash to a secondary laptop as student. The external hardware is still cool to this day - I'd probably buy one with modern netbook specs.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Rayd1998]

ken infected by austin viao p ness

[@2muchjpop]

I wanna see this with some more RAM and SSD.

[@SergioAlbertoRomero]

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

[@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.

[@ronwatkins5775]

Can these micro laptops be used for youtube or streaming? Are they powerful enough?

[@x3rts]

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

[@BladeNinja]

Yeah sadly I love this laptop but the battery is non working and I can't find a replacement anywhere online. Still so ahead of its time.

[@KratsminschSkunk1]

I bought an Eee thing, and it died within the hour, so I went back and traded it for an Acer netbook. At home I swapped out the hard drive and installed Linux. When it was time to move on, I put the original drive with untouched Windows back in and gave it away.

[@memeranglaut]

Hmm. wonder if we can retrofit a 1st gen framework motherboard and have it workwith the display and keyboard?

[@LouisSubearth]

You'll probably need to make a new board and put all the chips in that.

[@shouldbewritig]

This is one of those products I'd love to see brought back with modern tech but totally won't be. But it'd be so cool to see something like that with modern hardware.

[@MoleculaRecords]

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

[@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.

[@juki6377]

oh i had one of these, the ssd was game-changing and made it fairly quick, i loved them but at some point the smartphone would do just as much on the go. The vaio p was way better than my samsung q1, the latter would get more attention though

[@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.

[@someuser4166]

> installs windows 10 > "the SOFTWARE and hardware AT THE TIME wasn't up to part"

[@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!

[@sourpatchrixster]

Wonder how it will run with a flashed chrome os on it?

[@16philson]

I wish they could make a new generation of this machine, this is going to be a hit

[@jdmweeb8663]

My high school had a bunch of those EeePCs. Those things ran Vista/7 and was slow af

[@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.

[@perdomot]

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

[@yashsaksena2763]

am curious if you could install linux on it. Or also if the hardrive is upgradable. would be cool to seee.

[@LouisSubearth]

You can do both. 1.8" hard drive to Compact Flash adapters are easy to find online.

[@MJKintanar]

The lego yoda yell in the beginning lol

[@creambat21]

ahh... an old stuff, i love it

[@frankwong9486]

Unfortunately they wont make a new one anymore 😢

[@MrPenriquez]

I remember this little netbook

[@iwo24gaming]

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

[@nagisaayanami]

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

[@ponolan1981]

"looking at this from a distance" Is 4 inches from his face

[@DeltaThePCGamer]

Linux would run well on this

[@ScottPigeon]

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

[@natsuLore]

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

[@bigpete5987]

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

[@Vicq3010]

Are you uprading it?

[@Speedzeit]

This guy is good, he should make a tech youtube channel like Austin Evans or something.

[@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

[@Peterstarzynskitech]

That thing has the screen size of a handheld.

[@JustinvEmst]

Please upgrade this with more ram, SSD and try again. CPU will still me super slow.. but i just want to beleave this can be Some sort of usefull.. I like the formfactor so much

[@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

[@thundermite1241]

Had a early lenovo s10e it was slow but it was good on battery and reliable to the point i used it for 12 years

[@Hinducoder]

what about ssd 1.8"? Can it be possible?

[@Denki]

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

[@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?

[@JoJoSwansonEpicMeme]

Ken what is that hat you’re wearing I legit thought it was a Newport hat

[@LouisSubearth]

It's a McLaren F1 team hat.

[@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.