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The Sony VAIO PCG-Z505 was a subnotebook released by Sony in April of 1999. It looks like Sony made a sort of design refresh of the PCG-505/N505 with a slimmer, rectangular battery compared to the round battery found in the previous models. The bezels were also slimmed down compared to the already slim bezels of the N505. Other than that the laptop is pretty similar compared to the N505. Sony was really showing off their skills of miniaturisation in the 505 line, making laptops so thin and stylish that people would walk into Sony shops just to gaze at them. On the right side, a jog dial was added. | The Sony VAIO PCG-Z505 or PCG-Z600 was a subnotebook released by Sony in April of 1999. It looks like Sony made a sort of design refresh of the PCG-505/N505 with a slimmer, rectangular battery compared to the round battery found in the previous models. The bezels were also slimmed down compared to the already slim bezels of the N505. Other than that the laptop is pretty similar compared to the N505. Sony was really showing off their skills of miniaturisation in the 505 line, making laptops so thin and stylish that people would walk into Sony shops just to gaze at them. On the right side, a jog dial was added. | ||
[[File:PCG-Z505.jpg|alt=PCG-Z505|thumb|PCG-Z505]] | [[File:PCG-Z505.jpg|alt=PCG-Z505|thumb|PCG-Z505]] | ||
Revision as of 00:37, 9 February 2024
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Overview
The Sony VAIO PCG-Z505 or PCG-Z600 was a subnotebook released by Sony in April of 1999. It looks like Sony made a sort of design refresh of the PCG-505/N505 with a slimmer, rectangular battery compared to the round battery found in the previous models. The bezels were also slimmed down compared to the already slim bezels of the N505. Other than that the laptop is pretty similar compared to the N505. Sony was really showing off their skills of miniaturisation in the 505 line, making laptops so thin and stylish that people would walk into Sony shops just to gaze at them. On the right side, a jog dial was added.
Detailed Specs
Processor: Pentium II 333MHz, Pentium III 650-800MHz, Celeron 500-600MHz
Graphics: ATI RAGE Mobility-M1 or NeoMagic MagicMedia256XL+(NM2380)
Chipset: Intel 440ZX AGPset 100MHz
Memory: Standard 64MB - Maximum 192MB
Display: 12.1" TFT color, XGA, 1024 x 768
Storage: 6.4GB - 15GB IDE HDD
Weight: 1.7kg
MSRP: ~$2000 (Unconfirmed)
Daily Usage Today
This laptop is unuseable today apart from some office tasks like word, excel, powerpoint and some more. Retro gaming is impossible apart from some VERY lightweight games. This is expected as it is very old.