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The first revision of the Sony VAIO PCG-C1 was released in August 1998 with the last model of the range being released in Spring 1999. The PCG-C1 was first released on September 19, 1998, in Japan only, with an initial production run of 5,000 units. It was the first laptop with a webcam, thus branded as the “PictureBook”, which rotates 180 degrees so that you could take pictures with it. There is a "capture" button located above the keyboard on the right which is optimal for taking pictures outside, without using the keyboard. It came with some bundled software such as the Camera Capture Utility which allowed for taking pictures easily and adding effects to the camera. A video demonstration will be shown soon in the resources section. | The first revision of the Sony VAIO PCG-C1 was released in August 1998 with the last model of the range being released in Spring 1999. The PCG-C1 was first released on September 19, 1998, in Japan only, with an initial production run of 5,000 units. It was the first laptop with a webcam, thus branded as the “PictureBook”, which rotates 180 degrees so that you could take pictures with it. There is a "capture" button located above the keyboard on the right which is optimal for taking pictures outside, without using the keyboard. It came with some bundled software such as the Camera Capture Utility which allowed for taking pictures easily and adding effects to the camera. A video demonstration will be shown soon in the resources section. | ||
The Intel Pentium and Microsoft Windows stickers were affixed beside the top left corner of the screen. The laptop itself had a purple colour with slightly lighter purple buttons. | |||
The laptop came bundled with a charger, a CD-ROM drive (depending on configuration), floppy drive, VGA adapter cable, phone cable, spare pointing nubs, usb cable for the floppy drive and a battery. Unlike the other PCG-C1 revisions, there were no extended battery options available. There were also some optional accessories such as ______? | The laptop came bundled with a charger, a CD-ROM drive (depending on configuration), floppy drive, VGA adapter cable, phone cable, spare pointing nubs, usb cable for the floppy drive and a battery. Unlike the other PCG-C1 revisions, there were no extended battery options available. There were also some optional accessories such as ______? | ||
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Overview
The first revision of the Sony VAIO PCG-C1 was released in August 1998 with the last model of the range being released in Spring 1999. The PCG-C1 was first released on September 19, 1998, in Japan only, with an initial production run of 5,000 units. It was the first laptop with a webcam, thus branded as the “PictureBook”, which rotates 180 degrees so that you could take pictures with it. There is a "capture" button located above the keyboard on the right which is optimal for taking pictures outside, without using the keyboard. It came with some bundled software such as the Camera Capture Utility which allowed for taking pictures easily and adding effects to the camera. A video demonstration will be shown soon in the resources section.
The Intel Pentium and Microsoft Windows stickers were affixed beside the top left corner of the screen. The laptop itself had a purple colour with slightly lighter purple buttons.
The laptop came bundled with a charger, a CD-ROM drive (depending on configuration), floppy drive, VGA adapter cable, phone cable, spare pointing nubs, usb cable for the floppy drive and a battery. Unlike the other PCG-C1 revisions, there were no extended battery options available. There were also some optional accessories such as ______?
It came in 5 different models, the PCG-C1 (the original model) and the ones that followed, the PCG-C1X/S/F/R, which all had a single mono speaker. The interior of this laptop (the motherboard) is virtually the same as the PCG-505 as it was released around a year after. It shows Sony’s miniaturisation skills, making a laptop so small yet powerful (for the time).
Detailed Specs
Processor: Mobile Pentium MMX 233MHz (PCG-C1), Mobile Pentium MMX 266MHz (PCG-C1X/S/F/R)
Graphics: NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV (NM2200)
Chipset: Intel 430TX
Memory: 64MB (Standard), 128MB (Official maximum of PCG-C1X/S/F/R) or 96MB (Official maximum of PCG-C1)
Display: 8.9” TFT LCD XGA 1024×480
Storage: 3.2GB IDE HDD (PCG-C1), 4.3GB IDE HDD (PCG-C1X/S/F/R)
Weight: 1.1kg
MSRP: ~€2000
Daily Usage Today
The PCG-C1 is definitely still usable today for basic office tasks like Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. Retro gaming is possible, but with a very limited selection of games. Taking pictures with is would be fun and creative, with the nice rotating camera. The resolution is definitely not good by todays standards but it is fine to take some nice pictures. Any modern tasks like web browsing are pretty much impossible on this laptop, with the exception of very basic static html pages with no or very low resolution images.
Resources
A polariser replacement guide will be made shortly