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Sony Vaio 800 series

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The Sony Vaio 800 series was a range of Vaio laptops launched in 1998. It was produced until early 1999.

Technical specifications

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The lineup featured a 13.3" 1024x768 LCD screen that fit into the same weight and thickness as the company's 700 series, which had a smaller 12.1" screen (2.4 kg without optical drive or floppy drive, 2.7 kg with optical drive). Like the 700 series, the 800 series featured removable 3.5" floppy disk and CD-ROM drive and optional docking station. The internal modem was a 56 kbit device.

The launch model, the PCG-808, was equipped with a Mobile Pentium II 266 MHz CPU, a 4 GB hard drive, 64 MB of RAM and was priced at $3699.[1] A lower-end 803 model, with a 233 MHz Pentium II, was also sold in Japan. The GPU for all models was the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.

Models

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Model CPU RAM Hard drive GPU
PCG-803 (Japan) Mobile Pentium II 233 MHz 64 MB 4 GB NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.
PCG-808 Mobile Pentium II 266 MHz 64 MB 4 GB NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.
PCG-812 Mobile Pentium II 233 MHz 4 GB NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.
PCG-818 Mobile Pentium II 300 MHz 6.4 GB NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.
PCG-838 Mobile Pentium II 366 MHz NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.

References

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  1. ^ Miles, Stephanie (May 11, 1998). "Sony Notebook Down to 3 Pounds". CNet. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
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