Rich Ervin wrote: > And had sound input and a USB port and an larger display and were lighter > and could be booted while in the closed position and and and... > > Anyone see the teeny vaio (half-sized?) I looked at one briefly only. > Impressions? Good for wearable? You mean the Vaio C1? I have one (the PCG-C1XG/BP, to be precise). It's an absolutely wonderful subnotebook and I carry it everywhere, but what kills it for wearable use is the total lack of Linux support. If you're in a sadistic mood, read... http://www.sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~jani/yak/doc/yak-1/construction.html http://www.sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~jani/yak/doc/yak-1/hw-usability.html ...for details. Basically, NTSC out doesn't work, no access to power-saving features like screen brightness (kills battery life), APM works poorly, impossible to turn on/off without opening the case, problems with sound, PCMCIA... and external input is only possible through USB (& FireWire, which isn't of much use). It's also not all that light, computer + S-sized battery weigh about 2 kg and, since there's no power conservation under Linux, the battery only lasts about an hour (2 hrs max under Windows). Shutting the case and thus turning off the display helps quite a bit, but you can't turn it off, hibernate it or reactivate it while closed. But it looks cool. =) Cheers, -- Jani PATOKALLIO // +81 90 7722 3557 Sanpo Laboratory, Mechano-Informatics Dept., University of Tokyo $B%d%K!&%Q%H%+%j%*(B /
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