SONY VAIO U101

Note: The used U101 includes 3 months warranty, good condition,
very few small scratches on the body if any, none on the LCD
Usually In stock ready to ship in 7 days or less.

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Sony iLink DVD-ROM drive (PCGA-DVD1/A)
(clean used item, stand not included, in working order, 1 month warranty)
Usually In stock ready to ship.

Option:


PCMCIA Card CD-ROM drive (PCGA-CD51/A)
(clean used item, in working order, 1 month warranty)
Usually In stock ready to ship.

Good condition, Sony PCG-U101 .... $

Approx. Shipping fee:
EMS express to North America / Australia / Asia ... $75 USD
EMS express to Europe ... $85 USD
EMS includes insurance and internet tracking

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Specifications of the Sony Vaio PCG-U101
Model PCG-U101
OS Microsoft Windows XP Home Japanese (SP1)
Pre-installed

Microsoft Windows XP Home English (SP1)
(installed at no extra cost)

Microsoft Windows XP Pro English (SP1)
$185 USD (installed)

Processor Mobile Intel Celeron 600A (Banias core 600MHz)
Cache memory 64KB L1 / 512KB L2 (CPU built-in)
System bus 400MHz
Chip set Intel 855PM
Main memory (standard/max) 256MB / max 512MB (DDR SDRAM) *1
Memory bus 266MHz
Extended memory slot (open) Micro DIMM slot (DDR266) x1 (0) *2
Display function Graphics
Accelerator
ATI Technologies : MOBILITY RADEON
(3D Accellerator)
Video memory 16MB
Liquid crystal display 7.1" XGA (1024x768 pixel) CG silicone TFT color liquid crystal
Display mode Max 16,770,000 color *3 (1024x768,800x600)
External display output *4 Max 16,770,000 color
(1280x1024, 1024x768,800x600)
Max 65,536 color *5 (1600x1200)
Memory medium Hard disk drive 30GB (Ultra ATA/100)
(C:15 GB + D:15GB) *6*7
CD/DVD drive

Option i.LINK DVD-RW drive (PCGA-DVRW2)
Option i.LINK DVD-ROM drive (PCGA-DVD1/A)
Option i.LINK DVD/CD-RW drive (PCGA-CRWD2)

PCMCIA Card CD-ROM drive (PCGA-CD51/A)

(all these drives are bootable, prices here)

Floppy disk
Drive
Option PCGA-UFD5, external USB,
3.5 inch (1.44MB / 720KB *8 )
External connection terminal USB 2.0x2 (High-speed/Full-speed/Low-speed correspondence)
i. LINK (IEEE1394) terminal S400(four pin) x1
Network connector (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T) x1
Stereo headphone out (stereo mini jack) x1
Microphone in (mono mini jack) x1
x1 VGA out (requires optional PCGA-DA1S)
Vaio DC OUT(power supply supply for Vaio products only) x1
Wireless communication

2.4GHz Wireless LAN *9 : About 11 Mbps (Max Transmission Speed), communication distance*9 : About 100m max, channel numbers : 2.4GHz range (14ch) (World Standard IEEE802.11/11b conformity, Wi-Fi conformity)

Memory stick
Slot
Magic gate correspondence memory stick slot
PC card slot TypeII x1, CardBus correspondence
Audio function AC97 conformity, MEGA BASS function,
Built-in mono speaker
Keyboard /
Pointing device
About 13mm pitch / 1.5mm keystroke, 84 key,
Stick; multi-pointing device
The main accessories AC adapter (PCGA-AC16V4),
rechargable battery pack (Std)
(PCGA-BP101U), Recovery CDs (JPN),
Power supply AC adapter or a lithium ion polymer battery
Or a lithium ion battery
Power consumption 22W (battery fully charged)
Based on rules concerning the Rational Use of Energy.
Energy consumption efficiency *10
S classification 0.0011
Battery drive time *11*12 Battery pack (Std) :(about 3 - 5.5 hours)/
Battery pack (Lrg) : (about 8 - 13.5 hours)
Battery charge time *13 Notebook power is ON / OFF.
Battery pack (Std): About 2 hours (85%), about 3 hours (100%)
Battery pack (Lrg): About 5 hours (85%), about 6.5 hours (100%)
Temp / humidity conditions When opperating: 5-35 degrees C (temp incline of less than 10 degrees C / hr) 20-80% humidity

When stored: -20 degrees C - +60 degrees C (temp incline of less than 10 degrees C / hr) 10-90% humidity

External size of the body
(maximum projection)
Approx Width [178.8mm] x height [34.1mm (max)] x lenght [139.5mm]
Mass About 880g (With the Std battery pack)
What's included?

[PCG-U101] notebook x 1
[PCGA-BP101U] Standard battery pack x1
[PCGA-AC16V4] AC adapter (world voltage) x 1
Japanese Manual x 1
Japanese recovery CD set x 1
English Drivers CD / HDD Backup x1
"how-to set up English" x 1

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*1   As for using memory modules of the other than those supplied, we cannot guarantee operation.
*2   It is necessary to remove the 256MB memory module installed at the time of shipment to extend the memory to 512MB.
*3   The dithering function of a graphics accelerator is utilized.
*4   There are modes which cannot be displayed depending on an external display.
*5   If it is set as 65536 colors, the tone of a screen may not be displayed smoothly.
*6   It is a numerical value at the time of calculating 1GB by 1 billion bytes. The capacity which can be used by Windows XP is about 27.9GB.
*7   The hard disk is formatted NTFS. The operational check of each software application was performed under Win xP Japanese NTFS.
*8   format is impossible although reading and writing of 720KB disks is possible.
*9   Actual transmission speed varies between communication apparatus. This communication distance changes with obstacles, apparatus composition, electric wave situations, the software to be used etc.
*10 Power consumption measured by the method of determining it as the "energy consumption efficiency" which is carrying out the notation by Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy. Found by the compound theoretical performance.
*11 At the time of power-saving mode (measured with the back light OFF) (When a back light is turned on, it becomes shorter by 1.5hrs with battery pack (Lrg) & shorter by 30mins with a battery pack (Std). Drive time may differ from the above-mentioned time by the use situation, setup, etc. Moreover, combined use of battery pack (Std) & battery pack (Lrg) cannot be performed.
*12   The drive time based on JEITA battery operation time measuring method (Ver.1.0) is about 3.5 hours (battery pack (Std)) and about 9 hours (battery pack (Lrg)) (PCGA-BP103U).
*13   Charge time may differ according to the situation and use.

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