That time Sony made a MiniDisc laptop

This Does Not Compute November 29, 2024
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What happens when Sony merges a futuristic audio format into a chonker of a laptop? This thing. Sources: VAIO Library recovery disc listing: https://vaiolibrary.com/index.php/Recovery_Discs "ATI Muscles Back into 3D Mobile Market," Maximum PC, October 2001. "The New Mobile 3D Warrior," Maximum PC, January 2002. "Head2Head: Notebook Graphics," Maximum PC, September 2002. Forum thread with 3DMark 2001 scores: https://www.sysopt.com/showthread.php?85722-POST-YOUR-3DMARK2001-SCORES!!!! PC-Watch article about NV-series: https://web.archive.org/web/20030317190348/https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/2002/0513/sony1.htm "An MP3 Walkman...Finally!," HWM, April 2005. MZ-RH1 photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sony_mz_rh1.jpg PCGA-MDN1 product page: https://web.archive.org/web/20030416114444/http://www.jp.sonystyle.com:80/Qnavi/Detail/PCGA-MDN1.html VAIO tower PCs photo: https://imgur.com/PeddSC0 ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/BoxCat_Games).

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