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Gear 09/04

The ultimate in slim notebooks and PDAs

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The Skinny

's VAIO X505 redefines the meaning of the ultrathinnotebook. At roughly a half-inch thick and only 1.85 pounds (withbattery), the X505 offers full-featured portability-a 10.4-inchdisplay, an 83-key qwerty keyboard, a 1.10GHz Pentium M processor,a 20GB hard drive and 512MB of memory. The X505 also has anEthernet port, two USB 2.0 ports, an 802.11g wireless LAN card, andan IEEE 1394 port. Built with the mobile warrior in mind, thecarbon/nickel-cased notebook comes with a nylon carrying case and aUSB mouse with a Memory Stick media slot built in.

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