Sony VAIO VGN-UX180P.
I know that this is not a new model from Sony. In fact this is not a 2009 gadget but all I can say, I really want to have this one for myself. I can’t tell you why but I just love it. But one thing that I must tell you that it works out of the box!
Yes… the UMPC comes with XP and a sticker says it is Vista-capable. It comes with 30 and 60-day trials of Office, Norton, Cingular (data only–no phone), etc. You just have to activate them; you do not have to load them. You can be up and running in a few minutes and decide next month which programs to buy and keep.
The UMPC is easy to hold and use. The screen is richly colored. The XP operating system is familiar and the unit allows touch-screen commands as well. It has 500 Mb of RAM and a 30-Gb hard drive.The unit itself contains a high speed USB 2.0 port, microphone input and headphone output.
The docking station adds more USB ports, firewire port, monitor out port, Local Area Connection (Big phone cord) and there is even a USB to monitor out / Loca Area Connection (Big Phone cord) adapter included if you don’t want to take your docking station with you.
This unit does all it is advertised to do, plus some. If you are willing to spend some time learning to use the features it has, it is a very entertaining and serious tool.