Sony Vaio 800 series

The Sony Vaio 800 series was a range of Vaio laptops launched in 1998. It was produced until early 1999.

Technical specifications

The line-up featured a 13.3" 1024×768 LCD screen that fit into the same weight and thickness as the company's 700 series, which had a smaller 12.1" screen (2.4 kg without optical drive or floppy drive, 2.7 kg with optical drive). Like the 700 series, the 800 series featured a removable 3.5" floppy disk and CD-ROM drive and optional docking station. The internal modem was a 56 KB device.

The launch model, the PCG-808, was equipped with a Mobile Pentium II 266 MHz CPU, a 4 GB hard drive, 64 MB of RAM and was priced at $3699.^[1] A lower-end 803 model, with a 233 MHz Pentium II, was also sold in Japan. The GPU for all models was the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.

Models

Model	Screen	CPU	GPU	Memory (RAM)	Storage	Audio	Operating System
PCG-803 (Japan)		Intel Mobile Pentium II 233 MHz	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.	64 MB	4 GB
PCG-808	13.3" XGA TFT	Mobile Pentium II 266 MHz	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.	64 MB SDRAM		16-bit CD-quality stereo sound with built-in 3D stereo speakers and microphone	Windows 98 / Windows 2000 / Windows ME
PCG-812		Mobile Pentium II 233 MHz	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.				Windows 98 / Windows 2000
PCG-818		Mobile Pentium II 300 MHz	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.		6.4 GB
PCG-838		Mobile Pentium II 366 MHz	NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 AV with 2.5 MB of RAM.				Windows 98 / Windows 2000 / Windows ME