Not sure if you're aware, but there are stripped down versions of windows 10. It makes running Windows 10 on older hardware much more enjoyable.

Oh, the GMA 500... brings back memories... The first generation of Intel GMA is GMA900 integrated in i915, followed by 950 in i945. 500/600 were not even proper GMA, on top of not even proper GMA being suitable for anything. The background was that the power consumption of i915/945 chipsets was exceeding that of Atom CPU which made Atom a moot point, so Intel designed Atom-specific northbridges to solve that problem. GMA 500 and 600 were PowerVR cores licensed for those new chipsets. The old PowerVR was known for efficient design suitable for phones, except for horrible alpha blending(transparency) speed, which was the tradeoff, and GMA 500/600 were subject to those as well. Driver was bad, sometimes model specific, and occasionally the chip unavoidably seemed to quack like a phone rather than a monstrous upgrades to the IBM VGA that all desktop GPUs supposedly are.

If you stick to offline use, old Netbooks can make great portable emulation platforms for a whole range of 8 and 16 bit systems from the 1980s and early '90s. If your battery is in good shape, you'll get a reasonable amount of time away from a mains supply. A lot of older, late '90s and 2000s Windows games will run fine on them. They're great for entering and editing basic text and data on the go, and you can use older versions of software or lightweight apps for many tasks. It's easy to move files to your main computer for more advanced stuff later on. You don't have to worry about losing, damaging or theft of your modern, expensive laptop either.

Given the specs, if the point is modern and somewhat useful computing, I think a modern lightweight Linux distro is probably the way to go.

I love the size of the vaio P series. I wish someone would make something with this exact form factor, since most mini laptop keyboards today remove the bracket keys and change the way I would type programs. It's such a shame there's nothing taking up the spot for it at the moment. Lenovo will be releasing the pocket yoga soon and it might be the next best thing, but I just cant imagine how much they'll be charging for it. So if anything, I'm hoping someone might try to make a cheaper copy of it when it comes out.

1.33MHz? That Sony WAS slow!! 🤣 Great video as always.

I have a couple of Samsung Netbooks with Atom processors, they originally had XP on them, but I have now loaded Linux Mint on both of them and they work just fine. That size of machine though is very useful, it's a shame that modern machines of this size are quite pricey.

I would strongly recommend to try installing either antiX Linux or Bodhi Linux, both are still available as 32-bit. AntiX is running well even on a Pentium M processor and has low RAM requirements (after full reboot and load to OS it is around 120 MB of usage), so even 2 GB would be plenty. Bodhi could be okay-ish to run too, but with more RAM usage. Also Sparky linux came to mind, but I am afraid it is more suitable for Core2Duo class of CPUs.

I would be very interested in how Tiny10 (the stripped down version on Windows 10) would perform on this machine, compared to the original Win 10. I still use a Thinkpad T60 (Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 3gb RAM) as my main computer due to the 4:3 aspect ratio IPS screen, and have Win 8.1 on it, but as you mentioned support is over for that version of Windows, so in the maybe not so distant future I will need to think about installing Windows 10 (or Tiny10 if it's indeed that much more responsive on old hardware). Unfortunately Linux is not an option for me due to quite a few Windows specific software I need to run.

I'm very fond of the Vaio P series so I'm pleased to see you feature it. I still have my VGN-P19VN in my little collection though I've not booted it in years (batteries will be toast by now). I was surprised to see you label this as a netbook, as I used to run it as a daily driver back in the day and I'm sure it felt more like a fully featured laptop than a netbook... though perhaps that's rose-tinted glasses! It's clearly struggling with Win10, but a quick review on Vista would be good to see. I only heard about Tiny10 recently, so seeing the difference on these types of devices would be interesting (though I assume you'll still have the driver issue) but I suspect you're right that a Linux distro may be the best bet for the P's future. Before the Vaio P I had a Vaio UX which is a device you should try to feature, especially as it was so obviously a massive inspiration for the GPD Win 3! FYI, there's some sort of prototype P11Z on eBay at the moment, also a lime green and orange Vaio P11... oh how I always wanted that orange one.... I'm so tempted. Edit: Ok so I caved... and clearly overpaid, but it looks to be in amazing condition and they very rarely show up.

I have a bit newer device - Asus eee1005pe, with atom N450 (1C/2T 1.6Ghz), 2GB RAM and 60GB SSD. I didnt even consider windows, it runs linux Mint 19 x64. Browsing is a bit better experience than your machine and YT is smooth up to 360P, but not in the fullscreen mode. I feel that RAM is an overall limiting factor for the machine, but 2GB is the CPU addressing limit.

I had mine with Z580 2.0GHz with a light linux distro, but being a fanless netbook means lot of heat at the bottom. That is bad for components. I have a NEC MobilePro 900 although totally different, it runs cool and no heat is generated.

Недавно читал про такой ноутбук и неожиданно от вас видео на эту тему. Здорово что так совпало! Мне тоже было интересно пойдет ли на нем что-то современное вроде Windows 10. Но когда я читал характеристики процессора, то понял что там нет инструкций для декодирования современных кодеков, так что такой ноутбук сейчас в принципе бесполезен. Формат самого ноута очень интересный. Спасибо за обзор, лайк однозначно да.

Hi. For a browser I strongly suggest Opera, even just for youtube adblock. Use ethernet connection as your wifi can be outdated. For simple linux check - BionicPup32 NG by Peabee - will work entirely in ram, can be instaled together with windows or on pendrive. Simple instalation from .iso I can play youtube at 240p, smooth, 360 with drops on 1.3 Ghz Toshiba R 200

VAIO P is one of rare badly designed VAIOs. The CPU in this model actually throttles down from 1.3 to 800mhz and never goes up until you turn off the PC. Atom itself was also a flop. Sony Vaio VGN-U and VGN-UX from 2004 and 2006 respectively were much much faster machines with normal ULV CPUs. Even 2ghz Z550 was much slower than 900 mhz ULV with GM855 chipset from 2004. With ULV XP was very responsive, you should try VGN-U and UX

Vista Has Ended In 2017 Not 2012!

Edge is actually pretty speedy

I'm glad you featured this device Hugh! It's one of my dream devices back then that sadly I cant afford... 🥲 I LOVE the wide form factor. I wish any manufacturer would still make a mini laptop with this form factor!! It's really useful for multitasking two apps side-by-side... Also, I would suggest maybe you could try installing Linux Lite OS? I think that Linux version is very lightweight. Just hope everything works! My 10" 2-in-1 tablet with Intel Atom quad-core processor and 4GB RAM had issues with almost all Linux OSes... Mainly to do with touchscreen and audio issues. I finally settled for Linux Mint Cinnamon edition with some tweaking and now it's working perfectly :) Performance of course is not that snappy but still useable for modern standards. Hehe