That time Sony made a MiniDisc laptop

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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

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