<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Device
Vaio	I-Device
P	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
ultraportable	B-Device
subnotebook	B-Device
computers	O
launched	O
in	O
January	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
lifestyle	O
PC	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
share	O
many	O
characteristics	O
with	O
netbook	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Device
Vaio	I-Device
P	I-Device
series	I-Device
features	O
an	O
8	O
"	O
LED-backlit	O
display	O
with	O
native	O
resolution	O
of	O
1600x768	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
Intel	B-Device
GMA	I-Device
500	O
integrated	O
graphics	O
,	O
an	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
Silverthorne	O
Z5x0	O
CPU	O
with	O
Intel	B-Device
Poulsbo	I-Device
US15W	I-Device
chipset	O
,	O
and	O
up	O
to	O
2GB	O
of	O
DDR2	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
pointing	B-Device
stick	I-Device
in	O
the	O
keyboard	O
as	O
its	O
pointing	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
integrated	O
"	O
Motion	O
Eye	O
"	O
webcam	B-Protocol
(	O
optional	O
in	O
some	O
models	O
)	O
is	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
upper	O
right	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
bezel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
GPS	O
(	O
some	O
models	O
)	O
,	O
Bluetooth	O
,	O
802.11	O
b/g/n	O
wireless	B-General_Concept
and	O
3G	B-Architecture
or	O
HSDPA	O
mobile	O
broadband	O
comprise	O
its	O
connectivity	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
ultraportables	B-Device
and	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
an	O
internal	O
optical	O
drive	O
is	O
not	O
present	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
pre-installed	O
operating	O
system	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
32-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
lower	O
resource	O
requirements	O
than	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
people	O
have	O
succeeded	O
in	O
installing	O
various	O
versions	O
of	O
Linux	O
on	O
the	O
Vaio	B-Device
P	I-Device
,	O
most	O
notably	O
Ubuntu	O
Linux	O
(	O
Version	O
9.04	O
,	O
Jaunty	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
with	O
most	O
other	O
Intel	O
Atom-based	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
the	O
P	O
series	O
was	O
considerably	O
more	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
Silverthorne	O
platform	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
P	O
series	O
sported	O
lower	O
power	O
consumption	O
and	O
higher-clocked	O
processor	O
options	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
common	O
Diamondville	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
Vaio	B-Device
P	I-Device
included	O
these	O
faster	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
P	O
series	O
is	O
the	O
lightest	O
device	O
in	O
its	O
class	O
,	O
weighing	O
roughly	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iPad	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
tablet	O
and	O
less	O
than	O
all	O
10	O
"	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
7	O
"	O
Asus	B-Device
Eee	I-Device
PC	I-Device
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1600x768	O
resolution	O
of	O
the	O
P	O
series	O
 '	O
8	O
"	O
display	O
is	O
also	O
comparable	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
much	O
larger	O
laptops	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
12.1	O
"	O
Thinkpad	B-Operating_System
X200s	O
and	O
its	O
1440x900	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vaio	B-Device
P	I-Device
was	O
launched	O
in	O
five	O
colour	O
options	O
:	O
Dove	O
White	O
,	O
Emerald	O
Green	O
,	O
Glossy	O
Black	O
,	O
Gold	O
,	O
and	O
Sangria	O
Red	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dependent	O
on	O
the	O
model	O
,	O
storage	O
was	O
a	O
60GB	O
or	O
80GB	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
or	O
64GB	O
,	O
128GB	O
,	O
or	O
256GB	O
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minor	O
model	O
updates	O
included	O
Windows	O
7	O
,	O
larger	O
SSDs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
faster	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VPC-P11	O
series	O
launched	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
featured	O
a	O
refreshed	O
exterior	O
,	O
an	O
accelerometer	O
to	O
enable	O
switching	O
from	O
landscape	O
to	O
portrait	O
mode	O
,	O
a	O
tiny	O
16mmx16mm	O
touchpad	B-Application
built	O
into	O
the	O
LCD	O
bezel	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
five	O
colours	O
-	O
'	O
electric	O
orange	O
,	O
neon	O
green	O
,	O
hot	O
pink	O
,	O
icy	O
white	O
and	O
classic	O
black	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
button	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
instantly	O
switch	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
1280x600	O
resolution	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
text	O
more	O
readable	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
digital	O
compass	B-Language
,	O
ambient	O
light	O
sensor	O
,	O
and	O
higher-capacity	O
battery	O
(	O
2500mAh	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
