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What's in the Box

The Sony U101 comes in a box that's smaller than one cubic foot, but is packed tight. Here's what's inside:

Equipment

• The Sony U101 laptop
• Standard 3-5 hour battery
• AC adapter (input 100-240V AC, 50-60 Hz; output 16V DC)
• Power cord (attaches to AC adapter)
• Replacement rubber track-point caps

U101-related papers and booklets

• Blue U101 owner's manual book (196 pages in Japanese)
• Orange book on updates and support (in Japan)
• Product authenticity certificate, with serial number, in a blue envelope
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition "First Step Guide" (Japanese)
• Sticker with VAIO support telephone numbers
• Sony CyberSupport paper (Japanese)
• Mail-in Sony VAIO product registration form (Japanese)
• Green paper describing the Sony SonicStage software (an MP3 player?)
• Yellow paper warning against dropping the U101 (Japanese)
• Small yellow paper about Norton Antivirus (Japanese)
• Pink paper that seems to have something to do with CD-ROM drives (100% Japanese)

Advertisements

• Advertisement for "FLET'S ADSL" (High-speed Internet access in Japan)
• Brochure for WebPocket (a Japanese ISP)
• Sony VAIO Product Accessories Catalog (Japanese)
• Hot Spot Guide Book (list of Japanese wireless access points)
• Grami Best Selection ad (music ad), with the obligatory Japanese pin-up-girl photos
• Sony VAIO Media Guide (home networking for music distribution; Japanese)
• White brochure that seems to be describing a Sony contest of some kind
• Sony CLIÉ advertisement

Everything else

• Thin slab of cardboard
• Various plastic bags
• Cardboard rack to hold everything in place

Incidentally, the Windows XP Home product-registration key sticker is inside the laptop where you can't damage it. To see it, turn the laptop upside-down and remove the battery. However, the sticker is dubiously useful at best, since the Sony Recovery CDs install a version of Windows XP Home that is already "Activated" anyway.