Back in 2004, a true desktop replacement would have set you back a cool $2,799 ($4,648 in 2024) in the form of the Sony VAIO AGN-A190. Now this 8.8-pound laptop would have been a workout to walk around with, thanks to a massive 17-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) screen.
Other features included a 1.7GHz Intel Pentium M 735 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics, 512MB of DDR SDRAM, an 80GB 4,200RPM hard drive, a Centrino G 2200 wireless card, and we can’t forget Microsoft Windows XP Home. That might not sound like much compared to the laptops of today, but it also came with a dock and a set of external speakers.
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I remember when computer makers put all that bloatware on new machines and you had to do a clean install of Windows to get rid of it all. Now Windows 11 installs bloatware straight from Microsoft,” said one commenter.
