It is largely useless. There is no modern driver for the specific UPEK TouchStrip sensor used in the UX. Disable the service in BIOS to save 0.5 seconds of boot time.

Because the UX has a CompactFlash slot (for storage) and a full USB port, it is excellent for serial console work on Cisco routers or industrial equipment. It fits in a jacket pocket.

Fast forward to today, the Vaio UX has gained a cult following. But why? The answer is .

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In the fluorescent hum of a 2007 Osaka electronics lab, Kenji Tanaka, a firmware engineer at Sony, cradled a device that seemed to defy physics: the VAIO UX Micro-PC. It was a pocket-sized palmtop with a sliding keyboard, a 4.5-inch touchscreen, and a surprising secret. Officially, it shipped with Windows Vista, which wheezed and gasped on the UX’s 1GB of RAM and sluggish Intel A110 processor. But Kenji had other plans.