Sony Type G Vaio is World's Lightest Notebook

Sony Corporation is now selling the world's lightest notebook computer in Japan, aiming to boost sales among business users.

Sony's "type G" Vaio computer weighs in at only 898 grams, is the lightest laptop PC, and comes with a 12.1-inch liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and retails for about  220,000 yen ($1,881).

The "type G" models are not available overseas.