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IEEE 1394
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400 connecto
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PC Card slot (T
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USB 2.0
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Network
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Ethernet
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connector
Mode
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C
entrino
®
Processor Technology
•
Inte
l
®
C
ore
™
2 Duo Processor T9300
(
2.50
G
Hz
)
*
1
*
2
•
I
ntel
®
Wireless WiFi Link 4965A
G
N
•
Mobile Intel
®
G
M965 Ex
p
ress
C
hi
p
set
Genuine Windows Vista
®
Business (En
g
lish version) with Traditional Chinese Lan
g
ua
g
e Pack
Mobile Intel
®
G
M965 Express
C
hipset
800MH
z
6
67MHz
6MB
2G
B DDR2
S
DRAM
*3
(
up
g
radeable up to 4
G
B
*4
)
2
SO-DIMM slots (The pre-installed memor
y
module uses two
)
2
50
G
B
*
5
(S
erial ATA, 5400rpm
)
DVD
±
RW/
±
/
/
R
DL/RAM Drive
DVD+R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 6x (Double Layer) / DVD-R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 6x (Dual Layer) / DVD+RW: 8x / DVD-RW: 8x / DVD-ROM: 8x /
DVD-RAM: 5x
/
C
D-R
O
M: 24x
/
C
D-R: 24x
/
C
D-RW: 24x
DVD+R: 8x (Single Layer), 4x (Double Layer) / DVD-R: 8x (Single Layer), 4x (Dual Layer) / DVD+RW: 8x / DVD-RW: 6x / DVD-RAM: 5x /
CD-R: 24x / CD-RW: 16x
NVIDIA
®
AA
G
eForc
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8400M
GS
notebook graphics processing unit
(G
PU
)
(S
PEED M
O
DE
)
/
Inte
l
®
G
raphics Media Accelerator X3100
(S
TAMINA M
O
DE
)
6
4MB
(
SPEED MODE
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1
3.3" Wide
(
WX
G
A: 1280 x 800
)
TFT
C
olour display
(C
lear Bri
g
ht L
C
D: White LED
)
High
S
peed U
S
B 2.0 x 2
4
pin
(S
400
)
x 1
1
0Base-T
/
100Base-TX
/
1000Base-T x 1
A
nalo
g
ue RGB, mini D-sub 15pin x 1
stereo mini jack x 1
stereo m
i
n
i
j
ac
k
x 1
V
.92 and V.90
C
ompliant x 1
Memory Stick Duo Slot (MagicGate compatible, Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible, High-speed data transfer compatible)
*
6
x
1
Docking
S
tation
C
onnector x 1
Inte
g
rated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a
/
b
/g/
Draft n
*
7
•
I
nt
el
®
Wireless WiFi Link 4965A
G
N
•
D
ata rate:
M
ax
i
mum 11
Mb
ps
(
802.11b
)
,
54Mbps
(
802.11a
/
g
)
, 300Mbps
(
Draft 802.11n
)
*8
•
F
requency: 5
G
Hz
(
802.11a
/
Draft n
)
, 2.4
G
Hz
(
802.11b
/
g
/
Draft n
)
Bl
uetoot
h
stan
d
ar
d
V
er. 2.0 +
EDR
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Memory
S
tick
(S
tandard
/
Duo
S
ize, Ma
g
ic
G
ate, Memory
S
tick PR
O)
*10
•
S
D Memory
C
ard
(S
DH
C
C
ompatible
)
*11
•
Multi Media
C
ard
•
x
D-Picture
C
ard
•
Ex
p
ress
C
ard
™
/
34 x 1
•
Ty
pe I
/
II x 1
x
1
TCG Ver. 1.2 com
p
liant Trusted Platform Module
(
TPM
)
Eff
ec
tiv
e
Pix
e
l
s
:
6
4
0
x 4
80
•
DSD compatible high quality sound chip:
“
Sound Realit
y
”
(
Intel
®
High Definition Audio compatible)
•
3
D audio
(
Direct Sound 3D su
pp
ort
)
•
B
u
il
t-
i
n stereo spea
k
ers
•
B
u
il
t-
i
n monaura
l
m
i
crop
h
one
•
Approx. 19mm key pitch
/
2.7mm keystroke
•
86 keys
•
Intelligent Touchpad
V
GP-BPS10 Lithium-ion batter
y
: up to 7 hours of use
VG
P-BPL9 Lithium-ion battery: up to 10 hours of use
3
15 x 21.8 - 33 x 234.3mm
1
.75k
g
(
includin
g
the supplied battery
)
•
AV
E
nterta
i
nment:
I
m
age Converter 3
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Video Edit/Pla
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back: VAIO Movie Stor
y
1.1, VAIO Content Exporter 1.2, Adob
e
®
P
rem
i
er
e
®
El
ements 4.0,
V
AIO Edit Com
p
onents 6.
4
*
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, WinDVD for VAIO 8.0
•
DVD Creation
:
Click to Disc 1.0, Click to Disc Editor 1.0
•
Music
: VAIO MusicBox 1.1,
S
onicSta
g
e Masterin
g
Studio 2.4, SonicSta
g
e Masterin
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Studio Audio Filter 2.3, DSD Direct Player 1.0
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g
e/Photo:
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n
do
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s
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Photo Galler
y
,
Picasa
™
,
Ad
o
b
e
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Ph
otos
h
o
p
®
Elements 6.0 (Installer) •
Ho
m
e
Ne
tw
o
r
k:
VAIO Media 6.0 • Word Processor/Spreadsheet: 60-Days Trial Version of
Mi
c
r
osof
t
®
O
ffice Professional 200
7
*
1
4
•
Tool
: Roxio Easy Media
C
reator 9.1, Adob
e
®
Reader
®
8, Norton Internet
S
ecurit
y
™
2008
(
Installer
)
*
15
•
U
tilities
:
VAI
O
C
ontrol
C
enter 2.1, VAI
O
C
amera
C
apture Utility 2.7,
S
ettin
g
Utility
S
eries 3.1, Infineon TPM Professional Packa
g
e 3.0
(
Installer
)
,
A
rc
S
oft Magic-i
™
Visual Effects 1.0, Protector
S
uite
Q
L 5.6
•
S
upport
:
VAI
O
Recovery
C
enter, VAI
O
Update 3.0, VAI
O
Data Restore Tool 1.0
•
AC Ada
p
tor
(
VGP-AC19V26
)
•
Lithium-ion batter
y
(VGP-BPS10)
*
1
6
•
Memor
y
Card Adaptor (VGP-MCA20A)
•
Wi
n
d
ows
®
XP Professional Install Disc
One
y
ear
*17
Model
Processor Technolog
y
O
S
C
hi
p
se
t
Processor System Bu
s
Memory Bu
s
Cache Memor
y
P
re-installed
/
Ma
x
S
O-DIMM slot
s
Ha
r
d
Disk
D
r
i
v
e
D
riv
e
Ma
x
i
m
u
m
R
eading
S
pee
d
M
ax
i
mum
W
ritin
g
Spee
d
G
raphics Accelerator
D
e
di
cate
d
Vid
eo
M
emor
y
Display
U
SB
i
.LINK
(
IEEE 1394
)
Network
(
RJ-45
)
C
onnector
Display Output Connecto
r
H
ead
p
hone
Mi
crop
h
on
e
M
ode
m
M
emor
y
Stick Slo
t
DC
I
N
O
thers
Wi
r
eless
LAN
B
luetooth
C
ompatible Memory
C
ards
*
9
P
C
C
ard
S
lo
t
Fingerprint Sensor
Security Chip
C
amera
A
udio
Keyboard
/
Input Device
B
undled Batter
y
O
ptional Lon
g
Batter
y
Dimensions
(
W x H x D
)
W
e
igh
t
Included
S
oftwar
e
Supplied Accessorie
s
W
arrant
y
Op
tional Accessorie
s
for V
G
N-
S
Z79
G
N
/C
(availability depends on re
g
ion)
●
Monitor connector
●
Network connecto
r
●
USB 2.0 connector (x3
)
VG
P-PR
S
Z
1
D
ockin
g
Station
●
Rechar
g
eable battery
●
U
p
to 10 hours of use
*
12
VGP-BPL
9
Lithium-ion Battery
(
L
)
●
Inte
g
rated “VAI
O
S
mart Protectio
n
™
”
f
or PC cushio
n
●
Solid design matching VAIO S
Z
V
G
P-
C
K
S
Z1
C
arr
y
in
g
Case
VGP-UMS55
S
ilver
(S)
, Black
(
B
)
US
B Laser Mous
e
●
Embossed VAIO log
o
●
H
an
d
y m
i
n
i
-pouc
h
●
Op
ens smoothl
y
and
q
uietl
y
V
GP-CP15
C
arrying Pouch
●
E
rgonom
i
c
d
es
i
gn natura
ll
y
fi
ts your
●
Highl
y accurate
l
aser sensor
●
Smart wireless mouse for mobile use
●
Highly accurate laser sensor
●
I
nnovat
i
ve
PTFE
so
l
e
f
or prec
i
se operat
i
on
●
Sensor resolution: 800 dots per inch
VG
P-BM
S
33
Black
(
B
)
,
Gold (N),
S
ilver
(S)
,
W
hite
(
W
)
Bluetooth
®
Laser Mouse
F
eatures an
d
spec
ifi
cat
i
ons are su
bj
ect to c
h
ange w
i
t
h
out not
i
ce.
*
1 CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions. *2 Inte
l
®
Virtualization Technology is not supported on VAIO. *3 If memory modules of the same capacity are installed to both of the two memory module slots, the supported
d
ual channel mode provides better performance. *4 A portion of the system memory over 3
G
B may not be available to the operating system.
S
ony does not guarantee compatibility with memories of other brands. *5
G
B means one billion
b
ytes when referrin
g
to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition. *6
C
ompatibility confirmed with
S
ony branded
“
Memory
S
tic
k
”
media only. *7 The maximum
communication distance can vary dependin
g
on the obstacles or the distance between the communication devices, the radio waves, the operatin
g
system or the software bein
g
used. *8 The communication speed varies dependin
g
on the
d
istance between communication devices, existence of obstacles between such devices, the device confi
g
uration, the radio conditions, and the software in use. In addition, communication may be cut off dependin
g
on the radio conditions. *9
I
nc
l
u
di
ng car
d
s that can be inserted in direct slots and the su
pp
lied memor
y
card ada
p
tor
(
VGP-MCA20A
)
. *10 As for the Memor
y
Stick PRO media, onl
y
Son
y
branded media is recommended to use with the memor
y
card ada
p
tor
(
VGP-
M
CA20A). *11 The copyright protection and high-speed data transfer features of the SD Memory Card are not supported (VGP-MCA20A). *12 Estimated battery life (under JEITA Battery Run Time Measurement Method ver. 1.0). Actual battery
lif
e may vary w
i
t
h
diff
erent operat
i
ng con
di
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i
ons an
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sett
i
ngs.
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f
rom
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hi
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t
i
me t
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tware w
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operate un
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d
uce
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-
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d
operat
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F
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90
d
ays.
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urt
h
er up
d
ate w
ill
b
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h
arge
d
.
*
16
Thi
s
p
roduct may only function with a
g
enuine
S
ony battery desi
g
ned for this model. *17 Warranty conditions may vary by re
g
ion.
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