Description:
Taking full advantage of Intel's just released Centrino notebook technology, the Sony VAIO PCG-Z1RA Notebook PC is an efficient and extremely compact mobile computer designed to maximize your productivity. Don't let the seemingly average clock speed of the unit's 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium M Centrino-based processor fool you. Centrino technology offers several advantages over traditional notebooks, including embedded wireless support, reduced power consumption and an astonishing 1 MB of integrated Level 2 cache for improved multitasking and performance over similar speed non-Centrino units. Sony has paired this processor with an adequate 256 MB RAM and a 16 MB ATI Mobility Radeon graphics chip. Although this setup is not ideal for complex animation and 3-D graphics design or 3-D games, it's well suited to standard mobile computing tasks and multitasking. The VAIO PCG-Z1RA Notebook offers lots of options and plenty of room for program and file management, including a 40 GB hard drive and a convenient internal removable DVD/CD-RW combo drive through which you can burn and play audio CDs, archive data and enjoy movies on the unit's 14.1-inch XGA TFT display (1024 x 768 maximum resolution). DVD burning is not supported in this stock configuration. Stylish and rugged, the VAIO PCG-Z1RA is also remarkably portable at just 12.4 by 9.7 by 1.5 inches and a scant 4.7 pounds. Connectivity options include two ultra-fast USB 2.0 ports for plug and play peripherals, a high-speed IEEE 1394 FireWire port for fast data transfer from devices such as digital camcorders, an RJ-45 Ethernet LAN connection, an integrated V.90 modem and embedded 802.11b wireless networking. The system also features an 83-key keyboard with two programmable buttons and electrostatic touchpad, one PC card slot and one Memory Stick slot. Battery life is estimated at 2.5 to 6.5 hours (standard cell) and 5.5 to 12.5 with a double-capacity cell.
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