The VGN-AR590E laptop is another release by Sony in its Vaio’s line of notebooks. It comes with a 17″ widescreen display that features XBRITE-HiColor LCD technology. It also has Blu-ray Disc technology and DVR capabilities. It is also known as a Full 1080 HD multimedia powerhouse that can play Blu-Ray Disc as well as record to Blu-Ray disc. Built-in devices include Bluetooth antenna and Wireless LAN antenna. It measures 16.4 in x 11.8 in x 1.3 in (WxDxH) and weighs 8.4lbs. This widescreen notebook can also act as a desktop replacement as it’s quite wide and large in size.
Specifications
Processor
It comes with the Intel Centrino Duo acting as the platform technology. Processor of this laptop is an Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0 GHz). It features the Dual-Core multi-core processor technology with a 64-bit processor. Data bus speed is 800.0 MHz. Mobile Intel PM965 Express acts as the chipset in this Sony laptop. Graphics processor is a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with the total available graphics memory of 1023.0 MB.
Networking, Connections & Ports
Wireless capabilities are IEEE 802.11 n (draft), IEEE 802.11b, Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11g. This laptop can be used as a modem or fax. The maximum transfer rate is 56.0 Kbps with the protocols and specifications as ITU V.90 and ITU V.92. For networking purposes, there’s a network adapter with wireless LAN supported. Wireless NIC is Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN with the data link protocol being Ethernet, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11a, Bluetooth and Fast Ethernet. Networking standards are IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11a. Expansion slots present are for 1.0 (1.0) x Memory – Type I/II, 1.0 (1.0) x ExpressCard/54 and CardBus. Interfaces present are 1.0 x Modem – S-video output – 4 pin FireWire, 1.0 x Video – Phone line – RJ-45, 1.0 x Display/video – Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T – RJ-11, 1.0 x Headphones – HDMI – 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 1.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) – Output – 4 pin USB Type A, 3.0 x Hi-Speed USB – S-video input – Mini-phone 3.5 mm, 1.0 x Video – SPDIF output – Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1.0 x Network – Input, 1.0 x Audio – VGA, 1.0 x Microphone and Video.
RAM & Hard Disk
There’s a 2.0GB RAM inside the laptop and the RAM can be upgraded up to 4GB. RAM technology features are DDR2 SDRAM – 667.0 MHz with the memory specification compliance of PC2-5300 and its configuration features is 2 x 1 GB. There’s a Serial ATA as the storage controller with the serial ATA interface of Serial ATA-150. Hard drive is a 160.0 GB – Serial ATA-150 – 5400.0 rpm and there’s a second hard drive that features 160.0 GB – Serial ATA-150 – 5400.0 rpm.
Optical Storage
Optical storage is a BD-RE that features the read speed at 24x (CD)/8x (DVD)/2x (BD), write speed at 8x (CD)/8x (DVD±R)/2x (DVD-R DL)/2.4x (DVD+R DL)/2x (BD-R) and a rewrite speed at 8x (CD)/4x (DVD±RW)/5x (DVD-RAM)/2x (BD-RE).
Card Reader
There’s a card reader that supports flash memory card with formats such as Memory Stick Duo, SD Memory Card and Memory Stick.
Display
Display is a 17.0 in TFT active matrix screen with the maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA). It is a widescreen display that features X BRITE-HiColor.
Multimedia, Sound & Webcam
There’s a sound card in this laptop for audio purposes that features the Sound Reality technology and it also features a microphone. There’s an integrated camera found just above the display. Multimedia functionality on this laptop are a Digital and analog TV as the TV tuner. The analog TV system is NTSC and the digital TV reception is ATSC.
Keyboard & Touchpad
There’s a QWERTY keyboard with a touchpad on this laptop.
Power & Battery
There’s an external 150.0 Watt power device. This laptop comes with a Lithium ion battery that can last for about 3 hours.
Operating System & Software
Operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista/Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. This laptop comes with software such as Microsoft Office 2007 (Trial), Norton Internet Security 2007 (60 days subscription), Sony Click to DVD, Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, Sony LocationFree Player, AOL Online (90 days trial), Ulead BD DiscRecorder, InterVideo WinDVD BD for VAIO, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 and Microsoft Works 8.5.
Warranty
For those who purchase this laptop, there’s a one year warranty for service and support. There’s also a limited warranty of one year for phone consulting, onsite help and product info support for one year only.
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