The sleek and slim black enclosed Sony VGN-AR41S Laptop is seemingly very attractive in looks and is very impressive in function. It is a powerful combination of excellent engineering versus enhanced features. All this determines the fate of the overall unit. It catches the eye with its appearances and blows your mind off with its performance. Get ready to indulge with a whole new computing experience.
Powerful inside
The features and functions coordinate extremely well. The inbuilt technologies join hands and ensure unhindered performance. Both the hard ware and software factors are managed effectively. The processor is the integral part of any computer system and in this case the unit is equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with a speed of 2.2 GHz. User friendly operations is facilitated with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium OS. Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology is the supported mobile technology that works with the same dedication.
A whole new world of multimedia will be opened in front of you with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor. Audio factor is given as much importance as that of visual. High quality audio is made possible with Headphones, Sound card, Speaker(s) and SPDIF out as the audio output type. Microphone is the audio input type that captures every detail of the sound signals.
Product outline
This new Sony laptop is equipped with 17 inches WUXGA TFT Active Matrix monitor with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels. This display is wide enough to offer comfortable viewing and small enough to be ported easily. Overall dimension of the unit is (W) 41.6 cm x (D) 29.9 cm x (H) 3.4 cm and it has a weight of 3.9 kg.
Memory and storage like never before
It features RAM with an installed size of 2 GB and the RAM technology is DDR2 SDRAM. It is characterized by lightening speed of 667 MHz. Installed Cache Memory of 4096 KB is not any less in terms of capacity. The video memory featured is 256 MB. Storage is yet another factor considered for the well being of any laptop. A card reader is also included. Provided hard drive supports 320 GB with a speed of 5,400 RPM. Serial ATA is the storage controller with Blu-Ray CD/DVD type.
Details regarding the speed of the optical drive are read speed of 24x (CD) and 8x (DVD) and write speed of 8x (CD), 8x (DVD+R), 8x (DVD-R), 2.4x (DVD+R DL) and 2x (DVD-R DL). The rewrite speed is calculated as 8x (CD-RW), 4x (DVD+RW), 4x (DVD-RW) and 5x (DVD-RAM).
Technical factors
Expansions provided are1 x Type I/II PC Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick Card Slot, 1 x Memory Stick PRO, 1 x Memory Stick DUO, 1 x ExpressCard, 1 x Memory Stick DUO PRO with ports such as 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, RJ-11 (modem), RJ-45 (NIC), S-Video out and HDMI. Networking included are Bluetooth, Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card and Integrated Wireless LAN.
The featured data link protocols are Bluetooth, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g. Provided modem does the Internet sharing effectively. Proper functioning is made possible with Lithium ion battery when not connected to power. Input device are powerful keyboard and touch pad.
Software
Skype, VAIO Edit Components 6.0, VAIO Recovery Utility 2.6, Microsoft Works 8.5, Google Software Pack, Microsoft Office 2007 (Trial), Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0, Adobe Reader 8.0, Norton Internet Security 2007 (90 days subscription), Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, Sony SonicStage CP 4.2, Sony SonicStage Mastering Studio 2.3, WinDVD for VAIO 8.0, Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0 and Sony Click to DVD/BD 3.0 are the provided software. The company, Sony offers 1 year warranty on purchase of Sony VGN-AR41S Notebook PC.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sony |
| Model | VGN-AR41S |
| Colours Available | Black |
| Weight | 3.9 kg |
| Dimensions | (W) 41.6 cm x (D) 29.9 cm x (H) 3.4 cm |
| Processor Type | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz |
| Hard disk capacity | 320 GB |
| RAM capacity | 2 GB |
| RAM type | DDR2 SDRAM |
| Speed | 2.2 GHz |
| Screen size | 17 in. |
| Screen resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT |
| USB ports | 3 |
| Optical drives | Blu-Ray CD/DVD type |
| Removable media slots | Yes |
| Mouse pad | Yes |
| Modem | Yes |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium |
| Features | |
| S-Video card | Yes |
| CD/ DVD Read/write | Yes |
| Firewire port | Yes |
| Infra red port | Yes |
