Sony VGC-RA828G Marketing Specifications - Page 1

Sony VAIO® R Series Digital Studio™ PC High Performance, Cool Running. Liquid Cooled. Just Plain Cool Higher specs and demanding applications mean hotter running temperatures - but Sony's advanced liquid cooling system handles heat with ease. A unique liquid flow heat pipe draws heat away from the processor with a side benefit of eliminating a noisy CPU fan. Air intake from middle section maximizes air flow while minimizing noise. Double Layer DVD creation - You're a Pro now Featuring advanced DVD+R Double Layer with up to 8.5GB recording capacity. With the ability to store up to 4 hours of high quality MPEG2 video combined with VAIO® Click to DVD™ creation software, you become the pro. Borrowing technology from Sony's professional systems, the best tools of the trade are in your hands. Television at your Fingertips Take control of your television with the personal video recorder functionality powered by Sony® Giga Pocket® Engine TV Tuner / MPEG2 encoder and Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005. Watch, record, burn to DVD5 - you have the power. The Advantage in the Solutions The Sony VAIO® R Series delivers the high quality video, music, and digital imaging solutions you demand. Create your own professional quality DVDs5. Master your own audio recordings or remaster older tapes or records. Watch & record television on your schedule. VGC-RA828G Desktop The Sony VAIO® R Series exemplifies cutting edge design and superior performance - A sleek black chassis with a revolutionary liquid heat pipe cooling system, Spectacular acoustic presence and breakneck performance. Topped off with loads of expansion headroom to take your VAIO® PC experience wherever your passion leads you. Model VGC-RA828G HARDWARE Processor Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 560 with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (3.60E GHz1, 1MB L2 Cache) Front Side Bus Speed 800MHz Chipset Intel® 915P Memory 1GB PC-3200 400MHz DDR (512MB X 2/DDR) (Expandable to 2GB) Hard Drive 400GB2 7200rpm SATA Graphics ATI Radeon™ X600 XT 256MB Video Memory Graphics Interface TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out (DVI output: 1280x1024x60Hz max.) 16x PCI Express Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board with TV Tuner DVD+R Double Layer / DVD±RW Drive5 Double Layer5 +R DVD+R write (2.4x MAX) DVD±RW5 -RW DVD-R write (8x MAX), DVD-RW write (4x MAX) +RW DVD+R write (16x MAX), DVD+RW write (4x MAX) CD-RW -RW CD-R write (32x MAX), CD-RW write (24x MAX) DVD-ROM Drive5 DVD-ROM Read (16x MAX) CD-ROM Read (40x MAX) Floppy Disk Drive 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive Audio 5.1 Channel - Intel® High Definition Audio Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T Fast Ethernet (RJ-45) Modem V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11) Expansion Slots Multi-Media Card Reader (Memory Stick®, Compact Flash™ Type I and Type II, XD Picture Card, SD/MMC, IBM Micro Drive™) One x16 PCI Express (occupied by Graphics Card) Two PCI (one available) One PCI Express x1 (occupied) Expansion Bays Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied) One External 3.5" (occupied) Three Internal 3.5" (one occupied) (Four 3.5" SATA Hard Drives can be acco- modated if Floppy Drive is removed.) Port Connections Seven USB 2.0 (three front/four rear) Two PS/2® (Mouse/Keyboard) One VGA/DVI Monitor Out Port One TV-In/Out Port One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port One 6pin i.LINK® Port (rear)/ One 4pin (front)6 One Headphone / One Microphone/ One Line In S-Video: Two Inputs (front and rear) Composite Video / Audio Inputs (front and rear) Coaxial Input (VHF/UHF) Power Requirements 364.7 watts max. / 100-240V ~7A (50/60Hz) Power Management ACPI 1.0 Compliant Weight (CPU) 34.172 lbs. Dimensions (CPU) 7.4"(W) x 15.6"(H) x 15.3"(D) Supplied Accessories Speakers (Stereo) w/Subwoofer IR Remote Control and Receiver / IR Blaster VAIO® Keyboard / PS/2® Optical Mouse SOFTWARE Operating System Microsoft® Windows® Media Center Edition 2005 Sony Original Software Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation SonicStage® Mastering Studio - Audio Mastering & Remastering PictureGear Studio™ - Digital Photo DVgate Plus™- Digital Video SonicStage® 2.1 - Digital Music VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing Other Software Applications Adobe® Premiere® Standard Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition Adobe® Photoshop® Elements® 2.0 Microsoft® Works® 8.0 Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Calendar, Scheduling, Contact Management, and Database Microsoft® Office® 2003 60-Day Student/Teacher Edition Trial Intuit Quicken® 2005 New User Edition (Previous Quicken Users may require additional upgrade) InterVideo® WinDVD® Sonic RecordNow!® 7 Anti-Virus & Recovery Software Norton® Internet Security™ 90 Day Subscription4 - Norton AntiVirus™, Norton™ Personal Firewall, Norton™ Privacy Control, Norton AntiSpam™, Norton™ Parental Control VAIO® Recovery Wizard VAIO® Help and Support VAIO® Update Online Center America Online® 90 Day Trial3 SERVICE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION Limited Warranty and Onsite Service 1 Year Limited Warranty with Onsite Service7 Telephone Support 1 Year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24-hours, 7days-a-week8. On-line Support Support available from http://www.sony.com/pcsupport 1. GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may affect application performance. CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions. 2. GB means one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition. 3. New users only. Terms and conditions apply. 4. Limited duration trial edition. 5. DVD Media/Formats are not universally compatible. 6. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an i.LINK connector may not communi cate with each other. 7. When available. Sony will provide Onsite Service in fulfifillment of its limited warranty obligations. Any such services are subject to the terms and conditions of the limited warranty. See actual Limited Warranty for details. Onsite Service will be provided via thridparty technician to be dispatched as needed following phone-base troubleshooting. Some repairs may be accom plished with self repair kits. Onsite Service may not be available in all loca tions. 8. For certain third party software applications, Sony provides first level Phone Support. Additional telephone support may be available from the applicable 3rd party vendor. Availability and schedule for any such support is determined by the applicable software vendor. Computer Interface: The computer industry lacks stan- dards, and therefore, there are a multitude of varying software packages and add-on hardware options. This personal computer is not manufactured to any specific software, and Sony does not and cannot make any war- ranty or representation with respect to the performance of this product with any particular software packages and/or non-Sony add-on hardware option except those mentioned in this document. Sony hereby disclaims any representations or warranty that this product is compatible with any combination of non-Sony products you may choose to connect. While Sony representatives or Sony authorized dealers may be able to assist you and may make recommendations, they are NOT authorized to vary or waive this disclaimer. Purchasers must determine for themselves the suitability and compatibility of the hardware and software in each and every particular instance. Some pre-installed software titles may not include full documentation. Software titles pre-installed on the Sony Desktop Computer are subject to change without notice. Simulated graphic shown on display. ©2004 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus, PictureGear Studio, Giga Pocket, VAIO Media, Click to DVD, Like No Other, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Realone is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. This product meets the standards of the International Energy Star Program for energy efficiency. Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Weights and measurements are approximate. Printed in U.S.A. 8/04 i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) Sony Electronics Inc. For more information: 1.800.4SONYPC (476-6972) Web address: http://www.sony.com/vaio