Sony VGC-RB49 CTO Series, VAIO RB Series Desktop PC, Hardware, Software, Service and Warranty

VGC-RB49 CTO Series

VAIO® RB Series Desktop PC

Hardware

Processor (Configurable)

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 with Hyper-Threading Technology (3.20GHz1 , 2MB L2 Cache)

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with Hyper-Threading Technology (3GHz1 , 2MB L2 Cache)

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 with Hyper-Threading Technology (2.80GHz1 , 1MB L2 Cache)

Intel® Celeron® Processor 346 (3.06GHz1 , 256KB L2 Cache)

Front Side Bus Speed

800MHz

Chipset

Intel® 915G

Memory (Configurable)

2GB, 1GB, 512MB, 256MB PC-3200 400MHz DDR (Expandable to 2GB)

Hard Drive (Configurable)

500GB2 plus 400GB 2 , 250GB2 , 200GB2 , 160GB2 , 80GB2 7200rpm Serial ATA

Graphics (Configurable)

ATI Radeon® X300, 128MB Video Memory or

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900, 224MB Video Memory max.

Graphics Interface

VGA Out

S-Video Out / DVI-D Out (Only with ATI Radeon® X300 graphics option)

x16 PCI Express Slot

Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder board with TV Tuner (MCE option only)

Optical Drive

1st Optical Drive (Configurable) DVD+R Double Layer/ DVD±RW5 Double Layer +R Write (2.4x MAX)

DVD-R Write (8x max), DVD-RW Write (4x max) DVD+R Write (16x max), DVD+RW Write (4x max) CD-R Write (32x max), CD-RW Write (24x max) or DVD-ROM

16x MAX DVD Read, 40x MAX CD-ROM Read

Optical Drive (Configurable)

2nd Optical Drive (Configurable)

DVD-ROM

16x MAX DVD Read, 40x MAX CD-ROM Read or

CD-ROM

40x MAX CD-ROM Read

Modem

V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11)

Ethernet

10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)

Expansion Slots

Multi-Media Card Reader6 (Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO/Duo™, Compact Flash® Type I and Type II, SD/MultiMediaCard™, Smart Media, xD Picture Card®)

One x1 PCI Express

Two PCI (one/zero occupied)

One x16 PCI Express (occupied by Graphics Card with ATI Radeon® X300 option)

Expansion Bays

Two 5.25” Half-Height (occupied)

One External 3.5” (occupied)

Four Internal 3.5” (one/two occupied)

Port Connectors

Six USB 2.0 (two front/four rear) Two PS/2® (Mouse/Keyboard) One VGA Out

One Parallel Port

One 6pin i.LINK®7 Port (rear)/One 4pin i.LINK® Port (front) One Line In

One Headphone

One Microphone

One DVI-D out/S-Video Output (only with ATI Radeon® X300 graphics option)

S-Video/ Composite Video/ Audio inputs/ RF input (MCE option only)

Power Requirements

Min. 300W, 100-240V 7A (50/60Hz)

Power Management

ACPI 1.0 Compliant

Weight

25.35lbs. (weight is approximate and may vary)

Dimensions

7.13"(W) x 16.9"(H) x 15.24"(D)

Color

Black

Supplied Accessories

Mouse Keyboard Power Cord Speakers

IR Blaster (with MCE only) Remote Control (with MCE only)

Software

Operating System

Configurable

Microsoft® Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Microsoft® Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

Sony Original Software

VAIO Zone™ with WinDVD™

Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation (with DVD±RW option only) PictureGear Studio™ - Digital Photo

DVgate Plus™ - Digital Video

SonicStage® - Digital Music

VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing

Other Software Applications

Intervideo® WinDVD®

Intuit® Quicken® 2005 New User Edition

Microsoft® Works 8.0 - Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Calendar, Scheduling, Contact Management, and Database

Sonic RecordNow!® 7- CD/DVD Data Writing (with DVD±RW option only)

Optional Software

Sony® SonicStage® Mastering Studio Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition Adobe® Photoshop® Elements

Adobe® Premiere Standard or Professional Edition8

Microsoft® Office 2003 60-Day Trial Student/Teacher Edition (only available with XP Home)

Microsoft® Office 2003 60-Day Trial Small Business Edition Trial (only available with XP Professional)

Microsoft® Office 2003 Basic, Small Business or Professional Edition

Anti-Virus and Recovery Software

Norton Internet Security™ 90-Day Subscription - Norton

AntiVirus®, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Privacy Contol,

Norton AntiSpam®, and Norton Parental Control

Intermute™ SpySubtract™ 30-Day Trial

VAIO® Recovery Wizard

VAIO® Update

VAIO® Control Center

Internet Services

America Online® 90-Day Trial - New Users Only

Service and Warranty

Limited Warranty and Onsite Service

1 Year Limited Warranty and Onsite Service3

Telephone Support

1 Year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24/74

Online and Email Support

Support available from http://www.esupport.sony.com

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.When available, Sony will provide Onsite Service in fulfillment 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 third-party technician to be dispatched as needed following phone-based troubleshooting. Some repairs may be accomplished with the self-repair kits. Onsite Service may not be available in all locations.

4.For certain third party software applications, Sony provides first level Phone Support. Additional telephone suuport may be available from the applicable 3rd party vendor. Availability and schedule for any such support is determined by the applicable software vendor.

5.DVD Media/Formats are not universally compatible.

6.Does not support Memory Stick media and Memory Stick PRO media using the MagicGate function. Tested to support Memory Stick PRO media for up to 1GB. Does not support 5.0V SmartMedia media or the ID function of SmartMedia media with IDs. Does not support the SD Memory Card media copyright protection function.

7.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 communicate with each other.

8.Does not support all features.

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