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VAIO TZ
Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology

VGN-TZ26GN/W

Optional Accessorie
s
for V
G
N-TZ26
G
N
/
W
(
availability depends on region
)
V
G
P-
C
P11
C
arrying Pouch
V
GP-BPX11
L
ithium-ion Battery
(
LL
)
●
Embossed VAIO logo
●
Handy mini-pouch
●
Opens smoothly and quietly● Smart wireless mouse for mobile use● Highly accurate laser sensor
●
Innovative PTFE sole for precise operation
●
Sensor resolution: 800 dots per inchP-BM33
B
lack
(
B
)
,
Gold (N),
S
ilver
(S)
,
W
hite
(
W
)
Blue
t
oo
t
h
®
Lase
r
Mouse
●
Mo
n
i
t
o
r
co
nn
ec
t
or
(
Analo
g
ue R
G
B, mini D-
S
UB 15pin
)
●
Network connector (Gigabit Ethernet)
●
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) connector (x3)
VG
P-PRTZ
1
D
ocking
S
tation
V
GP-CKTZ
3
C
arrying
C
as
e
●
Perfectly sized for VAIO TZ
●
Light material: polyurethane and nylon
●
New VAIO Smart Protection™
●
Magnet-type flap for easy opening/closing
●
Perfectly sized for VAIO TZ
●
Genuine leather material
●
Magnet-type flap for easy opening/closingVGP-CKTZ
2
Black
(
B
)
,
G
old
(
N
)
, White
(
W
)
C
arr
y
in
g
Case1.
2.
3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
12.
13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.
21.
22.23.24.25.26.27.Built-in MOTION EYE cameraBuilt-in speakers (stereo)Fingerprint sensorOptical disc driveManual eject holeSubstitute drive eject buttonMonitor connector (Analogue RGB, mini D-SUB 15pin) Power buttonDC IN connectorModem connectorNetwork (Ethernet) connectori.LINKTM (IEEE 1394) S400 connectorExpressCardTM/34 slotHi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) connectorSecurity slotHeadphones jackBuilt-in microphone (monaural)Microphone jackMemory StickTM PRO/Duo media slotSD memory card slotAV MODE buttonPlay/Pause buttonStop buttonPrevious track buttonNext track buttonDisc drive eject buttonWIRELESS switch1456 789101112 13 14151618 1920 21 22 23 24 25 26271723VGN-TZ26GN/W
Sp
ecification
s
Model
P
rocessor
T
ec
h
no
l
o
gy
OS
Chi
p
set
P
rocessor S
y
stem Bus
M
emor
y
Bu
s
Cache Memor
y
Pre-installed
/
Max
SO
-DIMM slot
s
H
ard Disk Driv
e
Driv
e
Maximum
Reading
S
pee
d
Ma
x
i
m
u
m
W
riting Spee
d
G
ra
p
hics Accelerator
Total Available Gra
p
hics Memor
y
(
Max
)
*5
D
is
p
la
y
USB
i.LINK
(
IEEE 1394
)
N
etwork
(
RJ-45
)
Connector
Dis
p
la
y
Out
p
ut Connector
Head
p
hon
e
Micro
p
hone
Mode
m
Memor
y
Stick Slot
SD Memor
y
Card Slo
t
D
C
IN
O
ther
s
W
ireless LAN
Bl
uetoot
h
C
ompatible Memory
C
ard
s
P
C Card Slot
F
in
g
erprint Sensor
S
ecurity Chip
Camera
A
ud
i
o
K
eyboard / Input Device
B
un
dl
e
d
B
attery
O
ptional Lon
g
Battery
D
imensions (W x H x D)
W
e
igh
t
I
ncluded Softwar
e
S
upplied Accessorie
s
W
arrant
y
Mai
n
Memor
y
O
p
tical
Disc
D
riv
e
I
nter
f
ace
s
W
ireless
C
onnectio
n
Battery
Life
*10
F
eatures an
d
spec
ifi
cat
i
ons are su
bj
ect to c
h
ange w
i
t
h
out not
i
ce.
*1
C
PU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions. *2 Intel
®
Virtualization Technology is not supported on VAI
O
. *3
S
ony does not guarantee compatibility with memories of other brands.
*4
G
B means one billion bytes when referrin
g
to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition. *5 Total Available
G
raphics Memory
r
e
f
ers to t
h
e new
Wi
n
d
ows
Vi
sta
®
classification of
g
raphics memory, which is the total of Dedicated Video Memory,
S
ystem Video Memory and
S
hared
S
ystem Memory. *6
C
ompatibility confirmed with
Son
y
branded
“
M
emor
y
Stic
k
”
media only. *7 The copyright protection of the SD memory card is not supported. *8 The maximum communication distance can vary depending on the obstacles or the
distance between the communication devices, the radio waves, the operating system or the software being used. *9 The communication speed varies depending on the distance between
communication devices, existence of obstacles between such devices, the device configuration, the radio conditions, and the software in use. In addition, communication may be cut off depending on
t
he radio conditions. *10 Estimated battery life
(
under JEITA Battery Run Time Measurement Method ver. 1.0
)
. Actual battery life may vary with different operatin
g
conditions and settin
g
s. For further
d
eta
il
s, p
l
ease v
i
s
i
t va
i
o-on
li
ne.sony.com
*
11
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s so
f
tware
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i
nten
d
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d
f
or eva
l
uat
i
on purposes on
l
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b
e act
i
vate
d
b
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f
ore actua
l
use, an
d
t
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e act
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vat
i
on proce
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ures w
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b
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d
d
ur
i
n
g
i
n
i
t
i
a
l
launch. Activatio
n
re
q
uires Internet access, which enables certain functions included. This software has an ex
p
iration date of 60 da
y
s from date of first use, at which time the software will o
p
erate under
r
educed-functionality mode, limiting options and operations. *12 Free use of 90 days. Further update will be charged. *13 This product may only function with a genuine Sony battery designed for this
m
odel. *14 Warranty conditions may vary by region.
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e tra
d
emar
k
s,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng
b
ut not
li
m
i
te
d
to
“
SONY
”
,
“
V
AI
O
”
,
“
Memory Stick
”
an
d
“
SonicStage
”
are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. Adobe, Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Reader and Adobe Premiere are trademarks of Adobe
S
ystems Incorporated in the United
S
tates and
/
or other countries. Intel, the Intel logo,
C
entrino and the
C
entrino logo, Intel
C
ore
and
C
ore Inside are trademarks or re
g
istered trademarks of Intel
C
orporation or its subsidiaries in the United
S
tates and other countries. Windows, Windows Vista, the Windows lo
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o and Microsoft are
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rademarks or re
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istered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and brand names may be trademarks or re
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espective owners. Whilst information given is true at time of printing, small production changes in the course of our company
’
s
policy of improvement through research and design might not necessarily
b
e included in the specifications. E&
O
E. Actual models may differ slightly in appearance to illustrations provided.
●
Large capacity rechargeable battery
●
Up to 16.5 hours
*
10 of battery time
V
G
N-TZ26
G
N
/
W
I
nt
el
®
C
entrino
®
D
uo
P
rocessor
T
ec
h
no
l
ogy
•
Intel
®
C
or
e
™
2 Duo Processor U7500 (1.06GHz
)
*1*2
•
Intel
®
Wireless WiFi Link 4965A
G
N
•
Mobile Inte
l
®
945GMS Express Chipset
G
enuine Windows Vist
a
®
Business (En
g
lish Version) with Traditional Chinese Lan
g
ua
g
e Pack
Mobile Intel
®
945GMS Express Chipse
t
5
33MHz
6
67MHz
2MB Advanced
S
mart
C
ache
1
GB (up
g
radeable up to 2G
B
*3
)
1
SO-DIMM slot (The pre-installed memory module uses one
)
8
0
GB
*
4(Ultra ATA/100, 4200rpm
)
DVD
±
RW/
±
/
/
RDL
/
RAM Drive
D
VD+R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 4x (Double Layer) / DVD-R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 4x (Dual Layer) / DVD+RW: 8x / DVD-RW: 6x /
D
VD-R
O
M: 8x
/
DVD-RAM: 5x
/
C
D-R
O
M: 24x
/
C
D-R: 24x
/
C
D-RW: 24
x
D
VD+R: 8x
(S
ingle Layer
)
, 4x
(
Double Layer
)
/
DVD-R: 8x
(S
ingle Layer
)
, 4x
(
Dual Layer
)
/
DVD+RW: 8x
/
DVD-RW: 6x
/
D
VD-RAM: 5x
/
C
D-R: 24x
/
C
D-RW: 16
x
Int
el
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 95
0
2
5
1MB
1
1.1" Wide (WXGA: 1366 x 768) TFT Colour display (Clear Bright High Colour LCD: White LED
)
H
igh Speed USB 2.0 x 2
4pin (S400) x
1
1
0Base-T
/
100Base-TX
/
1
000
B
ase
-T x
1
A
nalogue RGB, mini D-sub 15pin x 1
s
tereo mini jack x
1
s
tereo mini jack x
1
V
.92 and V.90 Compliant x 1
Memory Stick (Standard/Duo Size compatible, MagicGate compatible, Memory Stick PRO compatible, High-speed data transfer compatible)
*6
SD Memor
y
Card
*
7(SDHC compatible, MMC compatible)
x
1
D
ocking Station Connector x
1
•
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft n*
8
•
Int
e
l®Wireless WiFi Link 4965A
G
N
•
Maximum data rate: 11Mbps (802.11b)
/
5
4Mbps
(
802.11a
/g)
/
300Mbps
(
Draft 802.11n
)
*9
•
Frequency: 5
G
Hz
(
802.11a
/
Draft n
)
, 2.4
G
Hz
(
802.11b
/g/
Draft n
)
Bl
uetoot
h
stan
d
ar
d
V
er. 2.0+
EDR
•
Memory
S
tick
(S
tandard
/
Duo
S
ize compatible, Ma
g
ic
G
ate compatible, Memory
S
tick PR
O
compatible, Hi
g
h-speed data transfe
r
compatible)
•
SD Memor
y
Card (SDHC compatible)
•
Multi Media Car
d
E
xpressCard
™
/
34 x 1
x
1
TCG Ver. 1.2 compliant Trusted Platform Module (TPM
)
Effec
tiv
e
Pix
e
l
s
:
6
4
0
x 4
80
•
Int
e
l
®
High De
f
inition Audio compatible
•
3D audio (Direct Sound 3D support)
•
Built-in stereo speakers
•
Built-in monaural microphon
e
•
A
pprox. 17mm
k
e
y
p
i
tc
h
•
1.7mm
k
e
y
stro
k
e
•
82
k
e
y
s
•
I
nte
lli
gent
T
ouc
h
pa
d
V
GP-BPL11 Lithium-ion batter
y
: up to 11 hours of us
e
V
GP-BPX11 Lithium-ion batter
y
: up to 16.5 hours of use
2
77 x
22
.
5
-
29
.
8
x
198
.
2
m
m
1
200g (including the supplied battery)
•
A
V Ent
e
rt
a
inm
e
nt
:
Image Converter 3, Instant Mode
•
Video Edit/Playback: VAIO Movie Stor
y
1.0, VAIO Content Importer/
E
xporter 1.2,
Ad
o
b
e
®
P
rem
i
er
e
®
Elements 3.0
(
Installer
)
, VAI
O
Edit
C
omponents 6.3
(
Installer
)
, WinDVD for VAI
O
8.0
•
DVD
C
reation
:
C
lick to DVD 2.6
*
10•
Music
:
V
AI
O
MusicBox 1.0,
S
onic
S
tage Mastering
S
tudio 2.4,
S
onic
S
tage Mastering
S
tudio Audio Filter 2.3
•
Still Image/Photo
:
Windows
®
Photo Gallery, Picas
a
™
,
Adobe
®
Photosho
p
®
Elements 5.0 (Installer)
•
H
ome Network:VAI
O
Media
6
.1
•
W
ord Processor
/S
preadsheet
:
60-Da
y
s Trial Version o
f
Microso
f
t
®
O
ffice Professional 200
7
*
11 •
Tool
:
R
ox
i
o
E
as
y
Media Creator 9.0, Adobe
®
R
eader
®
8.1, Norton Internet Securit
y
™
2007
*
12
•
U
tilities:
V
AIO Control Center 2.1, VAIO Camera
U
tility 2.0, VAI
O
C
amera
C
apture Utility 2.5,
S
etting Utility
S
eries 3.0, Infineon TPM Professional Package 3.0
(
Installer
)
, Protecto
r
Suite QL 5.6, VAIO Launcher 1.0, VAIO Status Monitor 1.2, Peripheral Device & Storage Media Restriction Setting Utility 1.2
•
S
upport: VAI
O
Recovery
C
enter 1.1, VAI
O
Update 3.0, VAI
O
Data Restore Tool 1.
0
•
A
C
Adaptor
(
V
G
P-A
C
16V14
)
•
Lithium-ion battery
(
V
G
P-BPL11
)
*
1
3
•
C
leanin
g
clot
h
O
ne year
*14