VAIO Dual Core
A standard Central Processin
g
Unit (CPU) has
a single core handling all its assigned tasks.
The new Dual
C
ore processors have two cores
and more L2 cache dealin
g
with the workload,
e
ffectively providing more processing power than
t
hat of a standard
C
PU.
The Dual
C
ore processors are ideal for users who
have high per
f
ormance requirements, such as
g
raphic desi
g
ners, video editors, users o
f
heavy
alculation applications and gamers
Combinin
g
Dual Core with VAIO’s hu
g
e suite of
sof
t
ware such as Adobe
®
Premiere
®
Elemen
t
s for
HD editing, and Adob
e
®
Photosho
p
®
Elements
f
or
g
raphics editin
g
, VAIO offers not
j
ust the
poss
ibili
ty
b
ut t
h
e comp
l
ete so
l
ut
i
on
.
VAIO Security
The advanced security of Sony VAIO includes
Fingerprint Biometric Protection (a high resolution
f
in
g
erprint sensor which can be used as an
authorisation tool for multi
p
le a
pp
lications), Hard
Drive Password Protection
(
password protection
f
or
y
our hard drive, even i
f
it’s removed and
installed into another computer), and Trusted
Platform Module
(
TPM
)
security chip
(
hardware
b
ased security for many different a
pp
lications)
.
Available on
V
GNG118GN
,
VGNSZ48GN
,
V
G
NSZ44
G
N
,
V
G
NSZ43
G
N
,
V
G
NTX57
G
N
,
VGNTX56GN and VGNUX27GN (TPM securit
y
c
hi
p
not available on VGNUX27GN)
Biometric fingerprint senso
r
VAIO Hard Drive Shock Protection
W
hen moving about, one of the dangers to a
H
ar
d
D
r
i
ve
i
s potent
i
a
l
d
ama
g
e to t
h
e
h
ea
d
a
n
d
p
l
atter
d
ue to rap
id
movement, s
h
oc
k
or
vibration. With VAI
O
HD
S
hock Protection, a
3
D
s
ensor
d
etects ra
pid
movement
i
n a
ll
t
h
ree axes
a
nd automatically moves the head away from
t
he platter, protecting both the head as well as
th
e
d
a
t
a.
T
o su
it
th
e var
i
ous env
i
ronmen
t
s
i
n
w
hich you use your laptop, there are three levels
o
f
sa
f
ety sensitivity that can be selected: high,
st
an
d
ar
d
an
d
l
ow.
Available on
VG
N
G
118
G
N
,
V
G
NSZ48
G
N
,
VGNSZ44GN, VGNSZ43GN, VGNTX57GN,
V
G
NTX
5
6
G
N and V
G
NUX27
GN
VAIO Instant AV Mode
By pressing the AV Mode button when the
l
a
p
to
p
is o
ff
or in Hibernate Mode, a s
p
ecial
u
ser interface is activated. In just a few seconds,
t
he user can
p
layback music from their CDs,
videos from their DVDs or view
p
hotos from their
memory stick or
S
D card without having to boot
up
t
h
e
Wi
n
d
ow
s
®
operat
i
n
g
system.
Available on
VG
NTX57
G
N and V
G
NTX56
GN
V
AI
O
TX series
101
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