Description:
When it comes to laying down money for a desktop PC under $1,500 that’s powerful and loaded with great features and extensive expandability options, the Sony Vaio PCV-RX850 is a rock-solid bet. The RX850’s 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 delivers premium processing crunch for a full range of productivity, entertainment, and multimedia applications. An 80 GB hard drive provides vast storage capacity, and 512 MB of RAM--expandable to a whopping 1.5 GB--enables multiple applications to run simultaneously without a hiccup. An SiS651 integrated graphics card with a Real 256 2D/3D graphics accelerator and 32 MB of shared graphics memory--expandable to 64 MB--provide the video horsepower to deliver a superb viewing experience on any monitor you might pair with this system. Separate DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives make it convenient to watch movies, listen to and create audio CDs on a pair of included stereo speakers, and rapidly back up data. A Memory Stick media slot enables easy data transfers among compatible Sony products. Ports are numerous and ultraconvenient on this tower PC, including six USB ports--two on the front and four on the back--and FireWire interfaces both on the front and rear of the box. Also included are a parallel port, two PS2 ports with accompanying Sony Vaio Smart Keyboard and a wheel mouse, a VGA interface, an AGP port, and two available PCI slots. An integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN connector makes networking easy. Installed software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Corel WordPerfect Office 2002, Intuit Quicken 2002, Adobe Acrobat Reader, and Trend Micro PC-cillin. Also included are PictureGear Studio, Sony DVgate and MovieShaker software for capturing and editing full-motion digital video footage and creating movies with transitions and other effects, and SonicStage for Vaio PC.
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