Description:
Targeting multimedia fans, the Sony VAIO PCV-RS310 Desktop with its built-in CD and DVD burning capabilities and generous audio-video software package, delivers strong processing power and solid general performance at a reasonable price. Businesspeople and serious gamers will either want to look elsewhere or perform after-purchase upgrades, but most home users with a penchant for music, movies, and photos should find the VAIO PCV-RS310 quite satisfactory. Anchoring the unit is a 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU. This is a relatively fast desktop processor, but Sony has opted to moderate the end price by pairing it with a minimal allotment of 256 MB PC-2100 266 MHz DDR RAM (upgradeable to 1 GB) and an Intel 845GV Integrated Graphics chipset with 64 MB shared (not dedicated) memory. Though the unit will handle all 2-D and some 3-D tasks, it won't do the latest games or breeze through instances of heavy multitasking. Sony has equipped the VAIO PCV-RS310 with an adequate 80 GB 7200 hard disk, a 3.5-inch diskette drive, and an extremely versatile DVD-RW/CD-RW drive through which you can burn and play audio CDs, archive information, watch the latest Hollywood blockbusters and turn your home movies into DVDs. To ensure fast interaction with peripherals such as digital camcorders and cameras, scanners and external drives, the system also features four high-speed USB 2.0 ports and two i.Link (FireWire) ports, one on the rear and another at the front. The VAIO PCV-RS310 features numerous other amenities, including a VGA monitor port, two PS/2 ports, a pair of entry-level speakers, a user-friendly VAIO keyboard, and a PS/2 wheel mouse. Sony has not included a monitor, thus allowing you to utilize your current display or select from the many alternatives currently available. Bundled software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Works 7.0, Intuit Quicken 2003, and oodles of Sony's own multimedia utilities.
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