Description:
Part of Sony’s high-end GRX series of notebooks, the GRX650 offers a smaller hard drive, marginally slower processing speed, and no DVD recording capability, but is otherwise identical to the top-of-the-line GRX690. If power and versatility are important to you but you can’t afford or don’t need the extra performance perks of the GRX690, the GRX650 delivers plenty of bang for the buck. Sporting a 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor with 512 KB of Level 2 cache, a fast 400 MHz bus, 512 MB of DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1,024 MB), and a sizable 30 GB hard drive, the GRX650 will easily handle the majority of applications on the market today. Its 32 MB ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 video accelerator may have a few problems smoothly rendering today’s most graphically intensive 3-D games and drawing packages, but is ready for most anything else. Sony has equipped the GRX650 with an enormous 16.1-inch, high-resolution 1,600 x 1,200 UXGA TFT display (the same viewing area as most 17-inch PC monitors) to better help you enjoy the movies you’ll play in the unit’s integrated DVD-RW/CD-RW drive. This convenient combination drive also allows you to burn and play music compilations, listen to retail CDs, and back up and archive your important files and data. At a shade over 8 pounds and 14 by 11.5 by 1.8 inches, the GRX650 is slightly larger than some Sony portables. It is, however, loaded with goodies, including a Memory Stick media slot, an i.Link IEEE 1394 interface for fast uploads from devices such as digital camcorders, three USB ports for plug-and-play peripherals, a TV-out, parallel port, and headphone jack. To ensure you keep in touch wherever you go, the GRX650 features an internal V.90 modem and a 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet interface. Pre-installed software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and an enormous array of business and multimedia utilities.
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