Sony recommends Windows Vista® Home Premium. The VAIO® FZ-Series lets you enjoy Premium Mobility, Power and Style thanks to the Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology inside. This product is available only with English Operating System, Software and Keyboard

The VAIO FZ is a 15.4” entertainment PC in the body of an incredibly thin-and-light notebook

POWERFUL PC PERFORMANCE AND PREMIUM MOBILITY
The VAIO® FZ is an ideal PC for your day-to-day productivity in an intelligent, highly mobile design.

Enjoy desktop performance in a notebook package with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T8100 (2.10GHz ) with 3MB of L2 cache and 2GB (1GBx2, DDR2) of system memory.

The VAIO® FZ notebook comes pre-installed with Windows Vista® Home Premium OS.

Offering a massive boost in wireless connection speed and range, work and play quicker anywhere within your office or home using next-generation 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN technology .

STUNNING HD ENTERTAINMENT
Watch your Blu-ray Disc™ movies in stunning HD on the 15.4" widescreen displayusing XBRITE-HiColor™ LCD technology and powered by a NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M with 256MB of dedicated Video RAM, so you can see deeper blacks, brighter whites, true-to-life color and razor-sharp detail from any angle.

An HDMI™ output delivers video and audio to external sources via a single cable so you can enjoy HD entertainment on your compatible big screen TV without a myriad of extra cables (HDMI cable sold seperately).

Go straight to your favorite DVD/CD, songs and photos with the touch of a button. A/V instant mode gives you instant access to your favorite multimedia without ever booting up the operating system and conserving your battery .

EASY COMMUNICATION AND RICH MULTIMEDIA
Stay connected with colleagues, friends and family in the office or on the go with realtime video conferencing using the integrated MOTION EYE® camera and microphone.

Hear your music like never before and enjoy the incredibly rich and full sound that Sony's original Sound Reality™ technology delivers.

Extend the reach of your FZ notebook with A2DP Bluetooth® technology that is ideal for advanced wireless communication and streaming uncompromised CD-quality stereo music to Bluetooth® speakers or headphones.

With Click to Disc™ software and the advanced DVD+R double layer drive, presenting your digital video content in a professional-looking package is quick and easy.

Store all your important documents, family pictures and videos and dynamic presentations on the roomy 300GB (4200RPM) hard drive.

The 15.4" Blu-ray Disc™ -enabled VAIO® FZ notebook with XBRITE-HiColor™ LCD technology features A2DP Bluetooth® technology for wireless audio streaming and embedded A/V controls for one-touch access to entertainment. With a built-in camera and microphone for video messaging and CD/DVD burner for storage, this blazing-fast PC is packed with exciting entertainment features.

General

Computer Type: Notebook
Type of Use: Portable
Action Buttons: S (programmable), Volume, AV Mode, Play/Pause, FF, Rewind and Stop
Pointing Device: Electro-Static touch pad

Hardware

Keyboard: QWERTY, 82 keys with 2mm stroke and 19.05mm pitch
Camera: Built-in 1.3 megapixel MOTION EYE® camera and microphone

Processor

Type: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100
Speed: 2.10GHz
Front Side Bus Speed: 800MHz
L2 Cache: 3MB
Technology: Intel® Centrino® Duo Processor Technology

Memory

Type: DDR2
Installed: 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-5300
Maximum: 4GB
Speed: 667MHz

Hard Drive

Capacity: 300GB
Speed: 4200rpm
Interface: Serial ATA

Optical Drive

DVD+R DL Write: 2.4x max.
DVD+R Write: 8x max.
DVD+RW Write: 4x max.
DVD-R Write: 8x max.
DVD-RW Write: 4x max.
CD-R Write: 8x max.
CD-RW Write: 8x max.
DVD±RW: Yes (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/DVD-RAM)
CD Read: 24x max.
DVD Read: 8x max.
DVD-RAM Write: 5x max.
DVD-R DL Write: 2x max.
BD-R Read: 2x max
BD-ROM Read: 2x max
BD-RE Read: 2x max
BD-R DL Read: 1.6x max
DVD-RAM Read: 5x max.
Blu-Ray Disc™ Support: Yes (BD-ROM/DVD±R DL/DVD±RW)
BD-RE DL Read: 1.6x max

Expansion Slots

Multimedia Card Reader: One Memory Stick Duo™ media with MagicGate® functionality
One ExpressCard® /34 Slot
One Secure Digital (SD™ memory card) Slot

Audio

Sound System: Sony® Sound Reality™ - Audio Enhancer

Display

Screen or Display Technology: WXGA LCD
Screen Size: 15.4”
Resolution: 1280 x 800
XBRITE-HiColor™ Technology: Yes

Graphics

Processor: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT GPU with Total Available Graphics Memory of 1023MB (max.)
Video RAM: 256MB Dedicated Video RAM
Interface: HDMI, VGA and S-Video Out with Smart Display Sensor

Inputs and Outputs

Ethernet Port: 1
Headphone Jack: 1
Modem Jack: 1
Microphone Input: 1
S-Video Output(s): 1
USB Port(s): 3 (2.0 compliant)
VGA Output(s): 1
DC-In: 1
i.LINK® Connection: 1 (4pin) i.LINK® connector (IEEE 1394)
HDMI™ Connection(s): 1

Networking/Modem

Ethernet Protocol: Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)
Ethernet Speed: 10Base-T/100Base-TX
Modem Type: Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
Wireless LAN: Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection (802.11a/b/g/n)

Power

Battery Type: Standard Lithium-ion Battery (VGP-BPS8)
Estimated Battery Life: 2.5 to 5.5 hrs
Power Requirements: 110W+10%

Software

Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
Supplied Software: Microsoft® Works SE 9.0
Sony® Original Software: Click to Disc™ - DVD Creation LocationFree Player® Software

Service and Warranty Information

Limited Warranty: 1 Year Limited Warranty
Telephone Support: 1 Year

Dimensions

Weight: 5.9 lbs.(with standard battery)
Measurements: 14"(W) x 0.98-1.4"(H) x 10.02"(D)

Supplied Accessories

Standard Lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS8)
AC adapter(VGP-AC19V23)
Power Cord

Optional Accessories

AC Adapter (VGP-AC19V10)
Stick AC Adapter (VGP-AC19V21)
Large Capacity Battery (VGP-BPL8)
100GB Hard Drive with Security (VGP-UHDM10/B)
Bluetooth® Laser Mouse (VGP-BMS33/B)
Bluetooth® Presentation Controller (VGP-BRMP10)
Neoprene Case (VGP-AMC3)
Urban Messenger Bag (VGP-AML2)

Remarks

1. Non-metric weights and measures are approximate and may vary.
2. Viewable area measured diagonally.
3. Requires 802.11n compatible access point. Some functionality may
require Internet services, which may require a fee.
4. DVD media/formats are not universally compatible.
5. Broadband internet service required along with third party services
which may require a subscription or other service fee.
6. Actual battery life will vary based on product settings, usage patterns,
battery and environmental conditions.
7. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony used only to designate that a product
contains an IEEE 1394 connector. All products with an i.LINK
connector may not communicate with each other.
8. GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may
affect application performance. CPU speed will be reduced under
certain operating conditions.
9. GB means one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is
reserved as a recovery partition.
10. Total Available Graphics Memory refers to the new Windows Vista™
classification of graphics memory, which is the total of Dedicated
Video Memory, System Video Memory and Shared System Memory.
Shared System Memory varies depending on the operating condition
and system memory size.
11. As with other optical media devices, circumstances may limit
compatibility or prevent Blu-ray Disc™ media playback. VAIO
computers may not support movie playback on packaged media
recorded in AVC or VC1 formats at high bit rates.
12. Video recording to Blu-ray Disc™ media is done in MPEG2 and AVC
formats.
13. See actual limited warranty for details.
14. A portion of the system memory over 3GB may not be available to
the operating system.
15. Use of this Bluetooth® enabled product with other devices may vary
as not all Bluetooth®devices are compatible.
16. Blu-ray Disc™ media playback is unavailable in A/V instant mode.