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Sony VAIO VGN-P530H/Q Lifestyle PC - Black
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List Price: $899.99 Price: $699.00 You Save: $200.99 (22%)as of 03/13/2010 06:33 EST Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: Personal Computers Brand: Sony Color: Black CPU Manufacturer: Intel CPU Speed: 1.33 GHz CPU Type: Intel Core Solo Display Size: 8 inches EAN: 0027242760400 Floppy Disk Drive Description: None Hard Disk Size: 60 GB Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Model: VGN-P530H/Q Modem Description: Wireless cellular modem MPN: VGN-P530H/Q Processor Count: 1 Publisher: Sony Studio: Sony System Bus Speed: 533 unknown-units System Memory Size: 2000 MB System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM Warranty: 1 year warranty Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Your portal to the world, the fashionable VAIO P series Lifestyle PC delivers your entertainment and computing into a single, go-anywhere design. As thin as a deck of cards, this wireless wonder features an 8.0-inch extra-widescreen display, built-in mobile broadband and real-time GPS functionality. The perfect companion for work and play, the Lifestyle PC comes equipped with an Intel Atom processor. Amazon.com Product Description: About the size of a business envelope and roughly as thin as a cell phone, the Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC weighs just 1.4 pounds and is small enough to slip into a jacket pocket or handbag. But more than just offering easy mobility, the Lifestyle PC is packed full of advanced computing, communication, and location capabilties. It comes with the Windows Vista operating system, supporting office applications and all the software programs routinely found in full-size notebooks. This version of the Lifestyle PC (model VGN-P530H/Q) comes in onyx black, but it's also available emerald green, garnet red, and crystal white.
It also incorporates real-time GPS functionality, making it easy to find restaurants, hotels or special sites of interest. Destinations can be found by simply typing in an address or keyword and then following the turn-by-turn directions. It even includes estimated drive times to let you know how far you are from a destination. The high-resolution, backlit 8-inch ultra-wide XBRITE-ECO display provides razor-sharp viewing on the go. It's powered by a 1.33 GHz Intel processor and includes a 60 GB hard drive with G-Sensor shock protection, memory expansion via Memory Stick media and Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, and 2 GB of RAM (maximum capacity), and Windows Vista Home Basic operating system (32-bit).
This Sony notebook is Energy Star 4.0 certified, and has received a Silver EPEAT designation for meeting standards to help reduce its environmental impact. Additionally, it is RoHS-compliant, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances. VAIO Lifestyle PC Innovations Engineered to provide the feel of a larger notebook, the VAIO Lifestyle PC provides a convenient typing experience by extending the keyboard to the perimeters of the chassis maximizing the typing area. The spacing between keys has also been engineered to help reduce typing mistakes making it perfect for long fingernails.
When you have more than a few documents or web pages open at once, your screen can get a little chaotic. But thanks to a special window arrangement utility, you can organize them all with one simple touch. Press a button and watch as all your open windows are presented side-by-side on a single screen, cutting clutter and giving you a fresh perspective on your workspace. The unit also has an instant-mode option that launches directly into Sony's Xross Media Bar interface, so you can rapidly boot up and access music, video, photos and the Web. A built-in webcam lets you video chat with family, friends and colleagues. A third-party service is required. You don't need an Internet connection (in the U.S. or Canada) with the real-time GPS functionality. Just step outside and type in where you want to go. You'll get turn-by-turn directions displayed right on the map--it's that simple. Other navigation features include real-time tracking of your current location, the ability to search by address, keyword or points of interest, estimated drive times to your desired location and points of interest, such as restaurants and hotels within 50 miles of your location Hard Drive and Memory This VAIO Lifestyle PC includes a 60 GB hard drive with G-Sensor Shock Protection, which makes your data even less vulnerable to loss or damage. When the built-in 3D acceleration sensor detects a risky movement like being dropped, the HDD-head will lock up to secure its position and protect the disc from scratching. An intelligent algorithm, unique to VAIO PCs, judges whether or not a movement is risky, activating disk drive protection only when your hardware is at risk. The 2 GB of installed memory (non-expandable) has a 533 MHz speed.
You'll enjoy razor-sharp graphics and widescreen movies with the 8-inch display, which offers a 1600 x 768 widescreen resolution. The XBRITE-ECO technology (with LED backlighting) delivers brilliant colors and stunning clarity with efficient power usage, and it features an anti-reflective coating to minimize reflection and ensure a beautifully clear image from any viewing angle. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 500 integrated graphics chip, which uses shared video memory (up to 760 MB allocated from the system memory). It's compatible with external monitor resolutions up to 1600 x 1200. The Lifestyle PC also sports an integrated audio card with Intel High Definition Audio and a headphone jack. Networking, Connectivity & Expansion Enjoy easy wireless networking with the integrated tri-mode Atheros Draft-N wireless LAN (compatible with 802.11b/g/n wireless networks). Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in home routers and wi-fi hotspots). With the Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity, you can communicate and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones as well as enjoy wireless stereo music streaming (thanks to its embedded A2DP profile). Here's the full list of ports and expansion options: This notebook also includes a next-generation ExpressCard 34 card slot (though no PCMCIA slot), which lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. Here's the full list of connectivity options:
Dimensions & Weight Weighing just 1.4 pounds (22.4 ounces), the Lifestyle PC measures 9.65 x 4.72 x 0.78 inches
What's in the Box VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC, lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, power cable, display/LAN adapter. It is backed by a one-year limited hardware warranty, and Sony offers 1-year of toll-free telephone technical assistance. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Beautiful machinesThese machines are great looking and compact. Somewhat slow with Vista and 2gig of ram but a lot of good features such as wifi, bluetooth and the screen is just plain awesome. The keyboard is a chiclet style which makes typing a bit easier and the mouse is the pointing stick. I use to like the pointing stick when IBM used them in their Thinkpads so it's no big deal to me. I like this unit much more than any netbook I've owned and I've owned a few. The price is somewhat steep if you pay retail but ... Read More Rating:  - Problems since day one!I purchased this computer in March 2009. First of all, it's over priced, you should get at least 120gb hard drive! Half the space is already gone before it's delivered to your door. The screen is pretty small, it's really hard to read at times, you can increase the screen size on Windows Explorer but that makes it hard to navigate through the pages. Secondly, I can never use it for an extended amount of time because it freezes. I have to shut it down and reboot ! I haven't loaded anything on it ... Read More Rating:  - The battery life kills this productThe packaging is beautiful and the size is wonderful. The battery life is simply not good enough to make the product useful to me. Booting the machine is painfully slow. It takes something like 5 minutes for a complete boot. If you want to tinker with registry and stuff maybe this could be reduced a bit. What I want is a PC that acts like a cell phone: you open the cover and it is ready to go. 5 minute boot is not acceptable in that scenario. You can avoid the ... Read More Rating: - What a Smart Laptop, That right Lap/deskWhat a device, This does everything, Alot reviews being- slow no way , just think it has a self motion camera- i just caught my father taking my candy from my desk. it also replace my cell phone, using my bluetooth earpiece, while i do not need to carry my nav. device, it built GPS in with no contracts, built in Verzion wireless card, no need add on to laptop, WAIT there MORE do you understand the weight, It slip into my kakis front pants, pocket. I also use this at home, i plug this tiny computer, ... Read More Rating: - I never thought I'd say this but...Do yourself a favor and stay away from Sony laptops and notebooks. I have been a SONY fan for ages, but this time they let me down to the extent that I'll never buy Sony again. I bought a Sony Vaio VGN FZ series and after 15 months the motherboard completely broke. It just shut off with no warning and I tried to get help from Sony but they have the worst techinical support in the USA; the only thing they do (after waiting several minutes on the phone for someone to take your call) is say "I am sorry ... Read More 
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