Sony Vaio VGN-AR18GP

Thursday September 07, 2006

Sony | http://www.sony.com.au/

$5499

Price at time of review.

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Price	5499

CPU model/brand	Intel Core Duo T2600

CPU speed	2GHz

Memory capacity	1GB

Hard drive capacity	2 x 80GB

Internal optical drive	Yes

Optical drive type	Matshita BD-MLT UJ-210S Blu-ray drive

Graphics type	Dedicated

Graphics	256MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 GT

Screen size	17in

Screen resolution	1920 x 1200

Weight	3.8kg

Dimensions WDH	416 x 300 x 44

Ethernet	Gigabit

Wi-Fi	802.11 a,b,g

Bluetooth ports	1

USB ports	3

Firewire	1 (mini)

Output ports	HDMI/VGA/S-Video out/S-Video in

Memory card reader	3-in-2

Operating system	Windows XP Professional

Bundled software	Adobe Premiere Elements 2/Adobe Photoshop Elements 4

TV tuner card	analogue/digital hybrid TV tuner

Other	Type II PC Card slot/ExpressCard/54

Manufacturer	http://www.sony.com.au/

Supplier	Sony

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