Sony VGN-TX790P/L Review
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May 31st, 2006
Summary
The sleek VAIO® TX790P/L Notebook is truly ultra-portable at 2.76 lbs with standard battery and 4 to 7.5 hours of standard battery life, integrated 802.11 b/g wireless LAN and DVD+R Double-Layer/DVD±RW drive. And, with integrated wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) technology, you can access the Cingular Wireless national EDGE network to extend your wireless coverage beyond LAN access networks and hotspots.
Specs
| Processor Name: Intel® Pentium® M Processor Ultra Low Voltage 773 (1.30GHz, 2MB L2 Cache) |
| Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 |
| Front Side Bus Speed: 400MHz |
| Color: Slate |
| Chipset: Intel® 915GMS |
| Integrated Wireless WAN: Integrated Wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) accessing Cingular Wireless National EDGE Network with SmartWi™ technology |
| Integrated Wireless LAN: Intel® PRO/ Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (802.11b/g)1 |
| Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth® Technology |
| LCD: 11.1” WXGA display (1366x768) with XBRITE™ technology |
| Hard Drive: 80GB (4200rpm) Ultra ATA |
| Memory: 1.5GB PC2-3200 400MHz DDR2 (512 MB x 1, 1GB x 1) |
| Graphics: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 128MB dynamically allocated shared video memory |
| Graphics Interface: VGA out w/ Smart Display Sensor |
| Optical Drive: DVD+R Double Layer/DVD±RW drive DVD+R DL Write (2.4x MAX); DVD+R Write (4x MAX); DVD+RW Write (2.4x MAX) DVD-R Write (4x MAX); DVD-RW Write (2x MAX) CD-R Write (24x MAX); CD-RW Write (10x MAX) DVD Read (8x MAX); CD Read (24x MAX) |
| Modem: Integrated V.90 modem (RJ-11) |
| Ethernet: 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet with RJ-45 interface |
| Audio: Windows® sound system compatible Dolby® Headphone & Dolby® Virtual Speaker Built-in stereo speakers |
| Audio Interface: Microphone jack, Headphone jack |
| Media Slot: Supports optional Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ media with MagicGate™ functionality and Secure Digital Media |
| Other Interfaces: 1 4pin i.LINK® (IEEE 1394) interface, 2 USB 2.0, VGA output, port replicator connector |
| PC Card Slots One PCMCIA - Type ll/Type l card slot with CardBus support |
| Pointing Device Electro-Static touch pad |
| Keyboard QWERTY, 82 keys with 1.7mm stroke and 17mm pitch |
| Action Buttons DVD/CD (Instant On) Play/Pause/Stop, Volume/Mute buttons, WLAN/BT on/off, Magnify |
| Optional Port Replicator 3 USB 2.0, RJ-45 Ethernet, VGA output, DC in, parallel port |
| Power Requirements 68W+10% |
| Estimated Battery Life: 4 hours up to 7.5 hours |
| Weight: 2.76 lbs. with standard battery (weight is approximate and may vary) |
| Size (W x H x D): 10.7” x 0.83” - 1.12” x 7.7” |
| Supplied Accessories: Cingular SIM Card Lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS5) AC adapter (VGP-AC16V8) Leather Protection Case (VGP-CKTX2) Power Cord |
| Optional Accessories: Additional standard battery (VGP-BPS5) Large Capacity Battery (VGP-BPL5) Additional AC adapter (VGP-AC16V8) Port Replicator (VGP-PRTX1) Bluetooth® Wireless mouse (VGP-BMS30) Privacy Filter (VGP-FL11) |
| Sony Original Software SmartWi™ Connection Manager Click to DVD™ - DVD Creation DVgate Plus™ - Digital Video SonicStage® - Digital Music SonicStage Mastering Studio™ - Audio Mastering & Remastering VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing Image Converter - PSP Transfer |
| Supplied Software Adobe® Photoshop® Album Starter Edition Intuit® Quicken® 2006 New User Edition InterVideo® WinDVD® InterVideo® Instant On Roxio® DigitalMedia SE Microsoft® Works 8.5 Microsoft® Office® 2003 60-Day Trial Small Business Edition |
| Anti-Virus & Recovery Software: Norton Internet Security™ 90-Day Subscription - Norton AntiVirus®, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Privacy Control, Norton AntiSpam®, Norton Parental Control TrendMicro™ Anti-Spyware 30-Day Tial Sony® VAIO® Update Sony® VAIO® Recovery Wizard Sony® VAIO® Support Central Sony® VAIO® Security Center |
| Internet Services: AOL Online™ 180-day Subscription - New Users Only |