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©2003 Sony Electronics Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without
written permission is prohibited. Sony, i.LINK, VAIO Digital Studio, SonicStage, Memory Stick, DVgate Plus,
PictureGear Studio, VAIO Media, Click to DVD, SonicStage Mastering Studio, and VAIO are trademarks of Sony.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Outlook are trademarks of
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Features and specifications are subject to change without notice. Weights and measurements are approximate.
Printed in U.S.A.10/03 Ver 1
SPECIFICATIONS
• ATI Radeon
™
9800 Pro 128MB
• Advanced 3D performance delivering an immersive,
cinematic experience for the most demanding next gen-
eration games.
• Highly programmable cinematic shader engines and
support for Microsoft
®
DirectX
®
9.0 and OpenGL
®
fea-
ture sets
• TV-Out / VGA-Out / DVI-Out
(DVI Output:
1280x10240x60Hz max.)
• 8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
• 8 Parallel Rendering Pipelines
• 680MHz Memory Clock
• 380MHz Engine Clock
• DVD±RW / CD-RW Drive
***
- With Click to
DVD
TM
Creation Software
• 1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR
• 160GB
††3
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.0GHz
†
with HT
Technology
•
Creative
®
Soundblaster
®
Audigy
®
Sound
• GigaBit Ethernet - Ready for the Network
Future
•
High-Speed Internet Ready with
10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-TX Fast Ethernet
•
Sony
®
Stereo Speakers
• Optical Mouse
¾
Outstanding Gaming Performance with ATI Radeon
TM
9800 Pro
128MB Graphics Card with VGA, DVI, and TV-out
¾
Create your own professional quality DVDs w
ith Sony Click to
DVD
TM
Creation Software and
DVD±RW / CD-RW drive
***
¾
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.0GHz
†
with Hyper-Threading
Technology
¾
1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR / 160
GB
††3
7200rpm HD
¾
Creative
®
Soundblaster
®
Audigy
®
Sound / GigaBit Ethernet
Sony VAIO Digital Studio
™
PC
PCV
PCV
-RZ40C1B
-RZ40C1B
FEATURES
i.LINK
®
(IEEE 1394)
Video Audio Integrated Operation
ATI
Radeon
TM
9800 Pro
128MB Graphics
M
ODEL
PCV-RZ40C1B
P
ROCESSOR
Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor 3.0GHz
†
with
Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology
C
ACHE
M
EMORY
512KB Integrated On-Die Level 2
F
RONT
S
IDE
B
US
S
PEED
800MHz
S
TANDARD
RAM
1GB PC3200 400MHz DDR
(expandable to 2.0GB)
H
ARD
D
RIVE
3
160GB
††3
7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive
DVD±RW / CD-RW D
RIVE
***
DVD±RW
-RW
(4X max. write / 2X max. rewrite / 2X max. read)
+RW
(4X max. write / 2.4X max. rewrite / 2.4X max. read)
CD-RW
(16X max. write / 10X max. rewrite / 32X max. read)
CD-RW D
RIVE
CD-RW
(40X max. write / 12X max. rewrite / 40X max. CD-
ROM read)
F
LOPPY
D
ISK
D
RIVE
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
V
IDEO
& G
RAPHICS
ATI Radeon
™
9800 Pro
128MB Video Memory (256-bit DDR)
VGA-out / DVI-Out
(DVI output:1280x1024x60Hz max.)
/
TV-Out
8X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration
A
UDIO
Creative
®
Soundblaster
®
Audigy
®
E
THERNET
GigaBit Ethernet: 10Base-T/100Base-
TX/1000Base-TX Ethernet (RJ-45)
M
ODEM
V.90 compatible data/fax modem
E
XPANSION
S
LOTS
One 8x AGP (occupied by Graphics Card)
Three PCI (two occupied)
Multi-Media Card Reader
(Memory Stick
TM
,
Compact
Flash
TM
Type I & Type II, IBM Micro Drive
TM
, and Smart Media
TM
)
E
XPANSION
B
AYS
Two 5.25" Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5" (occupied)
Two Internal 3.5" (one occupied)
P
ORT
C
ONNECTORS
Seven USB 2.0 (Three front/four rear)
Two PS/2
®
(Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA/DVI Monitor Port / TV-Out Port
One S/PDIF Out / One Parallel Port / One Line In
One 6pin i.LINK Port (rear)/ One 4pin (front)
One Headphone / One Microphone
S
UPPLIED
A
CCESSORIES
Speakers (Stereo)
VAIO
®
Keyboard / PS/2
®
Optical Mouse
P
OWER
R
EQUIREMENTS
295 watts max. / 100-120V ~4.7A (50/60Hz)
P
OWER
M
ANAGEMENT
ACPI 1.0 Compliant
D
IMENSIONS
(CPU)
7.75"(W) x 15"(H) x 15.4"(D)
W
EIGHT
(CPU)
30.86 lbs.
O
PERATING
S
YSTEM
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Home Edition
VAIO
®
recommends Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
P
RE
-I
NSTALLED
S
OFTWARE
:
S
ONY
O
RIGINAL
S
OFTWARE
Click to DVD
TM
-
DVD Creation
PictureGear Studio
TM
- Digital Photo
DVgate Plus
™
- Digital Video
SonicStage
™
- Digital Music
VAIO Media
TM
- Network File Sharing
O
THER
S
OFTWARE
A
PPLICATIONS
Microsoft
®
Works
®
7.0 -
Word Processing,
Spreadsheet, Calendar, Scheduling, Contact
Management, and Database
Microsoft
®
Age of Empires
®
II
6
MoodLogic
®
2.5
**5
Intuit Quicken
®
2004
2
New User Edition
Microsoft
®
Money
®
2004
5
Microsoft
®
Encarta
®
Online
4
Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
®
Apple QuickTime
®
RealNetworks
®
RealOne
TM
Player
A
NTI
-V
IRUS
& R
ECOVERY
S
OFTWARE
Norton
®
Internet Security
TM
90 Day Trial
**5
VAIO
®
Recovery Wizard
3
3
VAIO
®
Support Agent
O
NLINE
C
ENTER
America Online
®**
Netscape
®
Navigator
®
EarthLink TotalAccess
™**
MSN
® 8**
S
ERVICE
One Year Limited Express Repair Service
*
L
IMITED
W
ARRANTY
One Year Parts and Labor
*
T
ELEPHONE
S
UPPORT
Hardware: One Year
Software and Operating System: 90 Days
* Display sold separately.
† GHz denotes microprocessor internal clock speed; other factors may affect
application performance.
†† GB means one billion bytes when referring to Hard Drive capacity.
Accessible capacity may vary.
* Certain restrictions apply.
** Requires payment of additional fees or subscription for use.
*** DVD compatibility is not universal.
1 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.
2 Previous Quicken users may require additional upgrade.
3 A portion of Hard Disk space is reserved for the recovery partition.
4 Limited duration trial subscription to Microsoft’s current online version.
Internet access required; additional fees (including telephone/long distance
charges) may also apply.
5 Certain features are time limited.
6 Teen content may be suitable for persons age 13 and older. May contain
violent content, mild or strong language, and/or suggestive themes.
