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The Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G desktop computer
CPU and Memory The Sony VAIO VA11G comes with a 3.2-GHz Intel
Pentium 4 640 processor and 1 GB of SDRAM. Throw anything you want at it - the
latest 3D games, video editing or number-crunching applications - it processes
them with aplomb. Case The Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G computer case has a
color scheme similar to that Sony's silver LCD TV panels. It looks really good
and fits right into a classy, modern living room. Graphics The Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G comes with an ATI
Radeon x700 graphics card. This card has good best-in-class antialiasing, 3D
normal map compression and a razor-sharp video signal output. I think it is
especially good for playing real-time strategy games and the like. Data Storage The two 160GB SATA
hard drives included in the
Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G give you a whopping amount of storage space. This is just as
well, since the VGC-VA11G is designed to record lots of TV programming and hold
heaps of digital files. I think you will be
throwing a lot of media files at it before it can run out of space. Other Components The Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G has USB, FireWire/i.Link,
and cable-TV jacks that are better-situated than they were on the previous
versions. The ports are now easily accessible and very user-friendly. Shortcomings The VAIO's front panel has controls for brightness and
for turning off the LCD monitor when all you want to do is listen to music, but
nothing for changing the channel or volume. This is pretty bad, since just about
all TVs have these controls on the front panel or on the top. The Sony VAIO VGC-VA11G is a monster of a machine and truly takes media center PCs to the next level. Buy this machine and you will be playing games, watching TV and DVDs in a whole new way.
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