Sony VAIO VGC-VA1 PC Desktop

With a price of £1,337.00 - £1,435.00 the VAIO VGC VA1 is a heavy.

Sony has launched its all new Vaio VA1 desktop PC. This is an all in one system which includes a top specification PC, television, DVD player and hi-fi system. It also includes a wireless keyboard, mouse and remote control.

The new Sony Vaio PC runs Windows XP Media Center edition. The LCD panel is 20 inch and is pretty big. It comes in a 16.9 aspect ratio and X-black technology. The PC has an Intel Pentium D 820 processor and analog and digital TV tuners.

The VGC-VA1 desktop PC comes with a dual layer DVD+/-RW drive which can record up to four hours of TV. Windows XP Media Center means that you can record shows and watch later. It uses Intel 856GV chipset and the installed memory is 1GB DDR2 SDRAM. The 20 inch flat panel inch LCD makes it a pleasure watching movies.

The bus speed is 800 MHz and the RAM memory can be extended up to 2 GB. It has a 4 x 184 Pin DIMMs memory slots. The infrared remote control for use with the Media Center is quite easy to use and is not that heavy. The hard drive offers capacity up to 250 GB and the hard drive interface used is Serial ATA.

For networking, Sony Vaio VGC-VA1 employs Integrated 10/100 Network Card and also integrated wireless LAN. It supports Ethernet , Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g protocols. The price range of this high-end product from Sony is £1,337.00 - £1,435.00.