This Sony system is simply awesome. I went and purchased this unit for my brother in law and I wish I’d kept it. This unit comes with a cd-rw standard, with I-link and a nic card. Each person that has a Sony computer that I know of rave about the technical support and the reliability of the Sony units.
My brother in law wanted to add an additional drive and the case is easy to open allowing easy upgrading. The size of the form factor is small, so this unit fits on the desktop nicely. The additional speakers sound great, as the overall bundled software just makes life easy.
Here are the stats: PROCESSOR PENTIUM III 1 GHZ (FSB 133 MHZ)
MOTHERBOARD ATX
CHIPSET INTEL 815
SHIPPING BIOS --
CURRENT BIOS --
BUS ARCHITECTUR PCI
BUS SPEED 133 MHZ
HARD DISK DRIVE 60GB (MAXTOR 96147U8)
----- PARTITIONS: PRIMARY 16GB / SECONDARY 44GB
STANDARD RAM 128MB 133 MHZ
L2 CACHE MEMORY 256 KB
VIDEO RAM 32 MB
VIDEO CHIPSET --
MPEG --
MPEG --
GRAPHICS NVIDIA NV11
----- AGP (PCI SLOT 4 (TOP SLOT))
SOUND CAPABILIT --
SOUND CAPABILIT --
SOUND CAPABILIT --
AUDIO CHIPSET 815 SOFT AUDIO
DISKETTE DRIVE 3.5’’ MODE 2
-- --
CD CD-RW (BAY 2) (SONY 140E-IT)
----- --
DVD DVD-ROM (BAY 1) (PIONEER DVD-115SVA)
----- --
MONITOR OUT PCVA-15XD2
VGA OUT 1 VGA AND 1 DVI FOR LCD MONITOR IN REAR
TV OUT --
PCMCIA SLOT --
MEMORY STICK --
CONTROL A1 --
IEEE-1394 1 IN REAR (6 PIN) / 1 IN FRONT (4 PIN)
USB 2 IN REAR / 1 IN FRONT
SERIAL PORT 1 IN REAR
PARALLEL PORT 1 IN REAR
MOUSE PORT 1 PS/2 IN REAR
KEYBOARD PORT 1 PS/2 IN REAR
GAME/MIDI PORT 1 IN REAR
MIC IN/OUT 1 IN REAR
HEADPHONE OUT 1 IN REAR
MODEM V.90
NIC EITHERNET (ON MOTHERBOARD) CONNECTOR IN rear
EXPANSION CAPAB == 3 PCI / 1 AGP =====================
EXPANSION CAPAB SLOT 1 (BOTTOM) MODEM
EXPANSION CAPAB SLOT 2 OPEN
EXPANSION CAPAB SLOT 3 OPEN
EXPANSION CAPAB SLOT 4 (TOP) GRAPHICS CARD (AGP)
POWER REQMENT --
DIMENSIONS --
WEIGHT --
OPERATING TEMP --
OPERATING TEMP --
OP. SYSTEM WINDOWS MILLENNIUM
Add the value of the top notch Vaio telephone support and the computer is worth its weight in gold.