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Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony VAIO® notebook. Sony has
combined leading-edge technology in audio, video, computing, and
communications to provide you with state-of-the-art personal computing.
Features
❑ Exceptional performance — Your notebook includes a mobile Intel
®
Pentium
®
III processor featuring Intel
®
SpeedStep™ technology
*
and a
V.90 compatible K56flex modem.
†
❑ Portability — Rechargeable battery pack provides hours of use without AC
power.
❑ Sony audio and video quality — High-quality MPEG1/MPEG2 video,
which supports full-screen display and enables you to take advantage of
today’s advanced multimedia applications, games, and entertainment
software.
❑ Multimedia features — Enjoy the stereo speakers or use a headphone (not
supplied) to listen to audio and video CDs.
❑ Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system — Your system includes
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Millennium Edition (Windows Me
TM
) or Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Professional.
❑ Communications — Access popular online services, send e-mail, browse
the Internet, and use fax features.
❑ Optical drive (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) — The CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive
utilizes a new optical storage technology that combines the features of both a
✍ For a complete description of the specifications of your VAIO® Notebook, see
“Specifications”
* The processor may be reduced to a lower operating speed when operating on battery power.
† Actual upload and download speeds may vary due to line conditions, ISP support, and gov-
ernment regulations.
