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The Sony VAIO W mini notebook in berry pink.

At your fingertips is a smartly designed keyboard with springy and responsive keys that make typing emails fast and easy. And it has a familiar, easy-to-use touch pad and large touch pad buttons that allow comfortable web browsing.

Sporting a handy, built-in camera and microphone, it's fun and easy to hold face-to-face chats with your friends and family.

It incorporates a high-resolution, 1366 x 768, LED backlit 10.1-inch ultra-wide display, making it easy to view two full web pages- no side-to-side scrolling necessary. The W Series also features an isolated keyboard with springy and responsive keys making it comfortable and easy to use. Its carefully designed touchpad and mouse keys make the PC functional and mouse movements easy to control. Easily transfer data, such as photos from your digital camera or music from an MP3 player, to and from the PC with the unit's two convenient USB ports, and the integrated Bluetooth connectivity enables you to use peripherals such as a wireless mouse without tying up the either of the USB ports.

It comes with VAIO Media plus Multimedia Streaming software, a media sharing application that lets you wirelessly stream content across DLNA-enabled devices throughout your home network. Stream video, music and pictures from your W Series to your compatible primary PC or PLAYSTATION 3 and vice-versa and enjoy your content anywhere in the home including on your big-screen TV.

Created especially for mobile devices, Intel's 1.6 GHz Atom N280 processor uses an innovative design structure and hafnium-infused circuitry that helps reduce electrical current leakage in transistors--which means longer battery life when you're on the go. A roomy 160GB hard drive provides ample storage for all your photos, files and videos. Other features include a built-in webcam and microphone let you video chat with family, friends and colleagues, 1 GB of RAM, Draft-N Wi-Fi networking, both Memory Stick and Secure Digital memory card slots, and up to 2 hours of battery life with the included standard capacity battery.

It comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system, which offers more experienced users an enhanced and innovative experience that incorporates Windows Live features like Windows Live Messenger for instant messaging and Windows Live Mail for consolidated email accounts on your desktop.

The W Series is ENERGY STAR 5.0 compliant, EPEAT Gold registered and incorporates eco-conscious features such as a mercury-free LED backlit LCD. Its corrugated cardboard packaging is comprised of 95 percent recycled content.

Key Features

• 10.1-inch LED backlit widescreen display (1368 x 768-pixel resolution) provides richer colors and clearer definition--perfect for browsing the internet
• 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 processor combines performance and efficiency to explore the Internet and stay connected while mobile. The Atom N280 processor also includes a power-optimized front side bus of 533 MHz for faster data transfer on demanding mobile applications and a 512 KB L2 cache (which temporarily stores data). (Learn more)
• 160 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
• 1 GB of DDR2 RAM
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
• MOTION EYE webcam and microphone lets you quickly snap photos and video chat with friends and family.
• Draft-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for greater speed and range
• Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity enables you to communicate and synchronize with Bluetooth-enabled peripherals such as PDAs and cell phones as well as enjoy wireless stereo music streaming (thanks to its embedded A2DP profile).
• Fast Ethernet (10/100)
• Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system
• Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works SE 9.0 for word processing and spreadsheet work. Enjoy a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
• Up to 2 hours of battery life
• Dimensions: 10.54 x 7.07 x 1.28 inches (WxDxH)
• Weight: 2.62 pounds
• Warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty, and 1-year of toll-free telephone technical assistance (a 1-year international service plan is also available).

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
With its integrated Draft-N Wi-Fi networking capabilities, this laptop provides up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range using 802.11n-compatible routers as you would with 802.11g networks. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found at Wi-Fi hotspots and in older home routers). This notebook also provides Fast (10/100) Ethernet networking.

• 2 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
• Analog video output: 1 VGA
• Memory Stick PRO Duo media slot with MagicGate functionality
• Secure Digital card slot (compatible with MMC media)
• 1 headphone jack, 1 microphone jack
• 10/100 Fast Ethernet

What's in the box
This package contains the Sony VAIO VGN-W111XX/PC mini notebook, standard capacity rechargeable battery, AC adapter, power cord, printed user manual

It also comes with the following software: Norton Internet Security 2009 (30-day trial); VAIO Multimedia Suite includes VAIO Media plus multimedia streaming software

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