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Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology
Get energy-efficient performance with Intel's best performing notebook technology. With Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology you can multitask without slowing down, create your own Hi-Def home videos, and perform other demanding multimedia tasks. Experience a new standard in mobile processing performance.
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Get a better visual experience
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With Intel's latest mobile technology you get over twice the graphics performance over our previous Intel® Centrino® processor technology platform. Now comes with Microsoft DirectX* 10 support.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E
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Watch Hi-Def home movies from the comfort of your home
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Prepare Your Hi-Def home videos for viewing on Apple* TV
With Intel's best mobile technology you can save an incredible amount of time converting your Hi-Def home videos and use that time to enjoy them in your home with family and friends.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E.
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The next generation of mobile multitasking has arrived
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Multitask - do more at once and save time
Get leading dual-core performance and prepare your favorite photos for sharing on Facebook* while at the same time creating your own family web gallery. Spend less time working on your memories and more time enjoying them.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E.
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Look like a professional photographer
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Enhance your photos to look their best
Turn your family photos into professional looking images quickly and easily. With Intel's best mobile technology you can correct and enhance your photos in no time.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E.
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Enjoy your music wherever you go
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Convert your music files to iPod* playable format
Get the processing power to do more with your notebook. The Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with leading dual-core performance quickly converts your music files or library so you can start listening with your favorite portable mp3 player.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E.
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Compress, store, and share your Hi-Def home videos
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Capture life in high definition
Quickly compress, store, and share your Hi-Def home videos in DivX* format. Hi-Def video files take lots of storage so you want to compress them while preserving the picture quality. Intel's newest mobile technology makes quick work of the toughest computing tasks like Hi-Def video encoding.
Performance measurements taken on Sony VAIO* models: VGN-SZ440, VGN-SZ640 and VGN-SR140E.
3DMark* Vantage is a gamers’ benchmark for the DX10 platform. Its primary purpose is to help gamers evaluate their system performance for gaming use, and through online services relate the tested system to other available hardware. This should provide true value to gamers by enabling them to make better purchasing decisions, and to compete against each other in system performance.
Arcsoft MediaConverter* 2.5 is an application that converts photo, video, and music files into formats optimized for use on your portable devices. In this test ArcSoft was used to convert a (2 minutes, 370MB, 1440x1080) Hi-Def home video imported from an HD camcorder to a H.264 MP4 video file (2 minutes, 15.9MB , 720x432, 24fps and 1024Kbps) ready for viewing on an Apple TV. Extrapolation used to calculate the time it takes to convert and compress 5 minutes of video.
Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum* 8.0c is a video editing, audio production, and DVD authoring tool. Using the DivX 6.8 encoder, this test shows how long it took to convert and compress a 1-minute, 59 seconds, 370MB, 1440x1080 HD camcorder video file to a 108MB 1440x1080 HD video file in DivX* format. Extrapolation used to calculate the time it takes to convert and compress 10 minutes of Hi-Def video.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom* 1.1 is a photography application that lets you manage, adjust, and present a large amount of photographs. For this scenario Lightroom 1.1 is used to resize 125 ten-megapixel and 75 six-megapixel JPEG photos at 480x360 resolution for posting to Facebook* or viewing on portable devices such as an iPhone*. The photos are also used to create a personal HTML web gallery that can be published online. Extrapolation used to calculate the number of images you can prepare in 3 minutes for upload to Facebook.
Apple iTunes* 7.6.2 is a digital media application that can be used to manage digital music such as converting from one digital audio format to another. In this case, Apple iTunes is used to convert 61 minutes, 24 seconds of music from WAV to MP3 format with a bit rate of 160Kbps for listening on your iPod*. Extrapolation used to calculate the number of 4-minute songs you can convert in 5 minutes.
Adobe Photoshop Elements* 6.0 enables users to organize, edit, and enhance photos. This test was run using the “AutoSmartFix” function on 103 jpeg images with an average size of 600KB. Extrapolation used to calculate how many jpeg images you can correct/enhance using the AutoSmartFix function in 1 minute.
Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit Intel Performance Benchmark Limitations.