Sony VAIO VGN-AR790U/B 17-inch Digital Studio Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 400 GB Hard Drive, Vista Ultimate) | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: Personal Computer
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 3,650
Color: Black
Media: Personal Computers
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Type: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processors: 2
System Bus Speed: 800
System Memory: 4000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 400
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Graphics RAM: 512
Modem: Fax / modem
Display Size: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.4
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 16.4 x 1.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: VGNAR790U/B
Model: VGN-AR790U/B
UPC: 027242734067
EAN: 0027242734067
ASIN: B0011NH5J4
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| Features:
| • | Multimedia studio notebook with 17-inch XBRITE-HiColor LCD and 1.3-megapixel webcam | | • | 2.50 GHz "Penryn" Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, 400 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (max), Blu-Ray Disc read/write (as well as DVD and CD burning) | | • | Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); Bluetooth; Gigabit Ethernet; Nvidia GeForce 8600M graphics (up to 1791 MB of available memory) | | • | Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 ExpressCard 34/54, Memory Stick/SD memory card reader | | • | Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Ultimate (with Premium and Business capabilities) |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very Fast Very Large laptop April 24, 2008
James Daniel (Austin, TX United States)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
[Review of "Sony VAIO VGN-AR750E/B 17" Digital Studio Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)"]
This is my 6th laptop and my 2nd Sony VAIO. I've had zero problems with it other than learning VISTA's unique characteristics. It is capable of running graphics-intense PC games as well as a desktop (examples include City of Heroes and Neverwinter Nights 2) with most graphics features turned on, though a high-end desktop will probably be cheaper and have a larger screen than this. 320 MB is a ton of disk space (two 160 MB drives in a RAID array), and I've only managed to use up a third of that so far.
The LCD screen is large, high-quality and bright, and lacks that washed-out appearance that is common in others. Both Blu-Ray and normal DVDs look great, and of course the same applies to the games.
It's also more than capable of handling work-related tasks, including a full Visual Studio .NET development environment, and has more than enough memory to load and unload applications quickly. Yes, only 3 MB of the 4 MB of RAM is available to the 32-bit OS, but the other 1 MB is available to the NVidia video card - 512 MB on the card itself, with 1279 MB available system memory, for a total of 1791 MB.
Overall, I was looking for a notebook with a large, bright screen, plenty of horsepower and memory, that would be both a portable multimedia box and have the power of a desktop. This product fits those expectations.
As for flaws, there are but a few, and those flaws are perhaps better regarded as trade-offs than as flaws, per se. The primary trade-off is that this is a big, heavy machine, and runs moderately hot. A lighter machine that runs cooler would have a 13-14" screen and be significantly slower. You'll think twice before packing it to travel by air (doable, but most business travelers would choose a smaller, lighter, slower PC than this). Another trade-off is that if you're still on Windows XP, Windows VISTA will feel very different, and since VISTA is newer, there are more bugs to iron out. Personally, I've run into very few VISTA issues, mainly dealing with having to "Run as Administrator" to get things done. Finally, given the large amount of space available, the keyboard is of a normal, small laptop size - it would have been nice to have a larger keyboard, or perhaps a keypad given the extra space.
I'd recommend this machine to anyone else. I've owned it since 2/26/2008, and I'm using it to write this review.
[Note that Amazon groups reviews for products such as these. This review is for the model I specify at the beginning. Other reviews may be for slightly different models/configurations.]
Just what I hoped for March 29, 2008
E. Cutuli (So, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
After seeing no reviews for this laptop when I bought it, I promised myself to leave one of my own. I am happy to say that this laptop was everything that I expected. The screen is crisp and clear, it's fast, the screen is big, and its very quiet. The mouse pad and keyboard are slightly different and may take some time to get used to, but it is worth it for a laptop this good at this price.
Best Display and FAST FAST FAST August 20, 2008
Christopher K. Stanvick (Washington, DC United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I decided to get rid of my 2 towers and consolidate to a single laptop a couple of months ago and never looked back. I needed something that could still churn through the Adobe Suite that I use for generating creative and other graphic and memory intensive applications. I simply love this laptop. It does everything it says it will and more! I have used the Blue Ray a few times and found it easy enough to hook it up via the HDMI port to my Sony HD receiver. The 320GB hard drive is more than enough to use for storage and comes partitioned out as 2 drives. I use another portable 500GB drive as my scratch drive for creative and compiling. Having 3GB of RAM also helps BIG TIME when rendering. You can max it out to 4GB, but I don't think Vista will recognize the additional memory. The only downside that I see for this laptop is the battery life is pretty dismal when running at full tilt. You can choose a balanced or max battery setting to improve the overall time. But then again, with a 17" display and being a powerhouse, it's to be expected to be a battery hog. In a nutshell, I'm extremely happy with this laptop and use it for all of its strengths. If you a NOT a power user, I suggest that you save your money and with a more affordable laptop. Microsoft Office doesn't exactly tax any laptops currently on the market.
sony vaio 760ub September 14, 2008
Radoslaw Gawlowski
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
computer is top notch but i think that it was opened by someone before ..it does look new but some items were opened...for example manual with some items..plastic bag was opened and that white sticker that sony has on boxes was not on. i hope it was amazon checking if all items were inside
Sony VAIO VGN-AR760U/B October 11, 2008
Elle Pece (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I Love the Sony VAIO VGN-AR760U/B I used to have a Dell Inspiron 6400 and I start to have problems when I played my games, so I decide to buy this computer after reading all the reviews, I choose one day shipping and the next day I have my new laptop, it came very well packaged don't have recovery disc but I don't think is important I have almos 2 years with my dell and never used the recovery programs, but I made my recovery disc after removing all the programs I didn't want.
I turn on the Laptop and I noticed The screen is too bright to my eyes I have sensible eyes, but when you are out in the sun is perfect, The only thing I don't like is that when I adjust the display brightness to lower a noise appear and I call the VAIO support but they told me that this is normal because of the good quality of the display so i will buy a privacy filter soon to not heard that noice and my eyes not suffer.
The quality of the colors of the display are fantastic nothing compare with my Dell also is fast, fast very fast, I install all my games the Monopoly, Zuma Deluxe, Chuzzle Deluxe, Cradle Of Rome, Dairy Dash, Ranch Rush, Cake Mania2, Chocolatier 1 & 2,Cooking Academy, Hoyle Puzzle & Board Games, Solitaire City, Slingo Supree, Age of empires and all work great I liked to play lots of games, I transfer all my videos, Music and picture and I'm only used 177 GB so I still have lot of free space.
I have a program to conver the format of my videos but with the VAIO Video and Photo Suite and with the "click to disc" option I don't need nothing more. I'm not use all the programs that this machine have already, but it will take some time to used them all.
I removed some installed programs that came and I don't need and of corse I remove the Norton 360 antivirus because I use it before with my Dell for a year and didn't liked because slows my computer a lot and if you need to do a sistem restore always meke problems it take a lot of time to installed and more time to uninstaled, so I install the ESET Smart Security is better and you don't even notice that is there and it's very secure.
I bought the Targus CVR217 Neoprene Slip Case for 17" Notebooks (Black/Blue) and it's perfect for this Laptop and nice looking, but you can only put the laptop and the AC adapter, don't have to much space, so I bougth also the Targus TXL617 17 XL Notebook Backpack is large very large and you can put lots of stuff there also the Neoprene slip case fits.
I higly recomend the Sony VAIO VGN-AR760U/B is great..!!!
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