[Resonate]

I only use laptops, i swear by them, give up on my desktops & let my kids have them. My laptop specs are:

Sony VAIO VGN-AR51E (Love VAIO)

OS

• Windows Vista® Ultimate

CPU

• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8300, Supports Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep
• 2.4GHz
• 3072 Advanced Smart Cache
• Frontside Bus - 800

MEMORY

• DDR2 SDRAM (2x2048MB)
• 4096 MB

DRIVES

• Blu-ray Disc™ Drive: BD-R/-RE/-ROM/ DVD+-RW/+-R DL/RAM Drive
• HDD - 500GB
• 5400 Speed (rpm)
• Serial ATA RAID 0 (0 and 1 supported) 2x250GB

DISPLAY

• X-black LCD with double lamp technology
• 17in
• WUXGA - 1920 x 1200

GRAPHICS

• NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT GPU

SOFTWARE (Pre-Installed)

• AUDIO - VAIO Music Box, Windows Media Player 11, SonicStage Mastering Studio 2.4
• VIDEO/TV - Adobe Premiere Elements 4, VAIO Content Importer / Exporter, WinDVD BD 8.0 for VAIO, DivX Player & Converter
• PHOTO - Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, Google Picasa
• CD/DVD Burn - Easy Media creator 9, Click to Disc/Editor, VAIO Movie Story
• OFFICE - Adobe® Reader® 8.1, Adobe Standard 8, Microsoft® Works 8.5, Microsoft® Office
• OTHER - Norton 360, VAIO Recovery Utility - HDD recovery (hidden partition), Skype, Google software package