The FE-Series is what home users have been waiting for - Portable and powerful, it’s a high-tech showcase designed from the ground up to exceed expectations. Key features include a dual-core processor, a 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive, advanced DDR2 memory and a new generation of screen delivering unprecedented colour fidelity and brightness. Its stylish finish is as distinctive as it is appealing, constructed from magnesium alloy for strength, lightness and sheer quality feel.

The VAIO FE Notebook features an Intel® Core™ processor and new Intel PM945 chipset, selected for their unbeatable mix of power and potential. With dual-core processors set to make a big impact on everything from gaming to video editing, the FE-Series is born future-proofed. It has a 1.66GHz processor speed, super-fast 667MHz front-side bus (FSB), and large 2MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)



The Intel Core Duo processor has two computational execution cores in a single processor, providing greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the next version of Microsoft Windows, code-named Vista. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. It also features Intel's Digital Media Boost, which delivers enhanced performance on floating point-intensive applications such as CAD tools, 3D and 2D modeling, video editing, digital music, digital photography and gaming.

No matter what you are doing with the FE, the quality of its screen will quickly make itself felt. The 15.4-inch widescreen format and WXGA resolution are ideal for watching films and make for a roomy Desktop too. Double lamp illumination means exceptional brightness within the latest generation X-black LCD™, creating lifelike contrast between true blacks and vibrant colours; making movies appear with extraordinary color purity and saturation, even in the bright light of day. When it comes to colour fidelity, the new screen is in a class of its own, making it the perfect choice for viewing and editing photos. Add to that the enhanced sound quality delivered by Sony's advanced audio integration technology, and you've got an entertainment experience that's truly exceptional!



The VAIO® FE Notebook features an integrated camera with a zoom utility and microphone so you can easily chat and video mail with family and friends, and let you use the FE as a full-spectrum communications center. When it comes to connectivity, the VAIO® FE Notebook covers all the bases. In addition the VAIO FE also includes S-video, enabling convenient connectivity to TVs, projectors and more, while integrated 802.11 a/b/g/ wireless LAN enables wireless connectivity on the fly.

The strong entertainment feel to the FE-Series is reflected in the choice of Windows® Media Center Edition for the operating system rather than XP Home. Every FE-Series model also comes with the most comprehensive VAIO software package to date. This combines Sony AV-IT applications and Microsoft® Works with the latest Adobe products including Photoshop® Elements 4.0 software, Premiere® Elements 2.0 software and Acrobat® Elements 7. As a result of this new software package, picture, music and especially video libraries can get quite large, which is why the standard hard disk size for the FE-series is a full 100GB. In addition, an integrated DVD+R Double Layer/DVD±RW drive provides data storage of up to 8.5GB on one Double Layer DVD disc, making it easy to port, share, and save your data and high-quality media files.



“The FE-Series gives home users a realistic opportunity to get everything they want,” says Jun Koyama, Director of IT for VAIO Europe. “There is no compromise on quality, performance or features. As with any VAIO, this is a notebook we simply want people to be proud to own.” <click here>