Suhit Gupta
05-13-2004, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000384.php' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000384.php</a><br /><br /></div>"Sony is innovating again; this time with a new liquid cooled air intake system (notice the large gap in the middle) that dramatically reduces noise levels for in-room A/V enjoyment. In addition, Sony bit the bullet and incorporated Windows Media Center Edition 2004 into the VAIO VGC-RA810G Entertainment PC, but will still come bundled with Sony's (unimpressive) Giga Pocket™ for MPEG-2 TV encoding."<br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/sonyvaio.jpg" /><br /><br />This looks like a really nice unit with the low end model starting with a 3.2 GHz P4 and Geforce FX 5200 and the high end model with a 3.6 GHz P4 and an ATI Radeon x600 Pro. The high end model also comes with PCI Express. What is even cooler is that they can be upgraded up to 1.6TB of disk space, so this unit would work fantastically as a Media Center PC.<br /><br />"The good news (since most products like this are only available in Japan) is that the VGC-RA810G will start shipping to the U.S. next month and will be priced around $2,400 -- available at retail and online at www.sonystyle.com."