The Sony Vaio FJ series is a 14.1-inch
notebook
A notebook (also known as a notepad, writing pad, drawing pad, or legal pad) is a book or stack of paper pages that are often ruled and used for purposes such as note-taking, journaling or other writing, drawing, or scrapbooking.
History
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designed for
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and ...
and the FJ270, FJ290, FJ330,FJ370 models in particular, are designed for
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, which was released five years before, at the time being the longest time span between successive releases of ...
. The FJ Series uses only the
Pentium M
The Pentium M is a family of mobile 32-bit single-core x86 microprocessors (with the modified Intel P6 microarchitecture) introduced in March 2003 and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand. The '' ...
processors using the
Sonoma platform of Intel
Centrino
Centrino is a brand name of Intel Corporation which represents its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative. The change of the meaning of the ...
.
The VAIO FJ has a thin, 14.1" wide screen display with Sony's original
XBRITE-ECO LCD technology and it has a built-in Motion Eye web camera above the screen in the
bezel.
Low end FJ
Sony released a low end edition of FJ series. This was much cheaper and available from US$800, but it didn't include a built in camera, and used
Intel Celeron
Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers.
Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
(1.60 GHz) processor instead of the more powerful
Centrino CPU (1.90 or 2.33 GHz). It also included a 60GB hard drive instead of the usual 100GB. This model sold well in the Asian market.
FJ Market
The FJ series was first targeted as a home/work computer as the FJ190 but the FJ270/370 which was the most powerful edition was for home/work/student computer the FJ290 which had inferior specifications was the "colors" computer because it was available in five color which were later expanded to 9 colors when VAIO 10th anniversary special edition appeared in Japan the FJ series called F light is available in different colors than in America and was TV capable using Windows Media Center. F light series are starting to be replaced by the C series like in America.
Specifications
* Intel
Centrino
Centrino is a brand name of Intel Corporation which represents its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative. The change of the meaning of the ...
Processor 750 or Centrino Napa (
Intel Core Solo
Intel Core is a line of streamlined midrange consumer, workstation and enthusiast computer central processing units (CPUs) marketed by Intel Corporation. These processors displaced the existing mid- to high-end Pentium processors at the time ...
)(newer models such as FJ270 or FJ370)
* 1.86 GHz SPEED
* 1GB (PC2-4200 512MB x 2) RAM MEMORY
* 100GB SATA HARD DRIVE
* WXGA Screen with 14.1” XBRITE - Res: 1280×800
* MULTIMEDIA CARD READER (
Memory Stick
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998. In addition to the original Memory Stick, this family includes the Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and ...
(with MagicGate functionality)
** Memory Stick PRO (with MagicGate functionality)
** Memory Stick Duo (with MagicGate functionality)
** PCMCIA (Type I and Type II card slot with CardBus support)
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 915 or 950 with 128MB (dynamically allocated shared RAM/video memory)
* 1 MP built in webcam
* Wifi 802.11b/n
* BATTERY LIFE:
**
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and later to retail on October 25, 2001. It is a direct upgrade to its predecessors, Windows 2000 for high-end and ...
: 1.5 to 3.5hr
**
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, which was released five years before, at the time being the longest time span between successive releases of ...
: 1.2 to 2.5hr
External links
Review of the FJ Vaio* VAIO Custo
Laptop
See also
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