Sony Vaio FJ
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Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
designed for Windows XP
Windows XP
Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
and the FJ270, FJ290, FJ330,FJ370 models in particular, are designed for Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
. The FJ Series uses only the Pentium M
Pentium M
The Pentium M brand refers to a family of mobile single-core x86 microprocessors introduced in March 2003 , and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand...
processors using the Sonoma platform of Intel Centrino
Centrino
The Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010....
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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
Motion Eye
Motion Eye is the name for Sony's Video Capture device.It is present in most VAIO laptops and Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones. It has an effective pixel range of 640x480, and a 0.3 megapixel image sensor....
web camera above the screen in the bezel
Bezel
Bezel may refer to:* Bezel setting, or bezel, the rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel, watch crystal, lens or other object* The sloping facets of the crown of a cut gem such as in diamond cutting...
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Low end FJ
Sony released a low end edition of FJ series. This was much cheaper and available from US$800 dollars, but it didn't included a built in camera, and used Intel Celeron (1.60GHz) processor instead of the more powerful Centrino CPU (1.90 or 2.33GHz). It also included 60GB hard drive instead of the usual 100GB. This model sold well in 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 CentrinoCentrinoThe Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010....
Processor 750 or Centrino Napa (Intel Core Solo)(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 StickMemory StickMemory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony in October 1998, and is also used in general to describe the whole family of Memory Sticks...
(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 XPWindows XPWindows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base...
: 1.5 to 3.5hr - Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
: 1.2 to 2.5hr
- Windows XP
Trivia
- In the 2006 movie The HolidayThe HolidayThe Holiday is a 2006 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Distributed by Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios, it stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, who temporarily exchange homes to...
Iris Simpkins (Kate WinsletKate WinsletKate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
) Had a Sony Vaio FJ series laptop in Pearl White Color. - In the film Casino Royale (2006 film)Casino Royale (2006 film)Casino Royale is the twenty-first film in the James Bond film series and the first to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
Le Chiffre has a Sony Vaio FJ series in color Onyx Black, as do Judi DenchJudi DenchDame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
as MM (James Bond)M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. The head of MI6 and Bond's superior, M has been portrayed by three actors in the official Bond film series: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown and since 1995 by Judi Dench. Background =Ian Fleming...
has also an FJ series in Pearl White.