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DC-IN connector
Microphone jack
Headphone jack
i.LINK™ (IEEE 1394) S400 connector
Monitor connector (Analogue RGB, mini D-SUB 15-pin)
PC Card slot (Type I/II x 1)
PC Card eject button
Memory Stick Duo slot
Built-in MOTION EYE camera
Built-in microphone (monaural)
Fingerprint sensor
Shortcut buttons
Performance selector switch
Wireless switch
Power button
Optical disc drive
Manual eject hole
Disc eject button
ExpressCard™/34 slot
Hi-speed USB (USB 2.0) connectors
Network (Ethernet) connector
Modem connector
1
23 4 5 6 7 8
16 1917 18 20 21 22
9
10
11
12 13 14
15
VGN-SZ75GN/B
Op
tional Accessorie
s
for V
G
N-
S
Z75
G
N
/
B
(
availability depends on re
g
ion
)
●
M
on
i
tor connector
●
Network connecto
r
●
USB 2.0 connector (x3
)
VG
P-PR
S
Z1
D
ockin
g
Station
●
Rechar
g
eable battery
●
U
p
to 9.5 hours of use
*
12
VGP-BPL
9
Lithium-ion Battery
(
L
)
●
Inte
g
rated “VAI
O
S
mart Protectio
n
™
”
f
or PC cushio
n
●
Solid design matching VAIO S
Z
V
G
P-
C
K
S
Z1
C
arr
y
in
g
Cas
e
VGP-UMS55
S
ilver
(S)
, Black
(
B
)
US
B Laser Mous
e
●
Embossed VAIO logo
●
Handy mini-pouch
●
Opens smoothly and quietly
V
GP-CP15
C
arrying Pouch
●
E
rgonom
i
c
d
es
i
gn natura
ll
y
fi
ts your
●
Highl
y accurate
l
aser sensor
S
pecifications
M
ain
M
emor
y
O
ptical
D
i
sc
D
riv
e
I
nt
e
r
face
Wi
re
l
ess
Connection
B
atter
y
Life
*12
V
GN-SZ75GN/
B
Int
e
l
®
C
entrin
o
®
Processor Technolo
g
y
•
Intel
®
C
ore
™
2 Duo Processor T8100
(
2.10
G
Hz
)
*
1*
2
•
Inte
l
®
Wireless WiFi Link 4965A
G
N
•
Mobile Intel
®
G
M965 Express
C
hipset
Genuine Windows Vista
®
Business (English version) with Traditional Chinese Language Pack
M
ob
il
e
Int
e
l
®
G
M965 Express
C
hipset
8
00
MH
z
66
7MHz
3
MB
1
GB DDR2 SDRAM
*3
(up
g
radeable up to 4GB
*4
)
2
SO
-DIMM slots
(
The pre-installed memory module uses one
)
1
60GB
*
5
(
Serial ATA, 5400r
p
m
)
DVD
±
RW/
±
/
/
R DL
/
RAM Drive
DVD+R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 6x (Double Layer) / DVD-R: 8x (Sin
g
le Layer), 6x (Dual Layer) / DVD+RW: 8x / DVD-RW: 8x / DVD-ROM: 8x /
DVD-RAM: 5x / CD-ROM: 24x / CD-R: 24x / CD-RW: 24x
DVD+R: 8x
(S
ingle Layer
)
, 4x
(
Double Layer
)
/
DVD-R: 8x
(S
ingle Layer
)
, 4x
(
Dual Layer
)
/
DVD+RW: 8x
/
DVD-RW: 6x
/
DVD-RAM: 5x
/
CD-R: 24x / CD-RW: 16x
NVIDIA
®
G
eForc
e
®
8400M
GS
notebook
g
raphics processin
g
unit
(G
PU
)
(S
PEED M
O
DE
)
/
Intel
®
G
raphics Media Accelerator X3100
(S
TAMINA M
O
DE
)
6
4MB
(S
PEED M
O
DE
)
1
3.3" Wide (WXGA: 1280 x 800) TFT Colour display (Clear Bri
g
ht LCD
)
High
S
peed U
S
B 2.0 x 2
4p
in
(
S400
)
x 1
1
0Base-T
/
100Base-TX
/
1000Base-T x 1
A
nalogue RGB, mini D-sub 15pin x 1
stereo mini jack x 1
stereo m
i
n
i
j
ac
k
x 1
V
.92 and V.90
C
ompliant x 1
Memory
S
tick Duo
S
lot
(
Magic
G
ate compatible, Memory
S
tick PR
O
Duo compatible, High-speed data transfer compatible
)
*6
x
1
Docking
S
tation
C
onnector x 1
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft n
*7
•
I
nt
el
®
Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
•
D
ata rate:
M
ax
i
mum 11
Mbp
s
(
802.11b
)
,
54Mbps
(
802.11a
/g)
, 300Mbps
(
Draft 802.11n
)
*8
•
Frequency: 5
G
Hz
(
802.11a
/
Draft n
)
, 2.4
G
Hz
(
802.11b
/g/
Draft n
)
Bluetooth standard Ver. 2.0 + EDR
•
M
emory Stick (Standard/Duo Size, Ma
g
icGate, Memory Stick PRO)
*
1
0
•
S
D Memory Card (SDHC Compatible)
*11
•
Multi Media Card
•
x
D-Picture Card
•
Express
C
ard
™
/
34 x 1
•
T
ype I
/
II x 1
x1
T
CG
Ver. 1.2 compliant Trusted Platform Module
(
TPM
)
Effective Pixels: 640 x 48
0
•
D
S
D compatible high quality sound chip: “
S
ound Realit
y
”
(
Intel
®
High Definition Audio compatible
)
•
3
D audio
(
Direct
S
ound 3D support
)
•
B
u
il
t-
i
n stereo s
p
ea
k
ers
•
B
u
il
t-
i
n monaura
l
m
i
cro
ph
on
e
•
Approx. 19mm key pitch
/
2.7mm keystroke
•
86 keys
•
Intelli
g
ent Touchpad
V
GP-BPS9A/B Lithium-ion batter
y
: up to 6.5 hours of use
VG
P-BPL9 Lithium-ion battery: up to 9.5 hours of use
3
15 x 24.7 - 36.4 x 234.3mm
1
.93k
g
(includin
g
the supplied battery
)
•
AV Entertainment:
I
mage
C
onverter 3
•
Video Edit
/
Pla
y
back: VAI
O
Movie
S
tory 1.1, VAI
O
C
ontent Exporter 1.2, Adob
e
®
Premiere
®
Elements 4.0,
V
AI
O
Edit
C
omponents 6.4
*
1
3
,
WinDVD for VAI
O
8.0
•
DVD
C
reation:
C
lick to Disc 1.0,
C
lick to Disc Editor 1.0
•
Music: VAI
O
MusicBox 1.1,
S
onicStage Mastering Studio 2.4, SonicStage Mastering Studio Audio Filter 2.3, DSD Direct Player 1.0
•
Still Ima
g
e/Photo:
Wi
n
d
ows
®
Ph
oto
G
aller
y
, Picasa
™
,
Ad
o
b
e
®
Ph
otos
h
o
p
®
Elements 6.0
(
Installer
)
•
Ho
m
e
Ne
tw
o
r
k
: VAIO Media 6.0
•
Word Processor/S
p
readsheet: 60-
D
a
y
s
T
r
i
a
l
V
ersion of Microsoft
®
Office Professional 2007
*
14
•
Tool
: Roxio Eas
y
Media Creator 9.1, Adobe
®
R
ea
d
er
®
8, Norton Internet Securit
y
™
2008
(
Installer
)
*
1
5
•
U
t
ili
t
i
es:
V
AIO Control Center 2.1, VAIO Camera Capture Utility 2.7, Settin
g
Utility Series 3.1, Infineon TPM Professional Packa
g
e 3.0
(
Installer
)
, Arc
S
oft Ma
g
ic-i™ Visual Effects 1.0
,
Protector
S
uite
Q
L 5.6
•
S
upport
:
VAI
O
Recovery
C
enter, VAI
O
Update 3.0, VAI
O
Data Restore Tool 1.0
•
AC Adaptor (VGP-AC19V26) • Lithium-ion battery (VGP-BPS9A/B)
*16
•
Memory Card Adaptor (VGP-MCA20A)
•
Wi
n
do
w
s
®
XP Pr
o
f
ess
i
o
n
a
l In
s
t
a
ll Di
sc
O
ne year
*
1
7
Model
Processor Technolog
y
OS
C
hipset
Processor S
y
stem Bu
s
Memory Bu
s
C
ache Memor
y
P
re-installed / Ma
x
SO
-DIMM slot
s
Ha
r
d
Disk
D
r
i
v
e
D
riv
e
Ma
x
i
m
u
m
R
eadin
g
Spee
d
M
aximum
W
ritin
g
Spee
d
G
raphics Accelerator
Dedicated Video Memor
y
Di
sp
l
a
y
USB
i.LINK (IEEE 1394
)
N
etwork
(
RJ-45
)
C
onnector
Dis
p
la
y
Out
p
ut Connector
H
eadphone
Mi
cro
ph
on
e
Modem
M
emor
y
S
tick
S
lo
t
D
C I
N
O
thers
Wi
r
eless
LAN
Blue
t
oo
t
h
C
ompatible Memory Cards
*
9
P
C
C
ard
S
lo
t
Fingerprint
S
enso
r
Securit
y
Chi
p
C
amera
A
udio
Keyboard / Input Device
B
undled Batter
y
O
ptional Lon
g
Batter
y
Dimensions
(
W x H x D
)
W
e
i
g
h
t
Included
S
oftwar
e
Su
pp
lied Accessorie
s
Warrant
y
F
eatures an
d
spec
ifi
cat
i
ons are su
bj
ect to c
h
ange w
i
t
h
out not
i
ce.
*
1 CPU speed will be reduced under certain operating conditions. *2 Inte
l
®
Virtualization Technology is not supported on VAIO. *3 If memory modules of the same capacity are installed to both of the two memory module slots, the supported
d
ual channel mode provides better performance. *4 A portion of the system memory over 3
G
B may not be available to the operating system.
S
ony does not guarantee compatibility with memories of other brands. *5
G
B means one billion
b
ytes when referrin
g
to hard disk drive capacity. Accessible capacity may vary. A portion of hard disk space is reserved as a recovery partition.
*
6
C
ompatibility confirmed with
S
ony branded
“
Memory
S
tic
k
”
media only.
*
7 The maximum
communication distance can vary dependin
g
on the obstacles or the distance between the communication devices, the radio waves, the operatin
g
system or the software bein
g
used. *8 The communication speed varies dependin
g
on the
d
istance between communication devices, existence of obstacles between such devices, the device confi
g
uration, the radio conditions, and the software in use. In addition, communication may be cut off dependin
g
on the radio conditions. *9
I
ncludin
g
cards that can be inserted in direct slots and the supplied memory card adaptor
(
V
G
P-M
C
A20A
)
. *10 As for the Memory
S
tick PR
O
media, only
S
ony branded media is recommended to use with the memory card adaptor
(
V
G
P-
MC
A20A
)
. *11 The copyright protection and high-speed data transfer features of the
S
D Memory
C
ard are not supported
(
V
G
P-M
C
A20A
)
. *12 Estimated battery life
(
under JEITA Battery Run Time Measurement Method ver. 1.0
)
. Actual battery
lif
e may vary w
i
t
h
diff
erent operat
i
ng con
di
t
i
ons an
d
sett
i
ngs.
F
or
f
urt
h
er
d
eta
il
s, p
l
ease v
i
s
i
t va
i
o-on
li
ne.sony.com
*
13
Th
oug
h
t
h
e so
f
tware
i
s not pre-
i
nsta
ll
e
d
, t
h
e o
ffi
c
i
a
l
li
cense
i
s reg
i
stere
d
.
I
t can
b
e
d
own
l
oa
d
e
d
f
ree o
f
c
h
arge.
*
14
Thi
s
so
f
tware
i
s
i
nten
d
e
d
f
or eva
l
uat
i
on purposes on
l
y.
I
t must
b
e act
i
vate
d
b
e
f
ore actua
l
use, an
d
t
h
e act
i
vat
i
on proce
d
ures w
ill
b
e
d
eta
il
e
d
d
ur
i
ng
i
n
i
t
i
a
l
l
aunc
h
.
A
ct
i
vat
i
on requ
i
res
I
nternet access, w
hi
c
h
ena
bl
es certa
i
n
f
unct
i
ons
i
nc
l
u
d
e
d
.
Thi
s
so
f
tware
h
as an exp
i
rat
i
on
d
ate o
f
60
d
ays
f
rom
d
ate o
f
fi
rst use, at w
hi
c
h
t
i
me t
h
e so
f
tware w
ill
operate un
d
er re
d
uce
d
-
f
unct
i
ona
li
ty mo
d
e,
li
m
i
t
i
ng opt
i
ons an
d
operat
i
ons.
*
15
F
ree use o
f
90
d
ays.
F
urt
h
er up
d
ate w
ill
b
e c
h
arge
d
.
*
16
Thi
s
p
roduct may only function with a
g
enuine
S
ony battery desi
g
ned for this model. *17 Warranty conditions may vary by re
g
ion.
Th
e tra
d
emar
k
s,
i
nc
l
u
di
ng
b
ut not
li
m
i
te
d
to
“
SO
N
Y
”
,
“
VAI
O
”
,
“
Memory
S
tic
k
”
an
d
“
S
onic
S
tag
e
”
are either trademarks or registered trademarks of
S
ony
C
orporation and
/
or its subsidiaries. Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
R
ea
d
er an
d
Ad
o
b
e
P
rem
i
ere are tra
d
emar
k
s o
f
Adobe
S
ystems Incorporated in the United
S
tates and
/
or other countries.
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entrino,
C
entrino Inside,
C
entrino Lo
g
o,
C
ore Inside, Intel, Intel Lo
g
o, Intel
C
ore, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Lo
g
o, Pentium and Pentium Inside are trademarks of Intel
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orporation in the U.
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. and
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/
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wners.
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st
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ormat
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on g
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on c
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our compan
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Down
g
rade to Windows
®
XP
>
Note that you cannot use the followin
g
features and software that you could use on Windows Vista
®
after down
g
radin
g
to Window
s
®
X
P: Plu
g
and Display feature, Instant Mode
(
on models with Instant Mode only
)
, VAI
O
HDD Protection
(
on models
w
ith a hard disk drive only
)
,
S
ony ori
g
inal audio and visual software, Non-
S
ony software
(
e.
g
. Norton Internet
S
ecurit
y
™
, InterVideo WinDVD, etc.
)
, VAI
O
Recovery Tool. Refer to the Window
s
®
Professional Install Disc User
G
uide for further details
.
Intel
®
Centrino
®
Processor Technology
VAIO SZ VGN-SZ75GN/B
Solid mobility with refined performance.
●
Smart wireless mouse for mobile use
●
Highly accurate laser sensor
●
Innovative PTFE sole for precise operation
●
Sensor resolution: 800 dots per inch
VG
P-BM
S
33
B
lack
(
B
)
,
Gold (N),
S
ilver
(S)
, White
(
W
)
B
luetooth
®
Laser Mouse
Sony recommends Windows Vista
®
Business.
VGN-SZ75GN/B
G
enuin
e
Wi
n
d
ows
Vi
st
a
®
B
us
i
ness
1
3.3" WXGA displa
y
12
80
x
800
I
nte
l
®
C
ore
TM
2
D
uo
P
rocessor
T8
1
00
(
2.10GHz
)
✚ Basic specifications
NVIDIA
®
GeForc
e
®
8400M GS GP
U
M
emor
y
1G
B
Ha
r
d
Disk
D
r
i
v
e
160
G
B
DVD
±
RW/
±
/
/
R DL
/
RAM Drive
✚ Main features
B
eaut
if
u
l
v
i
ew
i
n
g
:
C
lear Bri
g
ht LCD
Mobile endurance and security
F
or powerful mobile performance, long-lasting stamina is essential. VAI
O
S
Z75
G
N
/
B offers up to
6.5 hours* with standard battery V
G
P-BP
S
9A
/
B, up to 9.5 hours* with optional battery V
G
P-BPL9.
In addition, VAI
O
S
Z75
G
N
/
B is equipped with a TPM security chip, biometric fin
g
erprint sensor, and
H
DD password capability for quick log-on and extra data security. Fast and smooth mobility comes from
VAI
O
S
Z75
G
N
/B
’
s
compat
ibili
ty w
i
t
h
w
i
re
l
ess
LAN
stan
d
ar
d
s
IEEE
802.11a,
IEEE
802.11
b
,
IEEE
802.11g
and IEEE 802.11 Draft n
(
Wi-Fi
)
. And, by sensin
g
shakes or shocks and securin
g
the HDD, VAI
O
HDD
P
rotect
i
on w
i
t
h
i
nte
g
rate
d
3
D
acce
l
erat
i
on sensor prevents
i
mportant
d
ata
l
oss.
*
Estimated battery life
(
under JEITA Battery Run Time Measurement Method ver. 1.0
)
. Actual battery life may vary with different operatin
g
conditions and settin
g
s.
E
stimated batter
y
life at
“
SPEED MOD
E
”
will be approximatel
y
1.5 hours shorter for VGP-BPS9A/B and approximatel
y
2.0 hours shorter for VGP-BPL9
.
H
andy presentation:
P
lug
&
Display
C
omfortable typing:
F
u
ll
-p
i
tc
h
e
d
K
e
yb
oar
d
Di
r
ec
t
Media
Access:
Memor
y
Stick Duo Slot
B
road media capabilit
y:
M
emory Card Adapto
r
B
uilt-in
C
amera
:
MOTION EYE
Ligh
t
f
or
i
ts s
i
ze:
1
.93k
g
N
etwor
k
f
ree
d
om
:
Wi
re
l
ess
LAN
802.11a/b/
g
/Draft n & Bluetoot
h
®
High
-
d
ura
bili
t
y:
M
a
g
nesium bod
y
Advanced tech styled in a 13.3" wide size
V
AI
O
S
Z75
G
N
/
B
’
s
13.3" wide size o
ff
ers optimum
d
isplay space for efficient business use or movies.
Open an application window with a task menu, or
t
wo
i
n
h
or
i
zonta
l
l
ayout.
Th
e
l
atest operat
i
ng
system,
Wi
n
d
ows
Vi
sta
®
B
us
i
ness, comes pre
i
nsta
ll
e
d
an
d
Wi
n
d
ow
s
®
XP Pr
ofess
i
o
n
a
l
I
nstaller is also provided
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