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Sony VAIO VGC-RA842G

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  • Pros
  • Strong on multimedia; good price
  • Cons
  • Lacks graphics horsepower

Sony VAIO VGC-RA842G Review

- The Sony VAIO VGC-RA842G is a great multimedia system, best suited to the enthusiast who wants a complete audio, video, and graphics package out of the box. This VAIO offers a quiet, liquid cooling system, but even though it was configured with a dual-core 3-GHz Pentium D 830 CPU and 1GB of DDR2-533 SDRAM, it doesn't have the horsepower to appeal to graphics professionals or hard-core gamers.

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