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  • Page 1

    1 ® About Y our Sony PCG-705C/707C Notebook Computer aysnc.fm Page 1 Tuesday, June 10, 1997 6:21 AM[...]

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    2 About Your Sony Noteb ook C ompu t er NO TICE This pr oduct contains software ow ned by Sony and licensed by thir d parties. Use of such softw are is subject to the terms and conditions of license agreem ents en closed w ith this pr o duct. Some of the software may not be transported or used outside the Un ited States. Softwar e specifications ar[...]

  • Page 3

    About the Co ntents of Yo ur Noteboo k Computer 3 About the C ontents of Y our Notebook Computer Y our Sony notebook computer includes the f o llowing items: Computer and Supp lied Accessories Main unit Floppy d isk drive Floppy dis k drive cable Phone cable W eight Saver AC adapter Power cord Rechargeable Headphones battery pack Video cable aysnc.[...]

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    4 About Your Sony Noteb ook C ompu t er Manuals ❑ About Y our Son y Notebook Computer provides descriptions of your preinstalled softw are titles and the specifications f or your Sony notebook com puter . ❑ The Sony Notebook Computer User Guide describes how to set up your notebook computer , use and customize the Communication Center , find he[...]

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    About the S oftware on Your Sony No tebook Computer 5 About the S oftwa r e on Y our Sony Notebook Computer Y our Sony noteboo k com puter is r eady to help you work, pla y , learn, an d communicate as soon as you turn i t on. This section gives yo u an overview of the activities you can perfor m with your software titles. For general inform ation,[...]

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    8 About Your Sony Noteb ook C ompu t er First A id ® 97 (Sony S OS Editio n) CyberM edia ® First A id helps to in terc ept c rashes c aused by W indows ® 3.1 x an d W indow s ® 95 application s, f inds and fixes start up pr ob lems for S on y pr e-installed appl icat ions , uses a kn owledge ba se to find a nd fix ad ditional pr oblems, and aut[...]

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    About the S oftware on Your Sony No tebook Computer 9 LapLink ® fo r Window s ® 95 T rave ling Software LapLink f or W indows 95 pr ovides one-step r emote access t o your de sktop PC. The 32-bit applicat ion allo ws you to r un data bases an d custom application s, transfe r files, syn chr onize data, r ead and se nd e-m ail and r emotely contr [...]

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    10 About Your Sony Noteb ook C ompu t er Micr osoft ® Mone y 97 Micr osoft Corporation Display the s tatus of your check ing and saving s accounts or check your loan and cr edit card b alances. The soft war e rem inds you w hen it’s tim e to pay a monthly bill and of fers you the opt ion to prin t your own checks or , if you make arrangement s w[...]

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    Specific at ion s 13 Spe cific ations Model Number PCG-705C PCG-707C Processor 150 MHz P e ntium ® with MMX ™ tech nology 166 MHz Pen tium ® with MMX ™ technolog y Hard Disk Drive 2.1 GB (r emovable) Standard RAM 16 MB SDRA M, expanda ble t o128 M B 32 MB SDRAM, expan d ab le to 1 28 MB LCD Screen 12.1” SVGA Activ e Matri x (800 x600) 12.1?[...]

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    14 About You r Sony Not e b ook Computer * Data o n a CD - ROM is r e ad at a va r ia b le t r a n sf er r ate, r a n g i ng f r om 7.5x at t he i n ne r mos t t r a c k t o 1 4. 5 x a t t he oute r mos t t r ac k ( t he d a t a t r a n sfe r s t a n da r d 1 x r a t e i s 150 kbyt es/s) . The av erag e data t r a n sfe r rat e i s 12 x o r 1800 kb[...]

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    16 Printed in th e USA © 1997 Sony Electronics Inc. 3-860- 920-1 1 aysnc.fm Page 16 Tuesday, June 10, 1997 6:21 AM[...]