Preinstalled Software

The Sony VAIO VGN-S2HRP features a software bundle which is both extensive and varied. It includes such useful titles as:

• Adobe Reader 6.0;
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0;
• Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition;
• Adobe Acrobat Elements 6.0;
• Adobe Premier Pro 1.5;
• WinDVD for VAIO 5.0;
• Microsoft Works 7.0;
• Norton Internet Security 2004;
• Yahoo! Messenger.

I would also like to single out such programs as:

• DVgate Plus 1.3 is a multi-purpose tool for importing and exporting digital videos to and from the notebook. This program is a convenient tool for performing various operations with video data;

  

• PictureGear Studio 2.0 is a user-friendly interface to Import Photos, Binder, PhotoCollection, PhotoAlbum and PrintStudio modules. It helps to manage and process data from a digital camera (importing, compressing and printing photos, creating photo collections and albums);

  

• SonicStage 2.1 allows recording and importing audio clips from various locations such as your hard disk, audio discs or the Internet; you can also create a collection of musical compositions with an easy-to-use interface;

  

• SonicStorage Mastering Studio 1.3 is an application for processing high-quality digital audio recordings, taking them not only from digital media, but also from analog devices like the tape recorder.

  

• VAIO Media 3.1 is a multifunctional multimedia player with an intuitive and handy interface that allows listening to music, viewing photos, watching videos and TV channels.

  

• VAIO Zone 1.1 is an integrated tool for listening to music, reproducing videos and viewing photos. You can select one of the following categories: Music (for playing audio files using the traditional controls like stop, play, pause, next or previous track etc), Pictures (for viewing digital photos – sequentially, as a slideshow, or one by one), Videos and CD/DVD for playing videos from the hard disk or from CD/DVD discs, respectively. The interface of this program offers the standard controls like play, stop, return to menu, next/previous section, normal or fast forward.