VAIO with BD read/write drive

mark-woollard wrote on 5/19/2006, 9:25 AM

Anyone know what software will be bundled with the new Sony VGN-AR190G laptop?

Here's a quote from Sony's PDF spec sheet:

"Bundled suite of applications lets you capture, edit and burn high-definition camcorder content to Blu-ray Disc™ media while maintaining high-quality 1080 HD resolution."

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mark-woollard wrote on 5/19/2006, 9:36 AM

Discovered page 2 of the PDF. Why Adobe and Ulead instead of SMS offerings?

Here's the included software:

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2
Internet Services: AOL Online™ 180-Day Trial (New Users Only)
Anti-Virus and Recovery Software: Norton® Internet Security
60-Day Subscription - Norton AntiVirus®, Norton Personal
Firewall, Norton Privacy Control, Norton Antispam® and Norton
Parental Control
TrendMicro™ Anti-Spyware 30-Day Trial
Iolo® System Mechanic 30-Day Trial
VAIO® Recovery Wizard
VAIO® Update
VAIO® Support Central
VAIO® Security Center
Supplied Software: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0
Adobe® Premiere Elements 2.0
InterVideo® WinDVD BD
InterVideo® WinDVD®
Ulead® BD Disc Recorder
Roxio® DigitalMedia SE
Microsoft® Works 8.5 with Microsoft® Office Trial
(Student/Teacher Edition)
60-Day Trial Version of Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition
2006
Intuit Quicken® 2005 New User Edition (Previous Quicken users
may require additional upgrade)
DISCover My Games
Sony® Original Software: Click to DVD® - DVD Creation
SonicStage Mastering Studio™ - Audio Mastering and
Remastering
SonicStage® - Digital Music
DVgate™ Plus - Digital Video
VAIO Media™ - Network File Sharing
Image Converter - PSP™ Transfer
Underworld - Pre-installed Movie
60-Minute Trial Version of Wheel of Fortune®
60-Minute Trial Version of Jeopardy®

Quryous wrote on 5/20/2006, 1:21 PM

Trial this, trial that. I'd be embarassed if I were Sony. My Toshiba came with about the same sort of things, same number, and NONE of it was a trial version.

Coursedesign wrote on 5/20/2006, 4:01 PM

Complain, complain, complain!

You get to play jeopardy for an unprecedented 60 minutes! That's more than on TV!

:O|

jrazz wrote on 5/20/2006, 4:21 PM

Sony doesn't have much 3rd party apps yet for blue ray (from what I read last week), but they are offering free upgrades when the apps do come out. If I can find the article I read (PC MAG I think) I will post it. Personally, I would wait 3-6 months before buying anything bluray.

j razz