The computers had really evolved in the last years. And this is because each of its components got better and better. The monitors got lighter, thinner but with a larger display screen, the hard drives got bigger and bigger, the processors got faster and faster and the list can go on with each single component. And of course the optical drives got better too. Many years ago people were using floppy discs (the optical drive was the floppy drive), devices that had a very small storage space of just 1.44 MB.

In time there appeared the CD-s which had a much bigger space of around 600 MB. And of course you couldn’t insert a CD into a floppy disc drive, so this way there were made the CD drives. But the technology continued to evolved, and there appeared even bigger storage devices – the DVD-s, that have a space of around 4 GB ( around 4,000 MB). And a DVD can be inserted into a DVD drive, which can also read and write CD-s too. The DVD-s remain the top technology in this domain for a period, but after that engineers came up with the Blu ray discs. A Blu ray disc has an even bigger capacity – 25 GB or even more, and it has to be inserted in a CD/DVD drive with Blu Ray support. So just imagine how much the technology evolved…not so many years ago people were using floppy discs of just 1.44 MB, and now they are using Blu ray discs of 25 GB (around 25,000 MB).

And 25 GB is just for a regular blu ray drive, but there are some with even 200 GB (200,000 MB!!!).

The Blu ray disc drives can be found on many laptops these days. But the most popular drive remains the DVD drive, which is found on most of the laptops. The Blu ray technology is still not so accessible to anyone, and it can be found just on the premium laptops. But in a few years from now we will definitely see Blu ray disc drives on any laptop, even on the most cheap ones.

And for today we’ll discuss about one of the best Blu ray laptops, the Sony – VAIO Laptop with Intel ® Core ™ I 3 Processor – Jet Black, Model: VPCCW 23 FX/B. And since this is a premium laptop it offers quite good features, and here they are:

-Warranty Terms – Parts 1 year limited

-Warranty Terms – Labor 1 year limited

-Product Height: 1.5 ”

-Product Width: 13.4 ”

-Product Weight:5.3 lbs.

-Product Depth :9.2″

-Color Category: Black

-Processor: Brand Intel ®

-Processor: Intel ® Core ™ i 3

-Processor Speed: 2.1 GHz

-Battery Type: 6 cell lithium ion

-Display Type:Widescreen LED backlit (1366 x 768)

-Screen Size (Measured Diagonally): 14 ”

-Cache Memory: 3 MB

-System Memory (RAM): 4 GB

-System Memory (RAM): Expandable To 8 GB

-Type of Memory (RAM): DDR 3

-Hard Drive Type: SATA (5400 rpm)

-Computer Hard Drive Size: 500 GB

-Optical Drive: Double layer DVD ± RW/ Blu ray Disc/ CD-RW

-Optical Drive Speeds: Drive speeds not specified

-Direct-Disc Labeling: No

-Digital Media Reader or Slots: Yes, digital media card reader

-Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 310 M GPU

-Video Memory: 256 MB (dedicated); 2007 MB total available

-TV Tuner: No

-MPEG: Yes

-Built-in Webcam: Yes

-Modem: None

-Networking:Built in 10 Base – T/ 100 Base-TX / 1000 Base – T Gigabit Fast Ethernet LAN (with RJ 45 interface)

-Wireless Networking: Wireless – B+G+N

-Bluetooth – Enabled: Yes

-S-Video Outputs: None

-Additional Audio/Video Connectors HDMI

-Audio: Intel ® High Definition Audio support

-PCMCIA Slots: 1 Express Card/ 34

-USB 2.0 Ports 3

-IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports: 1

-Parallel Ports: None

-Game Ports: None

-Laptop Weight: Ultraportable (5.5 lbs. or less)

-Battery Life: Not available

-Pointing Device: Multifinger electrostatic touchpad

-HDMI Output: Yes

-Blu-ray Player: Yes

-Operating System Platform: Windows

-Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit;

-Included Software: Sony Creativity Suite; Microsoft Works SE 9.0 and more

-ENERGY STAR: Qualified Yes

-BBY Software: No

-Graphics Chip: NVIDIA