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Sony VAIO Z (2008)
$2,000.00
Released July, 2008
The Pros:13.3" is a sweet spot - small and light but functional. LED backlit screen. The option to include SSD storage.
The Cons:Fairly expensive - like any luxury super thin and light notebook. Only 2 usb connectors. Card readers inconveniently located at the middle-front. Build quality is not that good - especially around display area.
The Sony VAIO Z series are 13.1" LED backlit widescreen notebooks that are made with the mobile professional in mind. Weighing only 3.4 pounds, the VAIO Z is made of durable carbon fiber material and also has the option of adding a completely silent SSD Solid State hard drive for maximum protection of files in case it is dropped.
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The spacious keyboard which belies it's compact external appearance is made of aluminum while the standard battery is rated for 6 hours and the extended battery for 9 hours. A Blue Ray optical disc drive is optional in the Z series as are an array of software bundles. Like the TZ series, the Z also comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor starting at 2.26GHz.
Features
- Up to 128GB (64GBx2) Solid State Drive, Ultra ATA with RAID technology
- Up to 320GB hard disk drive available
- Up to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM
- Wireless LAN: Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/b/g/n)
- Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology
- Fast Ethernet (RJ-45) Protocol
- 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T
- Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
- Built-in 0.3 megapixel (640 x 480 pixels) MOTION EYE camera and microphone
- Electro-Static touch pad
- Biometric Fingerprint Sensor, Trusted Platform Module(TPM) TCG Ver 1.2 compliant
- Memory Stick Duo media slot with MagicGate functionality
- ExpressCard 3/4 slot
- SD memory card slot
- Internal DVD-RW drive or Blu-ray Disc RW drive
- 13.1" Screen
- 1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900 Resolution
- NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS GPU with 860-1500MB total available graphics memory
- Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with Intel Clear Video
- 128 - 256MB of dedicated video RAM
- Hybrid Graphics System
- Mobile Intel GM45 Express Chipset
- HDMI and VGA out with Smart Display Sensor
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Pros & Cons
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13.3" is a sweet spot - small and light but functional
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the option to include SSD storage
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the latest chipset - including 802.11N, improved Intel graphics
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includes a screen with high resolution, and the ability to upgrade further (1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900)
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includes a discrete graphics card option
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fast, bright, rugged, loaded
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Run it all day long and it barely gets warm.
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fairly expensive - like any luxury super thin and light notebook
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Only 2 usb connectors. Card readers inconveniently located at the middle-front.
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Build quality is not that good - especially around display area
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Gets hot in Speed mode... laps beware!
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can not enable Intel Core 2 Due Virtualization technology
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Sony service centers avoid honoring warranties
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