Though most laptop shoppers may be laser-focused on value, snapping up $300 Netbooks and $600 ULV systems, there's always a little room at the top of the heap for a high-priced, full-featured showpeice. In the 13-inch category, HP has the Envy 13, Dell has the Adamo XPS, and Sony has the Vaio Z series.
In this latest refresh, the Vaio Z has a very fast Intel Core i5 processor, an Nvidia GT 330M GPU, which can be switched off to save battery life, a DVD drive (something missing from those other high-end 13-inch laptops), and a huge 256GB SSD hard drive, which is no doubt a big part of the $2,299 price (although it's not yet available for sale at the time of this review).
Price aside, the Vaio Z may be our new 13-inch laptop of choice, as it breezed by many other recent 13-inch systems we've tested, which all use older Intel CPUs (or slower low-voltage ones). The trade-off is in battery life, even with the system automatically changing power profiles as needed with its Dynamic Hybrid Graphics System (which is a fancy name for the integrated/discrete graphics switch).
Specifications:
Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S belongs to Vaio Z series, it has color options of silver, premium carbon fiber black, metal mosaic, glossy premium carbon fiber. Processor is 2.66GHz Intel Core i7-620M processor with up to 3.33GHz using Intel® Turbo Boost Technology4. It has a 4 MB of L3 cache. For storage there is option up to 512 GB SSD drive. Memory included is 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM.
Expansion slots include Memory Stick PRO Duo media slot, ExpressCard /34 slot, SD memory card slot. Communications options are 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T, Integrated Stereo A2DP Bluetooth technology, Available Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband Built-In, WiFi: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (802.11abgn).
The LED backlit display is 13.1 inches big and has a resolution of 1600×900 resolution. Graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU (1GB VRAM) with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD. It has VGA and HDMI ports.
This notebook comes with 1 year limited warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service. Bundled software is VAIO Media plus Multimedia Streaming Software, VAIO Movie Story, VAIO Care, PMB VAIO Edition, VAIO Media Gallery.
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