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The ultraportable market has become the pinnacle of laptops _ cramming all you can into a sleekly designed and light offering. So it’s no surprise to see so many models on offer. Sony’s designers, like many Japanese, are spatial geniuses, and have traditionally been very good in this area. The manufacturer has revamped its Vaio Z series to take on the competition from Apple, Samsung and Toshiba, among others.
So can Sony continue to justify its high prices in such a competitive market? Will people keep paying as competitors’ prices stay low? Let’s look at the least expensive of the three configurations of Vaio Z to see if it can keep Sony in the lead in the world of de luxe ultraportables.
OUTSIDE
The aluminium and carbon fibre design from the older Vaio Z models continues but the overall look is a departure. The matte black finish adds style points. Its slate-like appearance looks sturdy, even though it weighs only 1.39kg, around the same as the competition.
Below the screen, the island keyboard is well considered, nicely laid out and back-lit, but not as responsive as it could be. Below it, the button-less trackpad has a slightly annoying fingerprint reader in the middle of the touch buttons, and it’s not ideal for users with long fingers.
INSIDE
This configuration houses an Intel Core i5-580M Processor at 2.66 GHz supported by 6GB RAM. It’s an impressive engine and outperforms the low-voltage CPUs found in its competitors.
There is a 128GB (64GB x 2) SSD on board _ a big sticking point for the ultraportables. The SSD is no doubt superior and just becoming affordable, but is 128GB enough?
The 13.1-inch WXGA TFT screen with 1,600×900 resolution is another interesting choice by Sony. Lenovo opted for gorilla glass on its ThinkPad X1.
Although it’s pitched as a business machine, the speakers are below par for this price bracket.
A notable innovation by Sony is the Power Media Dock. It’s basically an external static dock that allows for the ultra light-weight of the machine, and assumes you will only use more power when at home, which is true for most users. It’s an interesting direction for Sony, and gives the machine new scope as a power hitter when at home, with its AMD Radeon HD 6650M card with 1GB of video RAM, optical drive and extra ports. But it threatens to become redundant as the technology becomes light (and cheap) enough to be contained on board _ so it’s just a bridging device for now, albeit an effective one.
Battery life is very good, as expected, on a par with the MBA and Samsung Series 9 at almost a full day’s use with normal work demands. Benchmarks online have pinned the machines at more than four hours of heavy use.
VERDICT
Sony satisfies the high expectations users have of the company with the new Vaio Z series, packing the spec of a much larger notebook into the form factor of an ultraportable. And you can really turn it into a monster with one of the higher-specification Vaios if you have a company credit card to wield.
Users will like the sleek design, power and the luxury feel, but the input devices and price will be stumbling blocks for many.
Most personal users will lean towards less expensive options with less performance, such as the Toshiba Portege R830, MBA or Samsung Series 9, in that price order _ but the Vaio Z series isn’t aimed at them anyway. For personal buyers who need power, Sony maintains its position as a leader in this sector.
via : http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/gadget/257116/high-end-sony-lite