Sony's newest ultra portable laptop is as light as air. With its amazingly thin and light style, the TZ laptop is definitely for the mobile user. It has a stylish design, from the green power button towards the carbon fiber casing. On paper and in pictures, there's nothing not to like about the TZ throughout!
The style from the TZ is really breath taking. The TZ is incredibly light and thin with a weight around 2.65 lbs (when equipped with SSD) and a thickness of less than 2 inches.
To accentuate the design even further, the keyboard bezel has a glossy, piano finish. Unlike most laptop keyboards, however, the TZ has raised keys.
Furthermore, the keys are spaced out, which surprisingly doesn't hinder typing. Unfortunately because the keys are so small, it could be hard to kind; especially for people with large hands.
The main style concern I had when utilizing the TZ was the noise. The laptop had a constant hum that was apparent when in a quiet room. The hard drive wouldn't make any noise given it is an SSD, but it might have been due to a constantly running fan since the laptop computer never got hot at all.
The model tested had a 1.33 GHz Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core a couple of Duo CPU coupled with 2 GB of DDR2 RAM and an advanced new 64 GB SSD. All of these components helped to give the TZ its lightweight and incredibly thin style, not to mention incredible battery existence (more on that later).
Also included is an integrated wireless card for Sprint's broadband support, which runs on the quick EVDO revision A network. To encourage usage, the TZ has an 1-month free of charge subscription to Sprint's service. Aside from Sprint's mobile service, the TZ also offers support for 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth.
Whilst the laptop computer itself is a touch more than 1" thin, the display itself is nearly paper-thin. The display maxes out at 1366x768 and thanks in part towards the XBRITE technology the colors are bright and vivid. We were overall very pleased with the display, but it remains to be seen how durable some thing that thin could possibly be.
Pros
Compact, modern style
Really light (~2.65 lbs) and thin (much less than a couple of inches)
Superb battery life (4 – 8 hours)
SSD option
Bright, vivid display
Cons
SSD capacity
Cost
Sony’s TZ is really a nicely featured, extremely portable notebook with great battery life. Most people will appreciate its sleek, modern style that is stylish yet understated.
Whilst the solid state drive speaks to the high tech utilized in this machine, it adds just as much to the high cost. At more than $3,000 USD, the TZ won’t fit in most people’s budgets. In that cost range, you can even think about trading some of the battery life for a larger display and thinner design with competing models like Apple’s MacBook Air and Lenovo’s ThinkPad X300.
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Author of this content, Asli Mana works at a Sony related firm as article writer. To discover more about Vaio check-out the links.
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