It is not very often when I look at a laptop and find it better looking than my current Powerbook, but a new computer has many heads turning, including mine. Not only is the new Sony Vaio beautiful, but it is also affordable.
Sony has always made nice looking products, but they have not always come at a cheap price. In fact, Sony products can be a little overpriced. That is probably why I've never owned a Sony computer, however, the new Vaio FZ might be the first very soon!
The Sony Vaio FZ features a Blu-ray and burner, HDMI output, and 1280x800 pixels coated in the growing Xbright high-color technology. It also comes with 802.11n, a built in camera (like the MacBook Pros), and a promised battery life of 2-4 hours. That is somewhat dissapointing considering many laptops today exeed that. This is probably because of the powerful features the computer offers. This is a cheap Blu-ray solution if you are looking.
The standard FZ will set you back $1400, whereas the top model will set you back $2000. This is not really bad at all. I will definately consider one. The full specs from the sony website are below:
Full specs
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7300
Speed: 2GHz
Front Side Bus Speed: 800MHz
L2 Cache: 4MB Advanced Smart Cache
Installed Memory: 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-5300
Maximum: 4GB
Speed: 667MHz
Drive units
Hard Drive: 200GB
Speed: 4200rpm
Interface: Serial ATA
Optical Drive: CD/DVD burner, Blu-ray burner on the top model
Expansion Slots
Multimedia Card Reader: One Memory Stick DuoTM
media with MagicGate® functionality
One ExpressCardTM /34 Slot
One Secure Digital Media (SD)
Audio
Sound System: Sony® Sound RealityTM - Audio Enhancer
Display
Screen Size: 15.4"
Resolution: 1280 x 800
XBRITE HiColorTM Technology
Processor: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT GPU with 256MB RAM
Video RAM: 1023MB Total Available Graphics
Interface: HDMI, VGA and S-Video Out with Smart
Inputs and Outputs
Ethernet Port: 1
Headphone Jack: 1
Memory Stick® Media Slot: 1
Modem Jack: 1
Secure Digital Slot: 1
Microphone Input: 1
S-Video Output(s): 1
USB Port(s): 3 (2.0 compliant)
VGA Output(s): 1
DC-In: 1
Express CardTM Slot: /34 x 1
i.LINK® Connection: 1 (4pin) i.LINK® connector (IEEE
1394)
HDMI Connection(s): 1
Networking/Modem
Ethernet Protocol: Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)
Ethernet Speed: 10Base-T/100Base-TX
Modem Type: Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
Wireless LAN: Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network
Connection (802.11a/b/g/n)
Sony has always made nice looking products, but they have not always come at a cheap price. In fact, Sony products can be a little overpriced. That is probably why I've never owned a Sony computer, however, the new Vaio FZ might be the first very soon!
The Sony Vaio FZ features a Blu-ray and burner, HDMI output, and 1280x800 pixels coated in the growing Xbright high-color technology. It also comes with 802.11n, a built in camera (like the MacBook Pros), and a promised battery life of 2-4 hours. That is somewhat dissapointing considering many laptops today exeed that. This is probably because of the powerful features the computer offers. This is a cheap Blu-ray solution if you are looking.
The standard FZ will set you back $1400, whereas the top model will set you back $2000. This is not really bad at all. I will definately consider one. The full specs from the sony website are below:
Full specs
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7300
Speed: 2GHz
Front Side Bus Speed: 800MHz
L2 Cache: 4MB Advanced Smart Cache
Installed Memory: 2GB (1GBx2) PC2-5300
Maximum: 4GB
Speed: 667MHz
Drive units
Hard Drive: 200GB
Speed: 4200rpm
Interface: Serial ATA
Optical Drive: CD/DVD burner, Blu-ray burner on the top model
Expansion Slots
Multimedia Card Reader: One Memory Stick DuoTM
media with MagicGate® functionality
One ExpressCardTM /34 Slot
One Secure Digital Media (SD)
Audio
Sound System: Sony® Sound RealityTM - Audio Enhancer
Display
Screen Size: 15.4"
Resolution: 1280 x 800
XBRITE HiColorTM Technology
Processor: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT GPU with 256MB RAM
Video RAM: 1023MB Total Available Graphics
Interface: HDMI, VGA and S-Video Out with Smart
Inputs and Outputs
Ethernet Port: 1
Headphone Jack: 1
Memory Stick® Media Slot: 1
Modem Jack: 1
Secure Digital Slot: 1
Microphone Input: 1
S-Video Output(s): 1
USB Port(s): 3 (2.0 compliant)
VGA Output(s): 1
DC-In: 1
Express CardTM Slot: /34 x 1
i.LINK® Connection: 1 (4pin) i.LINK® connector (IEEE
1394)
HDMI Connection(s): 1
Networking/Modem
Ethernet Protocol: Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)
Ethernet Speed: 10Base-T/100Base-TX
Modem Type: Integrated V.92/V.90 Modem (RJ-11)
Wireless LAN: Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network
Connection (802.11a/b/g/n)
1 comment:
Sounds like a good way to get screwed quickly and easily. More messaged ave problems than not.
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