Sony Shows Off New Powerful, Portable Z Series Notebook

By Dena Cassella Published January 19, 2010

Sony brought out its new slim and sleek Vaio Z series today. The new Z series consists of two models, the VPCZ11Z9E and the VPCZ11X9E. The ultra-mobile Z series notebooks weigh below 1.45kg and support up to 6GB of RAM, Quad SSDs, and a full HD 1920 x 1080 (model VPCZ11Z9E) VAIO Display Premium. Measuring 13.1”, Sony claims this crisp screen with LED backlighting offers “exceptional brightness, clarity and contrast.” The Z series also sports a wide color gamut of 96% Adobe RGB coverage for vibrant reproduction of Full HD video and still images.

Sony didn’t skimp on the graphics either for these new light-weight PCs. The Vaio Z series features integrated NVIDIA GeForce GT330M graphics chipset with 1GB GDDR3 VRAM. Sony says the intuitive notebooks feature an AUTO mode which detects usage conditions and switches automatically between STAMINA and SPEED modes to suit the task at hand. Powered by the latest generation of power-efficient Intel Core processors, the new Z Series models are shipped with Genuine Windows 7 Professionals.

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The new VAIO Z Series of high-performance ultra-mobile notebook computers by Sony is available from the end of March 2010. You can pre-order the new VAIO Z Series from Sony Style and choose from range of add-ons.

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