4:52 PM
Sony VAIO Z, the 13-inch ultra slim laptop is revealed by the company officially in Europe today. Turns out that the leaked pics of this gadget seems to be right. It comes with an External GPU for power on demand. interesting isn't it?
Coming to the specs, they reveal a 13-inch ultra-thin notebook that weighs about 1.2KG with a 2.7GHz Intel I-7 processor. 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and a 1600*900 display and a sheet battery borrowed from the early VAIO S which supports upto 7 hours of computing.
Onboard it features only Intel's HD Graphics 3000 solution but the VAIO Z beats other ultralights with its Power Media Dock, which contributes the power of an AMD Radeon 6650M GPU with 1GB of dedicated memory connected via "the architecture codenamed Light Peak"
Buy it:
Head over to the Sony UK site to configure one yourself -- pricing starts at £1,434 ($2,294) with a Core i5 CPU, 4GB of RAM and no PMD. The dock is a £400 ($640) option with no optical drive included, while upgrading to a 1080p 13.1-inch LCD is a mere £40 extra.
