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Built tough for business, the VAIO Z notebook offers the portability of a 3 lbs (with standard capacity battery) form factor with the functionality and performance of a larger computer.
Product DescriptionVAIO VPCZ116GX/S I5-520M 2.4G SYST4GB 256GB DVDRW 13.1IN W7P 64B 1YR
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| | Categories | Description | | BatteriesIncluded | 1 | | Binding | Personal Computers | | Brand | Sony | | Color | Silver | | CPUManufacturer | Intel | | CPUSpeed | 2.53 | | CPUType | Intel Core i5 | | DisplaySize | 13.1 | | EAN | 0027242790919 | | Feature | 2.53GHz Intel Core i5 - 520M Processor | | Feature | 4GB RAM (2GB x 2); DDR3-1066 | | Feature | 256GB Solid State Drive; DVD/CD RW Optical Drive | | Feature | 13.1" (1600x900) LCD/ (16:9 aspect ratio) | | Feature | Windows 7 Professional 64-bit | | HardDiskSize | 0.256 | | HardDiskInterface | Serial ATA | | HardwarePlatform | PC | | IsAutographed | 0 | | IsMemorabilia | 0 | | ItemDimensions | Height : 130
Length : 830
Weight : 304
Width : 1240
| | Label | Sony | | ListPrice | Amount : 229999
CurrencyCode : USD
FormattedPrice : $2,299.99
| | Manufacturer | Sony | | Model | VPC-Z116GX/S | | MPN | VPCZ116GX/S | | OperatingSystem | Windows 7 Professional | | PackageDimensions | Height : 320
Length : 1400
Weight : 535
Width : 1240
| | PackageQuantity | 1 | | ProcessorCount | 2 | | ProductGroup | Personal Computer | | ProductTypeName | NOTEBOOK_COMPUTER | | Publisher | Sony | | Studio | Sony | | SystemMemorySize | 4 | | SystemMemoryType | SODIMM | | Title | Sony VAIO VPC-Z116GX/S 13.1-Inch Laptop (Silver) | | UPC | 027242790919 |
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Customer Reviews
 | | The fastest computer I have ever owned | May - 31 - 2010 | | | 
by Hubert Heller
Because of its SSD (solid-state drive) and the i5/i7 processor, this laptop beats everything else in its class as far as performance it concerned. If you need a fast laptop, which is also a desktop replacement and is extremely portable (3 pounds), this is it!
| | | | | | An excellent lightweight, but fully capable laptop | May - 07 - 2010 | | |
by Cincinnatus from Fayetteville NC
This is my third "Z-series" Sony Vaio (I previously owned a VGN-SZ750N which replaced an earlier VGN-SZ680N).
The VPC-Z116GX/S is awesome. Its lighter, faster and with Windows 7 64-bit Professional it just snaps along.
The smaller form-factor screen with its much higher resolution over that of the VGN-SZ series takes some getting used to.
I use this (like I used the others) for work and play (I travel a lot) and it is a perfect balance between portability (weight and size) and power for me.
| | | | | | Super Machine | April - 27 - 2010 | | |
by Dr. Elaine O. Chaika (book, movie, tech lover) from Eastern New England
A 3 pound laptop is essential to me. I can't carry the big guys especially when I'm running around airports. Since I've had amazing good luck with all my other Sony products, including a 2005 laptop which my lawyer son is still using to show judges videos in court, and my Sony All-in-Ones, one bought in 2005 and given to the same son who is using it problem-free, and my current much bigger All-in-One, I naturally turned to Sony again, after first trying Macs and Dells. This z-series is a dream. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit pro, which has the capability of XP imaging for 32 bit programs. I have 4 G of RAM, 500 SSD hard drive, 303 ghz speed, a long lasting battery on which I've worked 6-7 hours and still had capacity left on it, a very responsive keyboard, essential to a writer, the bluray R/W drive, and have had nothing but praise for it. The person who downgraded this because it isn't a Linux machine is absurd. It's a Windows machine. You want to run Linux and fiddle with your own BIOS, fine. This isn't for you. But if you want a machine that is light, swift, responsive, and does what all the big guys do, this is your machine. Also, someone said it heated up as he worked on it. I work on mine in bed for hours, and it doesn't get hot. I did, you note, pay for extras, so I paid more than the base price, but it's worth it.
One word about reliability. In 2005, I bought a small Sony laptop and their first All-in-One desktop. I outgrew them, although they never gave me a bit of trouble, and passed them on to my son, who is using them both in his law practice. I also have a Sony All-in-One PCV-AHIL, which is superb, marvelous responsive keyboard, blazing fast and in 7 months have never had a thing go wrong with this either. Ditto my Sony HDTV and bluray player.
| | | | | | amazing hardware | April - 27 - 2010 | | |
by Narada (the wondering jew) from Princeton, NJ, USA
I am more of a Mac user usually, but I need a windows machine occasionally, and this is far and away the best piece of hardware I have ever had (in case you wonder, I also have a thinkpad X200 and macbook pros of all sizes). The hardware spec is very similar to the last generation of macbook pro (same graphics card, similar CPU), but this is a 3lb machine, vs a 6lb mbp). The SSD is blazingly fast, the machine never gets even slightly warm (despite the fact that I usually run a number of CPU hogs on it), the keyboard is amazingly comfortable (It has a similar chicklet layout to the MBP keyboard), the screen is phenomenal (by contrast, the Thinkpad screen is much too dim). I am sure there is a bit of bloatware, but I don't notice it (256GB is a lot of bits), and the default browser is Chrome. Windows 7 is the most usable Windows release yet, which may or may not be saying much.
To comment on another review: I am very much a unix person, but if you want to run unix on a laptop, just get a mac, and certainly DO NOT get a sony. Sony has always made slightly incompatible hardware (I got my first Sony ultraportable in the late 1990s -- same problems). That said, I have NEVER had a linux laptop which ran properly (Thinkpads, Dells, Acer, you name it). Power management is always goofy, the display drivers are always a little off, etc, etc. Run linux at home/work, and use a vnc client to connect, if linux is that important to you. Every single old unix hack I know carries a mac (that includes some of the fathers of the open source movement) -- essentially every useful piece of linux software runs (sometimes better) under OSX.
Anyway, giving two stars to the Vaio because it is not a unix box is like giving two stars to your ferrari because it won't go offroad (or conversely, to your landrover because it can't keep up with a mustang GT from a light). Use the right tool for the job.
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