VAIO is known for making laptops that can pack a surprising amount of power into incredibly thin cases. The VAIO Z is perhaps the company's most ambitious product to date.
VAIO was originally founded in 1996 as Sony's own PC brand to compete with competing modern PCs. Although the small Nagano-based tech company has spent more than a decade and a half at the forefront of the computing world, the company has gradually moved away from laptops and has been relatively dormant in the sector since 2017. Today, however, that is changing! The Japanese company presented its latest laptop VAIO Z.
This lightweight notebook has an ultra-slim design 14-inch Ultra HD 4K screen, USB-C Thunderbolt 4, HDMI input and 1/8″ headphone input, 10 hours of battery life, Windows 10 operating system, high-performance processor Intel Core i7-11375H, Iris Xe graphics, and at least 16GB of memory and 512GB of internal space, although there are three variants with up to 32GB of memory and 2TB of SSD space.
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The biggest news, however, is undoubtedly monocoque body made entirely of carbon fiber with the help of 3D printing. This is the first time this type of construction has been used on a laptop. This gives the laptop a heavy 900g and the ability to survive a drop of over 1.2 meters.
The VAIO Z is already available for pre-order, with prices starting at 3,579 US dollars.
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