We got about 5 hours of battery life in our basic tests but Sony is claiming more like 6-6.5 under some conditions. However, it’s only 3 pounds and features an optical drive and a nice, bright screen. At $1,899 in its base configuration and $2,400 in this configuration, you’re looking at a major investment.
SONY VAIO S SERIES GAMING FULL
It’s a testament to the channeling and materials that the Z Series stayed cool even after a full day of work. I was also pleased that the laptop did not overheat even after a full day of use. I usually flub the first few keystrokes on a new computer but this one, surprisingly, was well designed and allowed for immediate return to the home keys. The keyboard, incidentally, is great and the keys have just a touch of rubberized material on them to make them feel more substantial. The laptop includes a backlit keyboard, a webcam, and fingerprint sensor. Given that the Vaio F Series I reviewed hit 2424, this is nothing to sneeze at. The Geekbench score of 4370 was quite good especially considering a the average score of laptops with this configuration range in the 3000s to 4000s. The system would inform you when it was spinning down hardware and services to save battery, another nice perk. The Core i5 processor, at about 2.4GHz, ran surprisingly fast and the NVidia GeForce GT 330M graphics can be turned on and off with a physical switch, namely an odd, three-way Speed/Stamina/Auto switchbut seemed to take all of the guess work out of power control. I was able to run all of my workaday tools –, multiple editors, Twitter and Yammer, all without slowdown. Gaming may be a little iffy but you can edit photos and multi-task with a vengeance. Generally, this ran everything asked of it. “Another ultra-portable,” I thought, “another sad-making thin-and-light without power or verve.” But I fired it up, used it for a solid week, and came out on the other end convinced that Sony still has what it takes to make a nice laptop. When I opened the Sony Z-Series’ plain brown box, my heart fell.
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