Sony announced the VAIO Z Laptops
VAIO, once a division of Sony computers, has announced two new laptops, Vaio Z and Vaio Z Canvas, the first designed and created without any influence of the Japanese manufacturer.
The historic VAIO division was sold by Sony to the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners. Since then announced some notebooks, for example, and Vaio Vaio Fit Pro, but all designed and made even when the brand belonged to Sony.
The new VAIO Z and VAIO Z Canvas arise instead from a project all over again, albeit recovering an established brand in the past of the company. But this time Z also stands for ” zero ” , indicating the start of the new Vaio.
VAIO Z is available in two variants both with touch 13.3″ in resolution from 2,560 x 1,440 pixels WQHD. Change instead the processor: the top of the range we will find an Intel i7-5557U from 3.10 GHz, while in a more economical solution i5-5257U from 2.70 GHz, both with TDP of 28W. Despite the display resolution is high. Vaio has not introduced any option for dedicated GPU, where the only choice is the Iris 6100 integrated in SoC.
Three storage units available for choice, all SSD and able to ” awaken ” the machine in 3 tenths of a second from the stand-by: starting from a model 128 GB, to arrive at a maximum of 512 GB moving from a ‘ intermediate units 256 GB. On the connectivity, we find two USB 3.0 ports, a card-reader, an HDMI port and a 3.5 mm headphone, while it lacks support for Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac.
Also very interesting design solutions (can ” transform ” into tablet if necessary), and the overall size of the product. VAIO Z is made of aluminum and carbon and weighs 1.34 kg. Not the right product lightest in the category, but the manufacturer promises up to 15 hours of operating time, a value ever achieved by the family of notebook Japanese.
The division has resurrected the Z typical of its flagship products, and Vaio Z holds precisely that segment of the market, and price: $ 1,600 are required at time of purchase in Japan, and we do not know when the system will also be available elsewhere.
VAIO Z Canvas is instead a 2-in-1 12.1-inch, a ” monster tablet ” as he called the same manufacturer. The display supports a maximum resolution of 2,560 x 1,704 pixels and covers 95% of the Adobe RGB color gamut.
Designed especially for the professional, the device will not be launched on the market before next May. It will have an Intel Core i7 fifth generation, a 256 GB SSD and a maximum of 16 GB of built-in RAM. The tablet is available with a detachable keyboard and a stylus with the promise of even a 1 TB version of integrated storage.
