Sony Vaio VPC Z116GXS Laptop Review

Introduction:
When you start inquiring about the new Sony Vaio vpc-z116gxs, the first thing you notice is its massive price! One may wonder why to pay almost four times when you can get a substantially well configured notebook for about $ 500 – $ 600?

Even with the above consideration, the manufacturers of vaio vpc z116gxs can strongly justify the price for their latest innovation in the ultra-portable category. This is the only model available in the market which runs Intel i5 core processor and switchable graphics system, at the same time. Commendable efforts have been taken by the manufacturers to make the new vaio vpc z116gxs extremely thin and light.

Look and Feel:
It is needless to say that the new Vaio vpc z116gxs looks extremely slim and sleek. We can find the edges of the notebook are made sloppy, which attaches to it a highly stylish look rather than the regular boxy look. The chassis is made up of carbon fiber and magnesium metals, which blesses the internal components with the external sturdiness they expect. The 13” widescreen offers a maximum resolution up to 1600X900, which is definitely the leading screen resolution figure in this category.

Keyboard looks unique, with the smooth keys and plenty of space between the keys. Also, the keys are black and the background platform is white. This kind of contrasting color scheme highlights the distinctness among the keys. Typing on these spaced keys gives a different and pleasing experience. The touch pad is a regular pad with two buttons and good touch sensitivity.

Processor and Performance:
Processing speed is the key to business profitability. The manufacturers of Vaio vpc-z116gxs have understood this fact well, and hence, paid greater attention in making this business purpose system extremely fast. At the moment, this is the only model that runs an Intel core i5-540M processor. This new platform along with the 4GB DDR3 RAM, makes the notebook immensely speedy. Extremely fast file transfer and speedy booting, are the two common demands by laptop users, especially if it is for business purpose. The 2.5GHz, i5 processor with the Intel HM55 chipset takes care of both these requirements, effortlessly.

As a topping to the above quoted performance statistics, the Vaio vpc-z116gxs offers switchable graphics system. The vpc-z116gxs hosts both integrated graphics chipset and the Nvidia GE Force GT 330M graphics chipset. Thus, one need not compromise the graphic features for the performance factors.

Storage:
The system is fitted with 256GB solid state drive, which perfectly matches the remaining configuration of the system and supports the performance factor profoundly. The new Vaio vpc-z116gxs SSDs support superbly to features such as fast file copying or higher fps in games.

Battery Life and Weight:
Battery life can be one serious concern as far the overall performance of z116gxs is considered. While the other ultra-portable notebooks are delivering average battery life of 5-6 hours with all advanced graphics options turned on. The new z116gxs in the integrated graphics mode delivers a maximum battery life of 5 hours. With activation of the Nvidia graphics, this performance falls to 4 hours and 22 minutes!

As pointed out earlier, the system is very light. It weighs only 3 pounds. This is what is expected at such a high price range.

Pricing:
Finally the pricing! The Vaio vpc-z116gxs, with its entire standard configuration can cost to $ 2299. A truly huge price! However, as mentioned previously, the performance, the looks and the feels can satisfactorily justify the price.