The ultraportable aspect of the Sony VAIO laptop is just skin-deep: This 0.7-inchthick, 2.6-pound laptop has features you’d expect to find on the much larger laptop.

There’s a 13.1-inch LED (lightemitting diode)-backlit display that supports a single,600 x 900 resolution. The Intel Core i5-2410M processor has a 2.3GHz base clock, but Intel’s Turbo Boost Technology increases the clock speed to approximately 2.9GHz when running demanding applications, and 4-way processing makes multitasking easy with this Sony VAIO.

The notebook features 4GB of DDR3 (double-data-rate 3) system memory; a 128GB solid-state drive for storing your applications, files, and media; and Intel’s HD Graphics 3000 graphics processor, which handles HD video and light-weight gaming applications. This laptop also incorporates a built-in HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output port, so that you can connect it to an HDTV to share your videos, music, and photos with everyone in the room.

Other features include the exclusive Power Media Dock, which can be an outside slot-loading optical drive that includes AMD’s Radeon HD 6650M graphics processor for improved HD video playback and gaming performance; another HDMI output; a VGA (Video Graphics Array) output; Ethernet port; and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports. The VAIO has 802.11n Wi-Fi, a fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, and also a built-in Web cam.

Tech Tips
The Sony VAIO Z Series offers several convenient features and runs Microsoft’s Windows 7 Professional, that can appeal to business users and advanced home users.

• Windows 7 Professional supports Or windows 7 mode, which lets you run business applications which could ‘t be suitable for the newer computer.
• Backing up your technique is easy in most versions of Win7, nevertheless the Professional version enables users to back the computer on a home or business network.
• With usage of an onboard HDMI port, you should definitely buy a spare HDMI cable to help you quickly and easily expand your take on an HDTV, whenever and wherever you might be.