Jason Sidabras

Okay, I admit. I get swooped up sometimes by glamorous things and high expectations. Luckily I have friends who don’t. With that being said: Netbook is out. The price is right, the power is not. It just can’t compete. So instead, I will be saving up for the Sony Vaio Z. This was my original love I just wanted something here now.

This weekend I went to the Sony Outlet store in ~Kenosha and checked out what they had in stock. They had the 13.3″ Vaio SZ and the 11.1″ Vaio TZ. Both had 1280×768 screen resolution which actually looked pretty good on the 13.3″ screen. The SZ is heavier than the TZ but the distribution of weight both seemed balanced unless you had the 9-cell battery in the SZ.

Size wise, the 11.1″ is just a tad uncomfortably small. But the 13.3″ is right on the money.

So where does the Vaio Z sit in: at 13.1 inches it should be about the same size as the SZ but with a 16:9 aspect ratio of 1600×900 resolution. I could be happy with the 1366 x 768 that they have but for only $200 more I get the nVidia 256MB 9300M GS and the bump in resolution instead of the nVidia 128MB.

So here is the specs and price

Price: $2200 tax/shipping included.

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9500 (2.53 GHz) 6MB cache 1066 MHz FSB
• 2 GB 1066 MHz DDR3
• 160 GB SATA HDD (later to replaced with SSD)
• 13.1 ” 1600×900 Screen
• Bluetooth
• Wireless N
• Fingerprint Scanner
• DVD+/-RW DL

I will be much happier with this system.

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