Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX-S 13.3-Inch

While it doesn’t have an aluminum uni-body, the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S does offer a chassis thinner and lighter than most thin-and-light 13-inch laptops. Utilizing a combination of brushed metal and magnesium alloy, the laptop‘s chassis is hard, long lasting and solid. At 3.0 pounds it is also lighter than even the aforementioned Apple laptop computer uni-body models. With a 13.3 inch LED display offering a 1600 x 900 pixel resolution the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S clearly marks itself as a higher-end laptop computer. Other 13-inch laptops have much lower pixel resolutions. For storage it makes use of a tremendous hard and tremendous fast 256GB solid-state drive.

Graphics are switchable between the more energy-saving Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics or the higher-end Nvidia GeForce GT 330M. Connections are equally top-notch with a HDMI port, VGA port, four USB ports, an SD card reader and a memory card reader.

Featuring a hardware-based switch, you can switch the graphics on the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S when you require it. Sony have balanced them well though as the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S can last for four hours and thirty minutes on a single charge which is better than some older laptops but not as lovely as other underpowered CULV thin-and-light laptops.

Overall, the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S is exactly what the doctor ordered if you have been complaining that your expensive laptop computer is not fast or powerful. The trade-off in battery life is obvious though, but its three-hour battery life ought to be over for most business execs, engineers, programmers, game enthusiasts and other high-intensity users who require the Sony Vaio VPCZ116GX/S’s additional performance.