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Vaio is known for making laptops that pack a surprising amount of power in incredibly thin form factors. The Vaio Z may be the company’s most ambitious product yet. It packs up to Intel’s quad-core Core i7-11357H, and with a starting weight of 2.11 pounds, it will be the lightest laptop ever to house an Intel H-series processor. (Although the models you can buy in the U.S. They weigh 2.32 pounds).
Part of the reason the Vaio Z is so light is that it is the first laptop to be made from “contoured carbon fiber.” You’ll find carbon fiber in some of the prettiest lightweight laptops on the market, including the Dell XPS line – it’s a strong, lightweight material. But those laptops use sheets of carbon fiber that are held together with pieces of metal or plastic. Vaio has contoured the material around the edges of the Z’s chassis, so it’s carbon fiber all over.
Vaio says the device has passed 26 “surface drop” tests and will offer up to 13 1/2 hours of battery life. In terms of other specs, you can get up to 2TB of storage, 32GB of memory, Iris Xe integrated graphics, and a 14-inch FHD or 4K display. There’s a backlit keyboard, a webcam with a physical shutter, a full-size HDMI port, and two USB-C ports as well. The chassis is a clam, although it can bend the screen up to 180 degrees.
Of course, all this is not cheap. The Vaio Z starts at, I’m not kidding, $ 3,579. So it won’t be a practical purchase for most people, but it’s still an impressive achievement and an interesting proof of concept. Stay tuned for our full review in a few days, where we’ll dive into the performance you can expect for that price. You can reserve units now on the Vaio website.
