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Sony VAIO VGN-Z570N/B 13.1" Laptop (2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 Processor, 3 GB of RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) Black
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List Price:
$2,349.99
Homebizpc.com Price:
$2,066.51
Your Savings: $ 283.48 ( 12% )
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Sony
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Sony
Color: Black
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.53
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Display Size: 13.1
EAN: 0027242740945
Feature: Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 processor (2.53GHz), 6MB L2 cache
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Graphics Memory Size: 128
Hard Disk Size: 320
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Model: VGN-Z570N/B
Modem Description: Fax / modem
Processor Count: 2
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
System Bus Speed: 1066
System Memory Size: 3000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 processor (2.53GHz), 6MB L2 cache
Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Business with SP1/XP downgrade
13.1" widescreen LCD with XBRITE-DuraView technology & LED backlight
3GB of pre-installed RAM & a roomy 320GB Serial ATA hard drive
Biometric fingerprint scanner & hybrid graphics system
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Editorial Reviews:
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Built tough for business, the VAIO Z notebook offers the portability of a 3.31 lbs7 (with standard battery) form factor with the performance of a larger computer. Encased in durable carbon fiber and featuring scratch-resistant XBRITE-DuraView LCD technology, the Z notebook is designed to withstand the rigors of the road.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Ultramobile & Powerful Notebook. Buy.
Comment: Review after using this since September. My model is slightly different and I use high resolution version.
There are some positives and negative.
Positives
Light but powerful
This PC is very light, but it does not sacrifice its processing power. Intel's latest 45nm P9500 works great. Even somewhat heavy graphic applications or encoding-decoding of files can work fast. Heat is also well controlled probably due to the benefit of the P9500 and the combination of internal system design and the air flow structure inside, which is typically the strong part of Sony that is very good at designing smaller consumer electronics. I never felt the annoying heat from the system on the keyboard and/or the areas around the mouse touch panel.
Long Life and Graphics
The switch above the keyboard that lets you choose between the nVidia chipset ("Speed") and the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD ("Stamina"). On a stamina mode, my experience is that the regular battery can keep the system running for around 6 hours, which is remarkable compared with its light weight. I set the brightness lower in addition to the stamina setting. Graphics resolutions and other features are automatically set at lower level on stamina mode. Performance, particularly with games and 3D applications, is better with the nVidia chipset, while the integrated graphics card favors battery life. A reboot is no longer required after a switch, either, due to the Intel Centrino 2's support for switchable graphics.
I use 1600x900 resolution for the display, which is beautiful due to its LED backlit and very high resolution compared with other laptops. Its benefit is that you can have more workspace when using multiple applications at the same time, for example, a few excel sheets and excel VBA at the same time.
Negatives
Software for 3G connection, using the embedded Sprint modem does have some issues with compatibility in some cases. In my case, some Excel Add-In that uses an internet network connection crushes Excel itself every time I use it. Vaio Support desk which is as you image very slow to response due to inappropriate advice and long waiting time spent 6-8 hours in total and finally gave up to solve the issue and admitted that the original SmartWi software that manages network connection cannot be removed from the system when you use the Sprint modem is making trouble with other Excel Add-in. I suspect that the usage through Sprint is monitored by the software and both Sony and Sprint have some agreement on the revenue sharing of wireless data fees. Anyway, this is not at all positive for users and I had to buy other modems for use mobile data connections. Sony needs to focus on hardware only or otherwise improve its software quality. The frustrating experience with the support desk tends to remain in the memory of users for very long period of time.
Otherwise, I feel the keyboard quality needs to be a bit improved to the extent that some key generates creaking noise sometimes. And the mouse pad area is just a bit too close to the keyboard and I sometimes touch it and make an error in typing.
Net-net, this is the best ultramobile notebook that has strong processing power, real mobility, and beautiful design that I ever seen. It outperforms many competitions like Mac Air and X series from Lenovo. This is expensive notebook but if you need the best one right now, this is it. SmartWi is annoying in some cases but the support desk should have learned something from the trouble that I had already.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazon demonstrates why I always go there first to shop.
Comment: I am extrememly happy with this new Sony laptop which had all the bells and whistles I was looking for. The only con is only two USB ports which are on opposites side of the the laptop--a design improvement Sony should make would be a third one with power) along side one of the other ones.
However, what I most want to review is Amazon's handling of a minor problem I had. While the details of a minor problem with the initial computer was worked out, Amazon immediately sent me, without charge, another identical computer. I have since returned the "extra" computer, but Amazon's swift action at no cost to me has made me a happy and loyal customer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Ultra Portable Executive Laptop
Comment: I have been through numerous laptops in the past year. I am the Director of I.T. for my Corporation so I have a bit of experience in this department. Typically I go with DELL on just about everything, but honestly I believe they have captured most of the market and by doing so they have really started slacking on their products which led me to SONY. I'm not even going to touch a HP, Gateway or Toshiba and I had previously owned a SONY a few years ago and had relatively little to no problems so i figured i would try again.
So far I have been more than impressed! Out of the box this little guy fired right up without any problems. After about 45 minutes of removing the pre installed Sony software (not sure why it took some people hours?) and a few Windows updates this machine was flying.
The display is incredible, much better than any laptop display i have ever seen, this is partially due to the higher end Nvidia video card and the onboard 3GB of RAM.
The hard drive is more than enough for me at 320GB.
The unit only weighs 3.3lbs, to me this is nothing coming from a 14.1" DELL Precision M2400 which weighed about 2x that!
Some of my gripes:
Internal Broadband card is set to Sprint! (come on, who uses Sprint anymore?)
BIOS is very very limited, I'm a bit spoiled with all the options you can set in a DELL's BIOS
It's still a bit hard to find accessories for this laptop since it's so new. I'm trying really hard to find a extra power adapter since the one i bought at the Sony store is a "travel" adapter and it's basically a brick.
All in all I'm VERY happy with my purchase, I will be travelling to Germany in a couple weeks so i guess that will be the ultimate test.
Keep in mind, there is a big brother to this laptop that was not in stock at the time when i bought my laptop but i think it is called the VGN-Z590N which comes with a more powerful graphics card, a BluRay player and 4GB of RAM, had I seen that one i would have bought it but either way, I'm happy with what I got and would HIGHLY recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome laptop
Comment: Everything is great with this laptop. The Sprint broadband card is awesome! The only bad thing about it is the Sony bloatware. I spent hours removing it from the system. Then I installed the XP downgrade and had to spend a few more hours taking it off. Now that I've personalized it, it works great.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Greate laptop, just the battrey life is not as promised
Comment: I bough this for $2050 out the door from. $350 less than Sony store price. The laptop is light and sexy. I also received the XP downgrade cd. It also comes with free quickbooks accounting software license. The only disappointment I have is with the battery life. The battery runs out in 2.5 hours in optimized mode. Not sure why is this happening. Because of this, I did not give it 5 starts.
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