SONY TZ MARKS THE ULTRAPORTABLE REPLY FOR MAC AIR - REVIEW

Sony’s latest ultra portable laptop is as light as u feel the air. With its astoundingly skinny and a skimpy light design, the TZ notebook is surely for the mobile user. It has a modish design, from the green power button to the carbon fiber covering. On paper and in pictures, there’s nothing to deny liking about the TZ from top to bottom.

Design
The design of the TZ is strictly breath taking. The TZ is exceptionally light and thin loaded with a weight around 2.65 lbs and a thickness of fewer than 2 inches. To emphasize the design even few steps further, the keyboard bezel has a polished, piano like finish. Unlike most notebook keyboards, however, the TZ has better raised keys. The main design distress one finds is when using the TZ is its noise while you operate, but this might be due to a constantly running fan since the notebook never got hot at all.

Performance
The TZ Ultra compact had a 1.33 GHz Ultra Low Voltage Intel Core 2 Duo CPU coupled with an upgraded 2 GB of DDR2 RAM and a high tech all new 64 GB SSD. All of these ingredients help to give the TZ its ultra-lightweight tag and extremely thin design, not to mention implausible battery life (more on that older TZ’s).

Also comprised is an incorporated wireless card for Sprint’s broadband service, which runs on the hasty EVDO revision A network. To support usage, the TZ arrives with a 1-month free subscription to the Sprint’s service. Aside from Sprint’s mobile service, the TZ also offers shore up for 802.11a/b/g/n and Bluetooth.

It also comes with a DVD-RW drive and a 2.0 mega pixel Motion-Eye camera built into the LCD display. While not quite as stripped like the Mac-Book Air, the TZ doesn’t crush with connectivity. You’ve got a VGA output, 2 USB ports for connectivity and expandability, LAN, dial-up, Fire-wire, and SD/Memory-stick slot as well as audio and microphone jacks.

The Sony TZ is not built to break any performance records, but with a lower clocked Ultra Low Voltage processor this low performance is to be expected. Regardless, performance should be more than satisfactory for the standard habitual usage. On the brighter side, this lustrous ultraportable does have exceptional battery life.

Conclusion
Sony’s TZ is a healthy featured, highly manageable laptop with grand battery life. Most people will be glad about its sleek, modern design that is trendy yet understated.

Pros
+ Compact, contemporary design
+ Very light and thin
+ brilliant battery life SSD option
+ Bright, vivid screen

Cons
- SSD capability
- Great Price

Value For Money

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