So after hearing about some amazing specifications that appeared not long ago on SonyStyle Japan website for VAIO Z model, Europe followed suit and presented its spec’ed out version – which pretty much blows our minds. We have handled VAIO Z at the CES and were pretty pleased with its build and of course the backlit keyboard was an awesome addition to it. However we were not able to get any details about available configurations for the US market. Current US offering still listed on SonyStyle.com (customized) is:
- 512GB (256GBx2) SATA Solid State Drive with RAID technology
- 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9700 (2.80GHz)
- Blu-ray Disc™ playback/burning
That configuration will hit your wallet for about $4000. Here is what the European and soon US configuration will offer:
- Intel® Core i7-620M 2.66GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology (max. 3.33 GHz)
- Quad SSD (RAID 0) 256GB
- 6GB DDR3 SDRAM (1066 MHz)
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU + Intel® HD Graphics with 1GBB GDDR3 VRAM
Not a bad offering, although Bluray drive was not mentioned, just a regular DVD-RW. Check out video below as well!
