Icon – Sony Vaio Z 2011

Laptops aren’t sexy

This one is. And look, it’s already dimmed the lights. I think it’s trying to tell you something.

Don’t be disgusting

Well, if Sony‘s Vaio Z was trying to tell you something, it could do so over Thunderbolt, Intel’s superfast new connection, as seen on Apple’s recent iMacs and MacBook Pros. Apple still has the exclusive on tech, forcing Sony to call it by its development name, Light Peak.

You’re right – that is sexy

Enough sarcasm. The Vaio Z’s sexy form surrounds a 13.1in 1600×900 screen, fed by Intel i7 processors, 256GB SSD storage, 8GB RAM and AMD Radeon graphics. All this in a package that’s just 16.5mm thick and weighs less than 2kg.

And the battery life is how many minutes?

Up to 14 hours with the optional sheet battery. The other major add-on is a Power Media Dock, an expansion module that clips into that Thunderbolt port. The dock’s 1GB VRAM lets you power up to four screens via HDMI or VGA and includes a Blu-ray drive. You won’t even have to wait many minutes to get one – the laptop’s out in July for £2700.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home