Sony Vaio VPCZ117

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Reviews for the Sony Vaio VPCZ117

83% Sony VAIO Z12 review
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
Extravagantly expensive, but Sony’s VAIO Z12 is a premium cut above your average ultraportable
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/29/2010
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 67% performance: 100% features: 83%

Sony VAIO Z117 Notebook Review
Source: TBreak Archive.org version
Though expensive, you get an insanely fast yet incredibly portable notebook.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/26/2010
Rating: price: 60% performance: 100% features: 80%

80% Sony Vaio-Z 117 ultra-portable laptop
Source: Tech2.in.com Archive.org version
The combination of powerful hardware, light-weight design, excellent performance and super-cool looks, is something that one cannot expect from ultra-portable laptops. But, the Sony Vaio Z is here to break that notion. It is not only stylish, something that typical of Sony Vaio laptops, but is also as powerful as a desktop PC. This laptop is special in all aspects. As a matter of fact its core hardware will blow you away.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/26/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M: The Nvidia GeForce GT 330M is the successor of the GT 230M and technically just a slightly higher clocked GT 240M (but it should still maintain the power envelope of the GT 230M as the naming suggests).

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core i7: The Intel Core i7 for laptops is based on the LG1156 Core i5/i7 CPU for desktops. The base clock speed of the CPUs is relatively low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3.2 GHz (920XM). Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs (using single threaded applications) but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Because of the large TDP of 45 W / 55 W, the CPU is only intended for large laptops.  

620M:

The Core i7-620M is the fastest Dual-Core CPU for laptops (at the time of introduction in Q1 2010). The 620M clocks betwenn 2.66 and 3.33 GHz due to the Turbo Mode and because of Hyperthreading, 4 threads are executed simultaneously. In the package, Intel also included a second die with an integrated GPU (GMA HD) and a memory controller. Therefore, the TDP of 35 Watt of the whole package is still quite good.

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