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Ultraportable winner
Sony VAIO VGN-Z51WG/B
Verdict
Light yet powerful, gorgeous yet practical, it's the best all-round ultraportable Sony has produced
Review Date: 20 Oct 2009
Price when reviewed: £1592
Overall Rating
Alternative products
Dell Adamo
A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable
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Comparison
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Sony Vaio VGN-Z51WG/B
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Dell Adamo
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| Part Code | VGN-Z51WG/B | Admire |
| Review Date | 20 Oct 2009 | 12 Aug 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £1,592 | £1,156 |
| Price inc VAT | £1,831 | £1,329 |
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| Warranty | ||
| Warranty final | 1yr on-site, 1yr collect and return | |
| Physical specifications | ||
| Dimensions | 314 x 210 x 33mm (WDH) | 331 x 243 x 18mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 1.490kg | 1.800kg |
| Travelling weight | 1.9kg | 1.9kg |
| Weight with extended battery | N/A | |
| Travelling weight with extended battery | N/A | |
| Processor and memory | ||
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo P9700 | Intel Core 2 Duo U9300 |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel GM45/GM47 | |
| RAM capacity | 6.00GB | 2.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| SODIMM sockets free | 0 | |
| SODIMM sockets total | 2 | |
| Screen and video | ||
| Screen size | 13.1in | 13.4in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,600 | 1,366 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 900 | 768 |
| Resolution | 1600 x 900 | 1366 x 768 |
| Graphics chipset | Intel GMA X4500MHD and Nvidia Geforce 9300M GS | Intel GMA 4500 |
| Graphics card RAM | 256MB | 256MB |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 1 | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 1 | 0 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 | 0 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 | 0 |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 | 1 |
| Drives | ||
| Capacity | 320GB | 128GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 298GB | 119GB |
| Spindle speed | 7,200RPM | N/A |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 | SATA |
| Hard disk | Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 | Samsung SSD |
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer | N/A |
| Optical drive | Matshita DVD-RAM UJ862AS | N/A |
| Battery capacity | 5,400mAh | |
| Replacement battery price inc VAT | £0 | |
| Networking | ||
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec | 1,000Mbits/sec |
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| Wireless hardware on/off switch |
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| Wireless key-combination switch |
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| Modem |
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| ExpressCard34 slots | 1 | 0 |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 | 0 |
| PC Card slots | 0 | 0 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 2 | 3 |
| FireWire ports | 1 | |
| eSATA ports | 1 | |
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| 9-pin serial ports | Fail | 0 |
| Parallel ports | 0 | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 | 0 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 2 | 1 |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad | Touchpad |
| Audio chipset | Realtek HD Audio | Dell HD Audio |
| Speaker location | Above keyboard | |
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| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| Camera megapixel rating | 0.3mp | 1.3mp |
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| Fingerprint reader |
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| Smartcard reader |
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| Operating system and software | ||
| OS family | Windows 7 | Windows Vista |
| Recovery method | Recovery disc | Recovery partition |
| Battery and performance tests | ||
| Battery life, light use | 10hr 1min | 5hr 3min |
| Battery life, heavy use | 1hr 33min | 1hr 31min |
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.43 | 0.68 |
| Office application benchmark score | 1.41 | 0.72 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 1.62 | 0.76 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 1.28 | 0.59 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 1.39 | 0.65 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 26fps | N/A |
| 3D performance setting | Low | N/A |
