Wednesday, January 5, 2011

VAIO SA the next VAIO Z?

Update: It appears that the source has been taken down, so this may not be legitimate news or Sony has asked for it to be removed. Nevertheless, this 'SA' series is most likely to be an S series successor as I'm sure they wouldn't change the name from 'Z' to a much more unwieldy 'SA'. If anything, the next Z will probably be a 'ZA '. Will be keeping an eye out on Sony's press conference later tonight.

Although CES hasn't actually officially started apparently, Sony gave us a glimpse of its next big Vaio by the series 'SA', it appears that it could be the next Z series with some pretty beefy specs in a light and stylish carbon fiber form.

 Unfortunately I have not been able to obtain any pictures of the new laptop however it supposedly sports a nice 1600 X 900 13.3 inch display just like the Z series. The carbon fiber lid has a faint checkered pattern. The vent that is on the left on the Z series has been moved to the back of the notebook, the computer also maintains the backlit chiclet keyboard as found on the Z.
The SA series has the usual ports including a VGA, HDMI and SD and memory stick slots. There are three USB sports, one coloured in blue suggesting USB 3.0 support (YAY!).
The notebook will use Intel's Sandy Bridge and Huron River processors, and will also have a discrete graphics card which is deduced by the graphics switch above the keyboard. The battery is also no longer latch-removable, which obviously means no required room for battery removal infrastructure therefore a larger battery in which case I am expecting a longer battery life which is a much desired enhancement.
Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2375136,00.asp
Discussion: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/545391-sa-next-generation-vaio-z.html

1 comment:

  1. Looking forward to the press conference tonight, hopefully Sony will deliver something good.

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