Sony Vaio Z series

The original Z featured a color 14.1" SXGA TFT display (1400 x 1050), Firewire (i-Link), two USB 2.0, and a PCMCIA slot and external CD and Floppy Drives, and weighed around 2.1kg.

As with the SZ, the Z has hybrid graphics, featuring a NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS as well as Mobile Intel 4 Series Express 4500MHD chipsets.

Other features include a 0.3 megapixel webcam, Bluetooth, SD and Memory Stick reader, FireWire 400 port, fingerprint sensor and Trusted Platform Module support.

As with the SZ series, the Z is equipped with standard, rather than ultra-low voltage (which are slower, but produce less heat and provide better battery life) processors.

Intel VT-x support was intentionally disabled in the laptop's BIOS, resulting in the use of hacked BIOSes by some users.

At least VPCZ-13 dual-RAID models, custom-ordered in Japan were shipped with a pair of reduced size Toshiba SSD's, with Micro-SATA connector.

Proper fitting requires a shim (a piece of cardboard about 4 mm thick cut to the shape of the drive will do).

[3] The highest custom configuration available includes a 2.7 GHz second generation Intel Core i7 (Sandy Bridge) processor, 512 GB SSD in RAID-0 (Newer SATA III Generation 3 SSD), 8 GB 1333 MHz Fixed On-board (Irremovable) DDR3 RAM and a 1920×1080 13.1" screen (a 1600×900 screen is also available).

The processor changed from a 2nd Gen Intel Core i5 or i7 to a 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 or i7, HM67 chipset to HM77 chipset, HD3000 to HD4000, and the dedicated Power Media Dock GPU changed from an AMD Radeon HD 6650M to an AMD Radeon HD 7670M (exact same model).

4.0 + HS IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n MIMO 2x2LTE - Download 14.4 Mbit/s / Upload 5.76 Mbit/s (HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS) Wireless WAN LTE - Download 100 Mb/S / Upload 50 Mb/S (LTE, HSPA+, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS) (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia & Sweden) IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n MIMO 2x2 TCG ver.1.2 compliant Fingerprint scanner

1x USB 3.0 with Lightpeak integration for the Power Media Dock 1x Memory Stick Duo Reader 1x SD Card Reader Internal Stereo Speakers with Intel® High Definition Audio, Dolby Home Theater v4, Digital Noise Cancelling, "Clear Phase", "xLOUD Internal Microphone Multi-touch Touchpad with Gesture Support 1x HDMI 1x VGA 1x Gigabit Ethernet 1x 3.5mm headphone 1x Docking Station for Sheet Battery Optional (Canada) CD/DVD Player/Burner & Blu-ray Disc player Blu-ray Disc/CD/DVD Player/Burner All Power Media Docks also possess: AMD Radeon 7670M 1 GB GDDR3 VRAM GPU 3x USB 2.0 1x USB 3.0 1x HDMI 1x VGA 1x Gigabit Ethernet Optional 4400 mAh sheet battery (Extra 5.5 hours) 8.27 in (21.0 cm) (W) 0.66 in (1.7 cm) (D) Most Sony Vaio models with hybrid Intel-nVidia graphics are affected with vast number of bugs present in every accelerated 2D (DX, DS) graphics, 3D graphics and power management of the video-system.