- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Sony VAIO S Series
- Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen
- Apple MacBook Air 4th Gen
- ASUS Zenbook UX31E
Rated 80% by by The Verge (Jul, 2011)The laptop now measures .66 inches thick, but more shocking is its weight.
Rated 100% by by Carlos-Maldonado (Jun, 2011)Really nice computer i had it now for almost two weeks and i come from a compaq dual core with win vista and let me tell you this computer at that price is really nice, with a i3core, 4 GB ram, nice hard disk and win 7 it have a really nice speed, dosent get hot watching movies or videos just the normal, battery last a good time, is not heavy at all compare with other notebooks, really cool design.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Sony VAIO Z Series compared to the HP Pavilion g6
GHz2
Rated 60% by by Student (Dec, 2010)I loved the size and weight at first but after some use I was worried that it wouldn't hold up for long.
Unknown
Rated 100% by by Bernadette (Oct, 2012)I can't tell that this is such an inexpensive laptop, since all these programs respond perfectly even though I am probably using the maximum ram.
screen resolution
VAIO Z Series by CSK (Mar, 2011)Operations is quiet, the high-resolution LED-backed screen is superb - but you need to have good eyes, I can imagine others will have a hard time with the super-fine resolution.
Pavilion g6 by What-Matters (Sep, 2011)We've been impressed with the keyboard, screen resolution, weight and "feel.
processor
VAIO Z Series by Mark-J.-Tierney--coastie-1980It's just to much chip to allow for cooling, so the dual core i7 is mainstream, but if you look close, this one has a much faster i7 than many.
Pavilion g6 by dominic27bI purchased this computer from OfficeDepot, and I purchased this one because I knew that a dual core processor would be very powerful, and it was fabulous for the amount of money I would be paying for it.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB   | 4 GB |
VAIO Z Series by MuddyAzian (Jan, 2011)This review is for the VPCZ line, and the version I have has the Core i7 M640, and 8 GB RAM.
Pavilion g6 by Brinard-Sweeting (Dec, 2011)Intel Core i3 Processor is insanely fast paired with the amount of RAM that comes with it for indexing large files on the 640GB hard drive.-4GB RAM really increases the boot time in my opinion.
Performance Real world tests of Sony VAIO Z Series vs HP Pavilion g6
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the HP Pavilion g6
| Significantly lighter | 1,814 g | vs | 3,515 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 50% lighter | |||
| More cores | Dual core | vs | Single core |
| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
Advantages compared to the Sony VAIO Z Series
| Marginally newer | Oct, 2011 | vs | Jul, 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date over 4 years later | |||
| Much more storage capacity | 640 GB | vs | 80 GB |
| 8x more storage capacity | |||
| More RAM | 4 GB | vs | 1 GB |
| 4x more RAM; run more applications and have more browser tabs open without slowing down the system | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Sony VAIO Z Series | HP Pavilion g6 | ||
 |    Rated by 55 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by KindlePad (Sep, 2011) Rated 80% by by Mikonou (Oct, 2011) Rated 100% by by Narada--the-wondering-jew (Apr, 2010) | Rated by 229 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by Jevan-Sinnock (Oct, 2012) Rated 80% by by Kelly-B. (Dec, 2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Competition What else you should consider
 | 3 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
 | 5 | ASUS Zenbook UX31E 3-way tie: Really fast internal storage |
 | 7 | Dell XPS 14z Fastest processor |
 | 8 | Dell Alienware M11x Longest battery life |
