- 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...
- Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display
- SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos
- Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen
- Sony VAIO S Series
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon
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 Eric-J.-Davis (Dec, 2011)I got my CB series with the 2.8GHZ I7, 8GB RAM, Blue-ray player, 1080 display, and add a Crucial SSD to the mix and you have pure excellence in every way.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Sony VAIO Z Series compared to the Sony VAIO C Series
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.
2.1 GHz
Intel Core i3 2310M
Rated 80% by by Jaiker-Quevedo (Mar, 2013)What I like most is working at night by lighting their keyboards, good processor performs simultaneous downloads fast, I recommend increasing RAM +4 GB.
screen size
13.3"
14"
VAIO Z Series by lexter (Feb, 2011)Compared to other screens I have seen in this size the Z blows the competition out of the water.
VAIO C Series by Detorakis-E (Oct, 2011)The 14'' screen is really amazing and not as small as i imagined.
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.
VAIO C Series by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2011)However, it doesn't hold up all too well as a gaming card, as evidenced by a relatively weak score of 23.4 frames per second in Stalker: Call of Pripyat at medium detail and a sub-native 720p resolution – though TrackMania Nations Forever hummed along happily at 83fps on the same settings.
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 3 GHz |
VAIO Z Series by LaptopMag (Aug, 2008)Our $1,999 unit came fully equipped with Intel’s latest 2.4-GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, and a 250GB hard drive.
VAIO C Series by ned (Sep, 2011)The price was not good because for the price almost 800 dollars you would think it would the most updated intel core processor.
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.
VAIO C Series by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2011)It starts the show off with a healthy dual-core Core i5, which runs at 2.3GHz but can manage up to 2.9HGz thanks to Intel's Turbo Boost, and with support for up to four virtual cores (or threads).
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.
VAIO C Series by TrustedReviews (Jul, 2011)Dedicated graphics are also on hand in the form of an AMD Radeon HD 6470M with 512MB of RAM.
Performance Real world tests of Sony VAIO Z Series vs Sony VAIO C Series
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the C Series 14", 2.1 GHz, 4 GB, 640 GB HDD
| Much faster maximum data rate | 300 Mbit/s (802.11n) | vs | 11 Mbit/s (802.11b) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 27.5x faster maximum data rate | |||
| Significantly lighter | 1,814 g | vs | 3,451 g |
| Around 50% lighter | |||
Advantages compared to the Z Series 13.3", 2 GHz, 1 GB, 80 GB HDD
| Marginally newer | Jun, 2011 | vs | Jul, 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date over 3 years later | |||
| Much more storage capacity | 640 GB | vs | 80 GB |
| 8x more storage capacity | |||
| Significantly more RAM | 4 GB | vs | 1 GB |
| 4x more RAM; run more applications and have more browser tabs open without slowing down the system | |||
| Bigger screen | 14" | vs | 13.3" |
| Around 10% bigger screen | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Sony VAIO Z Series | Sony VAIO C Series | ||
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Competition What else you should consider
| | 2 | SAMSUNG Series 7 Chronos Largest amount of storage capacity |
| | 3 | Apple MacBook Pro 8th Gen Quite good CPU benchmark score |
| | 6 | Acer Aspire S S7 Fastest processor |
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