Is nobody amazed that the new Z series is a 13 inch laptop with Intel Core i5 and GeForce GT 330M? That's a ridiculous amount of CPU graphics power in a 13 inch laptop. For comparison, the GT 240M is already one of the fastest GPUs for 15-inch and under laptops, and the GT 330M is supposed to be even faster than that. And they want to put this GPU and a Core i5 in a 13inch laptop? Amazing...
@AlexL There is no such thing as too much power in a 13" laptop. Why sacrifice power for portability if you don't have to? Personally I'd love to see similar power in the next iteration of the 13" macbook pro, which I'm not so patiently waiting for :) 13" is great for a machine you carry with you and you can always connect to an external monitor if the task at hand would benefit from more screen space.
@(Unverified) Well thats where the ability to turn off the external gpu is great. With the i5 having an onboard GPU consuming the same TDP as the prior processor, it should actually benefit in that regard.
@(Unverified) Battery life on the Z has always been great. I know because many of my friends have one. And this one's supposed to use even less power despite better specs!
The Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever-so-slightly thinner than the iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals (and competitors, for that matter) would confess is the market leader today.
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Is nobody amazed that the new Z series is a 13 inch laptop with Intel Core i5 and GeForce GT 330M? That's a ridiculous amount of CPU graphics power in a 13 inch laptop. For comparison, the GT 240M is already one of the fastest GPUs for 15-inch and under laptops, and the GT 330M is supposed to be even faster than that. And they want to put this GPU and a Core i5 in a 13inch laptop? Amazing...
@AlexL There is no such thing as too much power in a 13" laptop. Why sacrifice power for portability if you don't have to? Personally I'd love to see similar power in the next iteration of the 13" macbook pro, which I'm not so patiently waiting for :) 13" is great for a machine you carry with you and you can always connect to an external monitor if the task at hand would benefit from more screen space.
@Enosh99 couldnt agree more to you two
only the battery life would be very interesting
@(Unverified) Well thats where the ability to turn off the external gpu is great. With the i5 having an onboard GPU consuming the same TDP as the prior processor, it should actually benefit in that regard.
@(Unverified) Battery life on the Z has always been great. I know because many of my friends have one. And this one's supposed to use even less power despite better specs!
@AlexL
I am not amazed because Sony always makes amazing laptops (well, at least the high-end Vaios are fantastic) but never makes a huge deal about it. :)