Sony Computer Pro Series debut

If you are still a Windows user, if you are always paying attention to high-end notebook products, then Sony's Z series notebooks will be indispensable. The VAIO Z series has over the years carried Sony's design in the notebook industry. Lightweight design, carbon fiber weaving body, high score screen.

It easily withdrew more than $2,000 in cash from the pockets of developers, business people, and computer technicians. Now the time of defeat is coming again, but this time it's a little different. Sony has withdrawn the Z series code for many years and replaced it with the same level of Pro series (familiar with One strategy). The Z series will officially end and will not be upgraded.

Let's first mark the three major selling points of the Pro series: 1.92 pounds, starting at $1,150, and the battery life is 50% longer than the previous generation. These will be mentioned later.

Although from the product line looks like two different series, but the blank of the high-end series still can not make the Pro series off the historical responsibility of Z, from the design can see more or less a lot of inheritance, Pro series also applies to lightweight Carbon fiber material, 1080p screen, NFC backlit keyboard. Although the machine has not yet been officially sold, engineers have tested it for more than two weeks to gain a more overall impression.

Sony VAIO Pro 11

If you only look at the glass in front of the show stage, it seems to be just another VAIO, except that the size is reduced a bit. In fact it also comes with many consistent features: a chocolate keyboard, a chrome hinge, a huge VAIO metal logo, and a green power button in the upper right corner. But these do not reflect the essence of Pro's design. Before you pick it up, you can't imagine how light it is. You will forget that you have a laptop - 1.92 pounds, which makes Sony proudly refreshed the thin record of touching the ultrabook.

The Pro 11 uses Sony's unique unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced resin matrix composites. Under the same strength, it weighs only 80% of the ordinary carbon fiber material and 50% of the aluminum alloy material. In terms of durability, it is 60% higher than ordinary carbon fiber and 25% higher than aluminum alloy. Sony has been using carbon fiber in notebooks for more than 10 years. It has rich experience in materials.

This design will be used for admission, and the difference will be obvious. For a person who travels frequently, he can't wait to reduce the weight of each pound on the backpack. Therefore, a 13-inch notebook is also a standard choice for such business people. If it is not enough, you can use an 11-inch model. This is not easily noticeable when mixed with other debris in the backpack.

Sony's main touch of this computer is still on the carbon fiber. Widely used carbon fiber, full body package. Currently available in black/silver colors, the brushed aluminum alloy is used in the palmrest section to give the machine a specific sound when opening and closing. The black version is prone to grease, and everyone knows that this is not the best of both worlds. One side of the aluminum tray was well treated to avoid fingerprints. But the scratches still have to look at God. If you are worried, buy a protective film yourself.

Similar to Sony's latest mainstream notebook, there are many ergonomic designs. Inheriting the design of the previous generation Z, the screen cleverly became the fulcrum of the notebook. During the opening and closing process, the entire chassis was gently moved, forming a more suitable angle with the desktop for the typing, that is, the legendary 11-degree industrial design, as a whole into a The small triangular wedge design gives a floating illusion on the desktop. In addition, some "missing corners" can be found at the corners of the back. Sony officials explained that this design has a very high degree of difficulty in carbon fiber materials. Carbon fiber bending makes the overall body more sturdy.

The Pro 11's loudspeakers and cooling vents are designed to be special, at the corners between the screen and the shaft. This reflects the advantages of an electronic product company with a leading industrial design and numerous product lines: The Pro 11 uses the Clear Audio+ audio technology from WalKman and brings stunning rendering effects with the With Speaker Enclosure stereo speakers.

The typing experience of the keyboard is one of the focuses of everyone's concern. Before that, we took the appearance of the fuselage last time: most of the interfaces are on the right side, two USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI port, and a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. On the left is the hottest heat vent on the fuselage. Sony has a special fondness for SD card slot, this time the card slot design at the bottom of the notebook, close to the touchpad, for an 11-inch ultra-thin notebook, with a full-size HDMI interface is not easy However, similar to Air, the Ethernet interface is inevitably sacrificed and one more adapter is needed. To be fair, super-caps with cable outlets are really good-looking.

Keyboard Sony claims that the Pro Series "island" keyboard offers more room than the alternative Z series. The actual test proved that the keyboard is really flat (the fingertips are like a lightweight flip flop upstream). Compared to the two-year keyboard used on the Z-series, many details have been improved. However, Superbooks always have its limitations. The pursuit of ultra-thin keyboards at the same time will also be limited.

We are currently evaluating a test version of the product, for the time being it cannot be compared with other Haswell Ultrabooks. In terms of speed tests, it is faster than last year's Ivy Bridge processor. The main difference is in battery life, which is a small leap. On the other hand, Intel at that time promised that the next generation of Haswell will also increase a lot of startup speed.

It remains to be seen if Pro can become a benchmark for the industry. We also noticed that ASUS's next-generation Zenbook is also a strong opponent. At least the current data is still relatively good, 7 seconds start speed, slightly faster than other ultrabooks. SSD technology is also one of Sony's core technologies. It can provide 558MB/s read speed (the latest Sandisk SSD is similar to it), with an average write speed of 255MB/s. When not running large-scale 3D games, the body is very quiet. After opening all the special effects, the noise is slightly larger than Toshiba's Kirabook. The heat condition benefits from a good material and body design, with only a slightly hot feeling near the north left vent.