VAIO Z is gone from Sony's US website :(

i needed a laptop right away so I bought a refurbished VPCZ2390X from the Sony Outlet. I needed 512gb SSD and WWAN and this is the only Z I could find that had both. I paid $1,950USD. From the newer Z's out there I know I have given up Quad Core but I really needed the WWAN feature for traveling. Was this a stupid choice? Any thoughts?

 

Does it have PMD?

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i don't know. How do I check as I don't know what this is?

 

PMD = Power Media Dock
It's an external unit which houses the optical drive and ATI graphics card and connected to the laptop via a proprietary connector.
This unit also has a few ports.

 

Ah, yes it does. It is not blu ray but it is a burner. It also comes with a sheet battery as well. I needed WWAN and a 512gb SSD and this is the only one I could find.

 

According to chief product planner Masahiko Suzuki "only the Z-series can surpass the Z-series". With this statement in mind, I do not believe that Sony has any intention to soup the S-series up to the highest possible specifications. The S-series are consumer laptops like the Samsung S9 or the Asus UX32 or the Mac Air, whereas the Z is and has always been a high end series for users who need their their laptop everywhere and all-the time. In my line of work I have to fly about 150k miles per year and as I used to be a die-hard X-series user until the last summer (!), even the SVZ feels too heavy in my bag, but it is still the lightest device out there. Of course the Z is not for everyone, but if you would make a survey in any airport's senator lounge in Asia, you will find out that the Z has a market share of what feels like 25% among the target group of frequent flyers.

 

ngvuanh is absolutely right - it is not soldered! Look at the 2 empty RAM slot on the mobo picture belo
Sony Vaio VPCZ2 Intel i7 2640M 2 8GHz SR043 CPU Motherboard MBX 236 A1846276A | eBay
This takes this RAM.
Sony Vaio VPCZ2 2GB mm 18 RAM Memory 1 884 670 11 Grade A | eBay

How were you able to find the sony PN A1835658A? I searched high and low for the 4gb with no luck. Can you confirm if that is the correct PN for the 4gb - and if it would work with the VPCZ2 motherboard that take the i7? How did you find it?

 

Actually, if you're talking about Japan, whenever I've traveled there and been in the aiports and/or in the lounges here in the USA where there are Japanese people, it's overwhelmingly in Panasonic's favor for the frequent fliers with models like the S/SX and the R or J (which replaced it).

The Z or something like it will come back. Like I mentioned at another point, we seem to be in that transition where we went from the SZ to the VGN-Z and there was a bit of a void. It would make sense that Sony would design around the new Haswell chips and announce after the chips are officially released in June, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see it released in time for September/October and the holiday season based on Japanese refresh cycles.

I do hope that if Sony does do that, they have at least a 12GB max memory option if not 16 and keep the QM processor (or whatever the Haswell equivalent is) as an option. I would love to see it with a touchscreen or better digitizer than the Duo has, but that is more of a wishlist than anything else. The optical track nub would be welcome, too.

 

I hope you're hunch is right. I would love to see Sony continues its Z legacy.

 

Anyone have any idea where I can get a SVZ still? I can't find them anywhere, including outlets and ebays (US/UK) !!