Sony VAIO Z118 roof uses black matte texture made from composite carbon fiber material, and adds special plastic layer. The overall strength and ductility are greatly improved. In addition, Sony VAIO Z118 palm rest uses aluminum shaft with unique formation design make you feel very noble.

Sony VAIO Z118 uses 13.1-inch screen with resolution 1600 * 900.

Sony VAIO Z118 whole body adopts the ultra-thin design and the thickness is about 23.8mm, weights about 1.42kg.

Sony VAIO Z118 fingerprint problems are to be solved. Although Sony VAIO Z118 surface using a metal material, the blue partial black become a veritable fingerprint collector, particularly in the case of finger sweating is more evident.

Sony VAIO Z118 front including memory stick and multi-function card reader, wireless network switch and audio input/output interface.

The left side of Sony VAIO Z118 contains power interface, security lock, network card interfaces, HDMI interface, two USB interfaces and ExpressCard/34 slot.

The right side of Sony VAIO Z118 interface are more scarce. Here we see the power switch, VGA interface, USB interface and DVD burner. It is worth mentioning that Sony VAIO Z118 adds the hard drive in such a thin case, not only greatly increased the practicality, but also demonstrating  the strength of Sony.

Sony VAIO Z118 back has any interfaces.

Sony VAIO Z118 keyboard is full-size, and also features backlit. Keyboard backlight will automatically turn on in ambient light sensor sensitive to the dim surroundings, making input more convenient.

Sony VAIO Z118 upper right corner has “ASSIST” shortcuts and “VAIO” shortcut keys, and convenient for us at any time to monitor the body’s various states. In addition, the middle of the “Windows sorter” button can also be automatically re-scheduling of multiple tasks window, and ease of use is very good.

It is worth mentioning that t Sony VAIO Z118 also has a control card mode button in the upper left corner. New triangular design, so you can easily switch between automatic mode and manual mode. For example, the automatic adjustment mode allows notebook to help you select the proper intelligence and graphics needed for the current operation types; manual mode you can switch between “SPEED” and “STAMINA”.

Of course, business notebooks focus on safety. In the middle of touchpad, there is biometric fingerprint reader.

Location on the border of the screen is a high-megapixel camera, for everyday business applications also played a supplementary role. In addition, Sony VAIO Z118 also equipped with ArcSoft WebCam Companion software. The software can be more excited by the camera in practical application, also enhance the entertainment.

According to test, Sony VAIO Z118 weights 1.7kg with power adapter, the result is quite satisfactory.

4GB DDR3 memory.

Sony VAIO Z118 features:
Intel Core i5-540M processor
Intel HM55
4GB DDR3 memory
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
13.1 “(1600 x 900) screen
256 GB solid state hard drive (Serial ATA)
DVD recorders
Windows 7 Professional OS
HDMI HD output, 3 USB2.0, wired LAN Interface (10/100/1000Mbps)
Audio input and output interfaces, card readers and other network
Support for 802.11 a / b / g / n wireless network module, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Standard
5200 mAh battery
Weight 1.386Kg

Sony VAIO Z118 comes with the Intel Core i5 M540. Intel Core i5-540M processor frequency at 2.53 GHz, and can up to 3.06GHz if uses acceleration Core Technology, it is really a great help for practical application.

In CINEBENCH R10 test, this Intel Core i5 M540 processor performance is very strong.

Processor Arithmetic processor computing power test

Processor Multi-media processor multimedia performance test

Sony VAIO Z118 uses a new generation of dynamic system. Sony VAIO Z118 graphics card can adjust to automatically, set and independence three states during operation.

“STAMINA” model 3DMark 05

“SPEED” mode 3DMARK 05

“STAMINA” model 3DMark 06

SPEED “mode 3DMARK 06

“STAMINA” model

“SPEED” mode

We did not get final total score for solid-state hard drive. But in single mode,  the whole machine processor and memory performance have improved. Sony VAIO Z118 got more than 7,000 scores in both modes which enough to ensure all conventional business applications.

Because Sony Z118 uses 64-bit system, we can not test its battery endurance. From the point of view in system, Sony VAIO Z118 endurance is 2 hours and 40 minutes in high-performance mode. Such a result is also acceptable for business users.

Summary:
For Sony VAIO Z118, whether design or the actual performance, especially its new dual-card switching technology, etc., can be said to be impeccable.