After spending time with all the NEC LaVie Z, we’re prepared to provide we the full report. What’s apparent is the extremely light fat of the device; it’s hands-down the lightest Ultrabook we’ve watched — lighter even than countless 11.6-inch Ultrabooks inspite of the LaVie Z being inside the 13.3-inch class. Beyond the fat is the quickest CPU Ultrabook we’ve tested along with a fast SSD. In this review we’ll provide we the lowdown found on the build standard, aesthetics, performance, plus more.

We’d like to thank Dynamism, importer extraordinaire, for providing the NEC Lavie Z for the review.

First you like to receive we familiar with all the device itself:

Left: enthusiast exhaust, full SD slot

Front: LED indicators

Right: 3.5mm headphone, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, full HDMI, power

Bottom: Fully sealed, no access to RAM, HDD, or battery

Specifications

The NEC Lavie Z which we’re testing is driven by among the quickest processors to discover in almost any Ivy Bridge Ultrabook, the Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.9GHz, which may use Turbo Increase to clock as much as 3.0GHz (technical CPU specs here). Inside is furthermore 4GB of RAM, HD 4000 images, along with a 128GB SSD.

The show is 13.3-inches with a 1600×900 resolution. The NEC Lavie Z weighs inside at 875g. This makes it lighter even than several 11.6-inch equipment.

Ports

The port set involves 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, full HDMI, full SD, along with a 3.5mm headphone jack.