14 DAY TRIAL // Tokyo-headquartered giant, Japanese electronics company NEC has officially announced the new specifications and other details about NEC LaVie Z UltraBook, on its official website. The company is calling LaVie Z the world’s lightest UltraBook and we’re inclined to agree, considering the new weight specification.
NEC’s achievement is not something to take for granted, as behind the 875 grams lightweight design, there is a great deal of engineering and research work.
Weighing in at just 1.92 pounds, the NEC LaVie Z UltraBook uses a very special magnesium-lithium alloy for its die-cast body.
Moreover, the display is integrated in the top plate of the notebook, and it is assembled directly on the plate together with the necessary components.
The keyboard is also part of the notebook’s body and is integrated directly in the housing frame of the device.
With a thickness of less than 15 millimeters, the NEC LaVie Z UltraBook is a very impressive portable computing device.
NEC’s new UltraBook houses a battery large enough to be rated for 8.1 hours of work, despite the fact that the notebook is powered by a powerful Intel Core i7-3517U processor running at 1900 MHz base frequency.
The battery has a fast charge feature that will fill up 80% of its capacity in just one hour and the AC adapter is also quite small, as it’s just 18.5 millimeters at its thickest side.
The NEC LaVie Z UltraBook will be up and running in just 2 seconds, as it uses a 256 GB SSD and the processor can Turbo up to 2800 MHz when more performance is required, or even 3000 Mhz when a single-threaded demanding application is ran.
The Super Shine View widescreen LED 13.3” display has a 1600 by 900 pixel resolution.
On the memory side, the basic configuration boosts 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and the connectivity is also well-endowed with Bluetooth Ver.4.0 + HS, WirelessN, WiDi, USB 3.0 and an SDXC card reader.
An HD 720p webcam is also present, and the company promises that the launch will take place on August 23rd, while the price still remains a mystery.
