Vaio Z Flip review: You've never seen this much power in a thin laptop — cnet.com

You had to hand it to Sony: the company's laptops were always unique. Sometimes inventive, often stylish, always different from the competition. They usually cost more, too, which could be why they didn't rack up many sales. The new Vaio Z Flip, an ultrathin 13-inch laptop, is Sony on steroids. OK, technically it's not Sony, because Sony sold the Vaio computer brand to a new Japanese company back in 2014. But the new Vaio Z is more inventive -- and expensive -- than ever before. At a time when you can buy a high-quality laptop for under a thousand bucks, the Vaio Z starts at $1,799. That means it's competing with the MacBook Pro and , two of the very best laptops we've tried. Why would anyone pick the Vaio over those machines?

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