SONY VAIO Z21 Series VPCZ216GX/L Notebook Intel Core i7 2620M(2.70GHz) 13.1" 4GB Memory DDR3 1333 256GB SSD HDD BD-ROM Intel HD Graphics 3000

Nice compact size, power, display BD-ROM, free sheet battery

Two things I see that will cause major hips for power users ; 1). RAM: needs minimum 2GB per processor minimum, or that will bog the processor ; 2). For the money: I think this should have a serious graphics card offering from Nvidia or ATI(AMD)

Display! speed! And ports! This machine is a beast, the trackpad has no issue, the keys are shallow but easy to adjust to. This machine is in a class by its own, the comment about the Zenbook, no way, you can't hook up multiple monitors, the speed is...

Okay I have to list them, sound..could do way better, a lot better, I use the bluetooth jawbone and it sounds awesome or a set of beats. Build is good but you can't just toss it around like my think pad , take care of it and it will last

High resolution screen

Very high price and doubtful that justified by features. However, the real disaster comes if any support is required. A full description is in "other thoughts" but Sony support is simply awful