The Maya Hayuk Series

Sony has been rolling out a lot of VAIO releases over the last few months. The latest to join this rash of releases is the new 15.4 inch FZ laptops. These new machines come with surprisingly funky designs and feature a graphic splash on their bodies. Sony is calling these laptops the Vaio Graphic Splash Maya Hayuk Notebook and releasing it in two models namely the 'Grow' and 'Neverstop'. Sony goes on to say, "The Grow edition captures the feel of an organic forest with deep green, blue and purple flower-growing wildly across the top of the notebook while 'Never Stop' is a colorful, kaleidoscopic design that is decked in interlacing lines and spherical shapes."

These new laptops are based on the Santa Rosa platform. Both of them feature a 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, up to 4GB RAM, 200GB 4200rpm hard drive, Blu-ray burner, a 14 inch screen with a native resolution of 1280x800, Nvidia GeForce 8400M GT graphics card with 1GB memory, a/b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth, and Vista. Both the models will be available later this month and will retail for USD$ 2500 upwards.

The design of the VAIO FZ Series Graphic Splash "Grow" Edition feels like an organic forest, there is a deep green, blue, and purple flowers that seems to be growing wildly across notebook lid. Hayuk's artwork is not only found outside the notebook but inside as well. The VAIO "Grow" Edition includes a wallpaper that matches the design outside of the notebook and comes with a certificate of authenticity with Hayuk's original signature. The chasis of the VAIO FZ series notebook is encased in durable and super lightweight magnesium alloy, reducing the weight of the laptop but also serves as a durable shell.

The VAIO FZ series Graphic Splash "Grow" Edition has a 15.4 inch WXGA LCD screen, 2 GHz Intel Centrino Duo Processor, 2 GB DDR2 memory upgradeable to a maximum of 4 GB, 200 GB hard disk drive, BD-RE/DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/DVD-RAM optical drive, Sony Sound Reality audio enhancer, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU Graphics Card, HDMI, VGA and S-Video Out with Smart Display Sensor Interface, Built-in Bluetooth, Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Network Connection, and built-in web camera. The VAIO FZ-series "Grow" Edition has these ports included: Memory Stick Media Slot, Secure Digital Slot, Express Card Slot, Headphone Jack, Microphone Input, 3 USB 2.0 Port, VGA Output, Modem Jack, Ethernet Port, and i.LINK Connection.