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    Z series media dock compatibility

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by UK scientist, May 3, 2012.

  1. UK scientist

    UK scientist Newbie

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    Do you know to what extent the different docks of the Z21, Z22, and possibly future generations are compatible; i.e. can I expect to buy a new dock (for example with improved graphics) and connect it via "LightPeak" in the future?
     
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  2. Trabireiter

    Trabireiter Notebook Guru

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    Z21, Z22 - yes.

    Future generations? That is something only sony knows. It's questionable though whether faster lightpeak based graphics would be worth anything, as the limit is not the graphics chip but the lightpeak interface.
     
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  3. Palda

    Palda Notebook Consultant

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    well, to some extent, Sony could change internal connections of the PMD, so it would utilize also USB 3 portion of the Light Peak connector, and have only the graphic card attached to PCI-E..
     
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  4. Louche

    Louche Purveyor of Utopias

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    Z21 and Z22 PMDs are identical/compatible.
     
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  5. UK scientist

    UK scientist Newbie

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    Thanks for your replies. I am thinking of buying a Z2X without a PMD for now, but it is good to know that, so far, they have been kept compatible, so I can hope to buy an up-to-date dock if and when I decide I need more graphics power.
     
    UK scientist, May 4, 2012
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    onimod Notebook Guru

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    ^ very, very little chance of that possibility.
    The dock has not been upgraded and is unlikely to be; the current connection is saturated.
     
    onimod, May 4, 2012
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