Hands-on review: CES 2015: Lenovo LaVie Z

Since Intel's Ultrabook initiative kicked off a few years back, manufacturers have made great gains in pushing for thinner and lighter laptops. But even so, every Ultrabook I've picked up since has felt light for sure … for a laptop. That was before today, when a Lenovo representative handed me the Lenovo LaVie Z.The first fruits of Lenovo's joint venture with Japanese computer firm NEC - to land in the US - are two NEC-built, Lenovo-branded laptops: the LaVie Z HZ550, a 1.72-pound notebook, a