Sony: Cutting edge? or cut-and-paste?

mithrasmithras
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
ZDnet is running a <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2858211,00.html"; target="_blank">story</a> about stylish Sony notebooks:



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Which laptop name do you associate with the words slickÂ* and cutting-edgeÂ*? If you said "Sony VAIO," you're not alone. For years, the cutting-edge colors, designs, and features of these notebooks have consistently led the laptop industry into uncharted territory.

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Well, I think it's undeniable that Sony has some pretty cool designs.



But <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2858211,00.html"; target="_blank">look closer</a> at that middle notebook in the story: isn't that rather similar to <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,541087,00.html"; target="_blank">this notebook</a>, better known as the Apple Titanium Powerbook G4?



It seems that the "plain chassis" of the Sony didn't really fit in with the article headline, so they dropped in a picture of a Titanium instead...

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,423member
    Sony



    Cutting Edge- CCD's, Optical Media



    Cut N Paste- Software, HW Designs



    VAIO's haven't been as striking now as they were in the past. Apple has done well as always.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    When the TiBook was introduced they compared it to the Vaio line onscreen. Apple ripped off Sony, what you found is just a case of stupid journalism.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Sony seems to have the coolest stuff around except for their computers. Their desktops are better than most PC OEMs though, but I believe that the notebooks leave something to be desired.
  • Reply 4 of 7
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    For the mostpart, Apple copied Sony regarding the TiBook, but Sony definately copied Apple with that new VAIO.
  • Reply 5 of 7
    g4dudeg4dude Posts: 1,016member
    Read the review and go to the vaio website, the real laptop doesn't look anything like the Titanium, i think the picture on that site is of a TiBook and they screwed up.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by G4Dude:

    <strong>Read the review and go to the vaio website, the real laptop doesn't look anything like the Titanium, i think the picture on that site is of a TiBook and they screwed up.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ahh... makes sense now.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Yea they definatly screwed up...or someonne is going to get sued up



    <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,541087,00.html"; target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/overview/0,12069,541087,00.html</a>;



    compared too



    <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2858211,00.html"; target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2858211,00.html</a>;



    its the exact same picture

    a bit ironic as that particular vaio model has a caption that says something like

    "its specs are the best, but its simplistic chassis is the real prize"



    [ 04-03-2002: Message edited by: Wrong Robot ]</p>
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