we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

[Pragmatiko]

Sony has decided to stop production and sell brand to another Japanese company.

[dj_ricoh]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

this is a win for the market. a bad think for tech guys. you know they will not have more to repair.
it will rise like GERICOM in another name

[mockingbird]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

Good riddance. Never could stand Sony and their constant need to set themselves apart from the market, not through innovation however, but usually through egotistical proprietry. The last good thing that came out of them was Trinitron, and that is like what, 30 years old?

[goontron]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

ohh well. Vaio was a junk brand. incompatible with OSS and of poor quality too.

[Heihachi_73]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

"Sony" as a good brand is probably history anyway, again, where is everything made these days? If the PlayStation brand is anything to go by...

PSP-110 PSP 3.6V 1800mAh Li-ion battery: Made in China (although after disassembly of the cover, the battery itself was a Panasonic CGA103446 rather than a generic off-brand battery)
SCPH-39002 PS2 PAL console: Made in China
SCPH-10010 PS2 DualShock 2 controller: Made in China
SCPH-10020 PS2 8MB MagicGate memory card: Made in Japan
PS2 CDs and DVDs: Made in Japan (NTSC J), USA (NTSC U/C), Austria (PAL), Australia (PAL).

[dj_ricoh]

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i think that console and cell phones division its in the game like got a place in the market.

[lefos]

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Yes keeps smartphones, tablets and consoles.

[shovenose]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

Most Sony laptops were/are super plasticky. Oh, and ugly!

Example:

[dj_ricoh]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

i had this one in my hand.
svd11213cnb

it was super plastic, like be careful not to destroy it but it was super nice; like a toy for kids(ME)


and this one sony-vaio-p1321x
i had to install(restore) and see how it runs.
pfff perfect!!!

[momaka]

Re: we will not see more Vaio brand in next future.

The last good thing that came out of them was Trinitron, and that is like what, 30 years old?

And some still running and in service!
Aside from that, their audio stuff is usually quite okay. Actually, old (vintage) Sony amplifiers are excellent. My dad has a TA-F70 - still works to this day, with original caps and everything! Last time I used it, I was pushing it to its maximum for almost a week every day. It just worked and didn't care at all.

Yeah, I agree with the others - the plastic on VAIO laptops really is delicate. I also have one at home that isn't used much anymore. It has a 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 desktop CPU in it, so as you can imagine, it's very loud (doesn't run too hot, though). And calling its power adapter a power "brick" is quite appropriate .