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?
"We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."
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).
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 .
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