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That's no MacBook — it's Sony's Vaio N Series
Just call it the Apple effect: As if in tribute to the Cupertino giant, Sony today released new Vaio notebook computers with colors that look suspiciously MacBook-y. Models in the Vaio N Series come in white, back, and brown (okay that last color was kind of original), showing that Sony is clearly thinking different these days. They're also confusingly described as "home" laptops (huh? Isn't the whole point of a laptop that you can take it out of the home?), apparently because they're "designed to accent your interior design." The Windows Vista-capable machines all feature Intel Core Duo processors and 15.4-inch widescreen displays. Wi-Fi (a, b, and g) is built-in, and the onboard DVD burner will write to any kind of DVD you can think of, so no worries there. And since this is a Sony, you get a Memory Stick port, too. But c'mon, Sony — if you really want to copy Apple, at least include some kind of ersatz iSight camera. You're charging 1,000 bucks, after all.
By chron at 8:20 PM ON 09/14/06
Why so angry, random99 and jf1288?
You're correct, of course. The colors black and white aren't Apple property.
But can you name another laptop that is black or white?
The point, of course, is that Sony is following a fashion leader. I don't think there is any implication that Apple is being ripped off, or that Apple is superior.
If Burger King introduces an Avocado burger and McDonald's follows with McAvocado, well, everyone's going to see McDonald's as following. No-one's going to think that McDonald's is doing anything wrong.
And anyone that thinks pointing out the obvious fact that a trend is being picked up is slavishly or mindlessly following Burger King just hasn't dealt with their anti-Burger King feelings.
But I digress. We were discussing computers, ne?
By klawed at 10:02 PM ON 09/14/06
I would like an avacado burger. It sounds yummy.
By nfinity1989 at 2:37 AM ON 09/15/06
Actually, yes, I can name a whole *series* of non-Mac black laptops. For black, you only need to look as far as pretty much any IBM-made laptop ever. For white you might have to go back a bit farther as white, but a friend had a (rather old) laptop from the 1980s that he was rather fond of that, although it weighed about ten pounds, was white.
So, black *and* white. Black by name, white by memory. Then again, you just wanted an 'or.'
But, to Mr. Pachal, do they actually pay you to make weak insults against other companies? I mean, if you're going to make insults, at least make them well. I wouldn't even call this following Apple, it's just following the fashions and, while Apple is known for design more than reasonable pricing, this fashion is not unique to Apple, just perhaps more fashionably executed by them.
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