[angelmb]

August 23, 2006

Combining the power of a PC with a quality LCD and stylish design, Sony today unveiled the new VAIO LS1 TV/PC Combo.

Featuring a framed display with a transparent border for a stunning, floating effect, the LS1 model packs the essentials for powerful computing into a slim chassis discreetly hidden behind the back of a flat-panel 19-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) LCD display.



January 7, 2002
Apple® today unveiled the all-new iMac®, redesigned from the ground up around a stunning LCD flat screen that floats in mid-air—allowing users to effortlessly adjust its height or angle with just a touch.



Talk about floating an idea

[turtle777]

At l(e)ast, Sony arrived in the new millenium.

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[Lateralus]

Why is it that Sony can't bring itself to design something that doesn't look horridly ugly? Plenty of smaller companies seem to be able to do it easily.

[Landos Mustache]

As far as all in ones it is the best looking after the iMac. Still isn't all that hot though but better than that gateway one.

[Mastrap]

Sony used to make beautiful stuff. I have no idea what went wrong with them.

[rickey939]

Proud of Sony.®

[Salty]

Honestly Sony's stuff doesn't tend to look that bad. It just has more of a... I dono. It's got a different feel to it. A lot of PC makers use rigid lines to make their stuff look tough and high tech. Apple tends to use softer lines, and curves.

[Landos Mustache]

Actually you drew a bad comparison. It is an all in one so it isn't like the lamp iMac but the current one.

[Kerrigan]

Frankly I think the current iMac is very clunky and unpleasant to use. So this Sony thing isn't that bad in comparison.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

Frankly I think the current iMac is very clunky and unpleasant to use. So this Sony thing isn't that bad in comparison.

Clunky and unpleasant? What is so clunky about it?

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Clunky and unpleasant? What is so clunky about it?

The chin, and the missing sexy arm that the last model had.

[- - e r i k - -]

I frankly don't miss the arm at all. The screen is at perfect height and it can still be swiveled on a glossy surface (like my desk). I also prefer the chin to the cut-off basketball of the previous design. It was still a cool computer, but the newer ones are better, if only for portability.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Actually you drew a bad comparison. It is an all in one so it isn't like the lamp iMac but the current one.

The lamp iMac was an all-in-one-minus-speakers, wasn't it?

[Velocity211]

At least sony did better than gateway.

[C.A.T.S. CEO]

Originally Posted by Velocity211

At least sony did better than gateway.

Ture

[Spliffdaddy]

2000 welcomes Apple

[Mastrap]

I win.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

2000 welcomes Apple

All I have to say is…eew.

[Salty]

Is that actually a wireless keyboard there?

[Mastrap]

Nope.

Edit: I was wrong. It was a wireless keyboard.

[Spliffdaddy]

oh yeah, it's wireless. I own one. And I have a 3Com 'Audrey' which is similar, but smaller.

My Gateway/AOL iAppliance runs Windows2000 - and has a 40GB laptop harddrive.

and a touchscreen.

[slugslugslug]

I think Sony's laptops are decent-looking, but that all their attempts at all-in-one desktops have been hideous.

When the iMac G5 came out, I thought it was uglier than the lamp, but it grew on me, such that by the time I got one, I settled on "it looks great." Far more pleasant to look at than most desktop computers I've seen. Too bad my desk is so much of a disaster all the time.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

the worst part IMO is that they didn't "trump" the 2002 imac design. the only clear "benefit" is a wireless keyboard right? i stopped using my wireless keyboard because i found it annoying.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

The lamp iMac was an all-in-one-minus-speakers, wasn't it?

Well one unit with a few chuncks.

What this Sony is is a computer behind the LCD, the same as the current iMac.