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Sony's new white vaio... JUST LOOK LIKE new iBook!
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umm...eww..
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Thats one fine piece of something. You think they coulda put VIAO any bigger on the side....survey says.... XXXX.....kinda reminds me of the George Forman Lean Mean Grill'n Machine....anyone for a burger...
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but the Vaio has a grease port on the side... much better than the Foreman grill.
hmm... the OS must be shiny and neato too.
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Geez - isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery?
Actually I am glad the iBook doesn't have a big pair of ears like the Sony - normally Sony design is as good if not better than Apple's (Sony has more products) however the ears (speakers) look stupid
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i love teh new vaio it looks great where can i buy one!$$$ 
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Originally posted by simonjames:
<STRONG>the ears (speakers) look stupid</STRONG>
The add-on "ear" speakers are actually an Apple idea, shown in a prototype PowerBook in 1997. Since they are removable, they seem like a good way to achieve better sound, but only when needed.
And as the article from ZDNet Japan points out, the "moustache" trackpad is cleary reminiscent of the good old PowerBook 2400c, aka Comet.
I would take the imitation by Sony as a sincere form of flattery.
Escher
PS: Why to people keep misspelling VAIO? It's VAIO, not VIAO!!!
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"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."
Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.
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Maybe Disney will sue them for infringement on Micky Mouse. I see shades of the old clam-shell iBook as well. Slightly bulbous appearance, but an obvious rip-off of the new iBook.
What I'd love to see Apple copy from Sony is the tiny C-1 Picture Book. Forget the camera, just make a super-small notebook like the C-1 for mobile email and web browsing.
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Originally posted by simonjames:
<STRONG>Geez - isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery?
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I totally agree .
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Does anybody else think giant, shiny condom when you look at that mouse?
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Originally posted by cdhostage:
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Does anybody else think giant, shiny condom when you look at that mouse?</STRONG>
Nope, just you, you sick bastard.
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Actually I thought of a Tic Tac.
And is it just me or does that thing have only one button? I guess it must pivot or something. But it's STILL ugly.
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Originally posted by cdhostage:
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Does anybody else think giant, shiny condom when you look at that mouse?</STRONG>
Geez! What kind of condoms do you use man?
...And how do you use 'em! 
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The mouse is yet another Apple rip-off. It's a no-button mouse, but they added the scroll wheel. Sheesh! The Apple mouse is the one thing I wouldn't expect anyone to copy. As nice as it looks, it just doesn't compare to my Logitech cordless optical. I can just imagine the Sony product development group meeting: "Screw it. Lets just copy everything Apple makes." Meeting adjourned.
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well, now we know how long it takes a completely bankrupt-of-their-own-ideas industrial design group to copy things they like ...
ps. This thing will BOMB in the marketplace. It will be SO amusing to hear the HOWL of PC (l)users as their tiny minds try to figure out how to use the un-mouse button ... and only one!!
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Actually, according to the article, this Vaio is some sort of prototype that doesn't have any precise specification yet. Regarding that white mouse, I would have loved to have one for my iBook but apparently that white thing is only a cover. There is a mouse under that white plastic cover.
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Rambo, I got a good laugh from your last post. I took note that you have the same mouse I have. I love it, I discovered I could move the cursor with it from the other side of the room or from the room next door, not that there is any reason to. Do you be any chance have iDVD on the system your using that mouse on. I found that when I try to lauch iDVD with it iDVD will just hang in the middle of launching the program. I comfirmed this by uninstalling the drivers and used a different mouse, it opened fine. After reinstalling I got the same problem. My work around is to disable the extensions and use my Apple optical when I want to use iDVD. I'd like to hear what your experience is.
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Originally posted by digdog:
<STRONG>gee... shameless sony.
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Just shows that Apple's design is ground-breaking, but at the same time, you can't beat 'em.
Concerning the "ears":
*ROTFLM* - this ain't for real, in'it ?? 
So far,
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[ 09-24-2001: Message edited by: turtle777 ]
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Originally posted by escher:
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The add-on "ear" speakers are actually an Apple idea, shown in a prototype PowerBook in 1997.
PS: Why to people keep misspelling VAIO? It's VAIO, not VIAO!!!</STRONG>
No it isn't. That design on the cover of MacWorld was NOT designed by Apple. MacWorld hired a 3rd party to come up with that design.
Not to mention it reminds me of this:
People probably spell VAIO wrong because it is not a very American word and is STUPID!
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according to sony's website:
VAIO=Video Audio Integrated Operation
not that it has much sense anyway.... but it's still english
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Originally posted by pichudequito:
<STRONG>according to sony's website:
VAIO=Video Audio Integrated Operation
not that it has much sense anyway.... but it's still english
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I�m not sure that makes it english.
That would be like me saying:
SANPC= Stupid Ass Name Pee Cee
Is English.
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On the subtopic of the mouse depicted. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?! It looks worse than the AZTEK!!!
I have a wireless Logitech, USB wheel with the optical laser rather than a ball. Its awesome and fully supported with no additional drivers in OSX 10.1! Although if you wanted to reassign buttons, you'd want the Logitech drivers.
Great product for anyone looking at a mouse replacement!
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that thing looks like a george forman grill....
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Since when are words 'american words' i think the phrase you were looking for was 'english words'. VAIO wasnt made for just americans actually VAIO was designed by a very clever man named Teiyu Goto.
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Originally posted by bluedog:
<STRONG>On the subtopic of the mouse depicted. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?! It looks worse than the AZTEK!!!
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ROFLMAO
I totally agree.
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Thank God that Sony imitated the iceBook and not a company like compaq or dell. At least Sony has their **** fairly straight. They have some really cool designs(and to the earlier post, they don't even compare to apple!!!). Imagine if Dell had made an imitation....lol...
I actually like the way this thing looks. It's kinda cool except for the ridiculous "ears". If you want good sound from a portable computer you dock it to a sound system or you use headphones. It's not like those speakers will really satisfy anyone anyways. If you're on the go, you have to use headphones. And when you're stationary, why not plug it in to a stereo. I mean, people are discarding parts of their powerbook(ibooks) just to lose 1/20 of a pound. Who in the right mind would add a pound or more for those speakers?
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