Sony Sells Vaio and Scratches 5000 Jobs
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V@IO
Damn, that was unexpected.
lucidus
Yeah man, my sympathies. What does it feel like to be sold off? 🙁
kanej2007
V@IO
Loobyluggs
Interesting read.
They are certainly doing a lot to focus on mobile computing minus actual laptops. Smart move, laptops are a death knell right now.
kanej2007
slyphnier
well i am not really suprised with this news
as company, sony already been in bad-shape for last few years
as for vaio, their main brand image is premium design (same like apple mac)
with premium prices versus other pc maker, most consumer just go with cheaper one like dell
or people prefer buy toshiba/fujitsu/nec instead, because not only "made in japan" labeled on their product, their pc/notebook is know to have better reliability
while sony is know for "sony timer", their product just broke itself not long after warranty over... well i know its just urban legend
but i hear from lots people, their product didnt have good reliability
k1net1cs
Asgardi
Hmmm...
Not quite for people who have actually followed the progress of the company for some time. ONLY good business Sony has had for some time is... wait for it... not Play Station. Its insurance business (shocker).
sdamaged99
Terrible shame for all those who lost their jobs. I do think that Vaio laptops are the worst i've ever used though. Everyone in my IT company absolutely hates them.
V@IO
bucknuts21
Was only a matter of Time
I truly feel bad for the people that have lost jobs, but how many people even remember to even think about VAIO when it's time to upgrade to a new laptop much less what they call desktops "just a laptop with bigger screen". I'm sure there are people that love VAIO for whatever reason just like people love AMD or Nvidia so they just stick with the brand and not what's priced best at the time. Saw a few people say this is a surprise, but I remember awhile back reading Sony problems, but that's what happens when you price stuff just for name. Just look at the TV's sales in the U.S where Samsung and Vizio kills them not to mention all the off brands. Company's have to realize you can't price stuff from name only these days since you can find specs for most anything on the net these days.