Sony's Vaio More Powerful Than MacBook Air From Apple.

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So, this website compared two different lap tops designed for two completely different reasons, and found the less innovative one was more powerful. Its amazing how completely meaningless it all is. If I was to compare an Alienware to a Compaq, one wouldn't think those results would be surprising. So why are they in this case?
 
What kind of article compares two things and doesn't even include pictures?

Oh well, the site looks to have no real credibility for anything anyways.
 
There is no true comparison to the Air yet (that I know of), so this comparison is completely pointless. The FZ is in a completely different class.
 
Sony said they made a slimmer laptop years ago and no one cared, now the air comes along and everyones like ooooh how cool, BTW its not the thinnest ever.

Plus its grossly overpriced and for people who are fashion journalists and like to drink at some poncey cafe whilst checking facebook and shoe collections..

Just like 1-2 cm thicker and the price drops and the specs nearly double..

Over the top fashion statement if ever I saw one..

Heres the thinnest vaio

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Robin
 
I rather buy a Dell Inspiron that these two......
Buy what you need, not what you want (and probably can't afford....)
 
Robin.
Sony said they made a slimmer laptop years ago and no one cared, now the air comes along and everyones like ooooh how cool
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I fail to see your point.
Are you bitching simply because the Air is successful despite all odds and the Sony was not? Because it would be pretty ballsy to complain about the Air for things the Sony already did wrong (and continues to do wrong with the TZ series).

Robin.
Just like 1-2 cm thicker and the price drops and the specs nearly double..
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But then people don't want it. Besides, you can't single out the Macbook Air for being competitive with other superportable laptops.
 
Toronado
I fail to see your point.
Are you bitching simply because the Air is successful despite all odds and the Sony was not? Because it would be pretty ballsy to complain about the Air for things the Sony already did wrong (and continues to do wrong with the TZ series).
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Its not me that was bitching, this was coming strait from Sony when the macbook air came out... all the journalists turned to Vaio for their response after the air was announced to see what Sony had planned to 1up them...

Sony replied that they had done a thinner laptop years before and that the air was by no means innovative, especially with regard to it being the 'thinnest laptop' Sony also said that their thin laptop didn't make any waves at all in the market and they found that consumers were not willing to pay stupidly more just because it was thin, it proved to Sony that this was an unsuccessful market bracket and not viable to bother with..

As a result Vaio wont be making some thinner come back...Vaio are now going the opposite direction with laptops that are so bloody huge they are hardly considered portable! I guess thats where they wana go!

Sony still maintain that Apple is being silly going into such a nice market with the air, whats wrong with a macbook pro? The price vs performance vs thinness just doesn't add up... i.e. Sony think the air will flop.

Now what they say and what happens is a totally different story.. the air does have a wow factor but for people who really need some computing power they can see that its not offering a lot for such a high price.

Toronado
But then people don't want it. Besides, you can't single out the Macbook Air for being competitive with other superportable laptops.
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People do want it! The macbook pro is still selling fine and so are other superportable laptops which are slighty thicker. Not everyone will see the point of the air, actually the first reception from the media was quite poor, they didn't see who would buy the air at such a steep price but they are selling so..

Being competitive its not simply saying, look we have made something thinner... they think its a competitive move and fair enough but people also what value for money and good specs. Its selling but by no means dominating.

It you look at their advert its all about the amazing fits in an envelope thing... it seems thats all they are pushing with it...its thin its thin! is that to cover up the fact its basically nothing more innovative than just that feature?

Some people what more than just thin!!!!

ExigeEvan
Raging stereotypes FTW!
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Thats the first raging stereotype that came into mind...:sly:

Robin
 
Robin.
Being competitive its not simply saying, look we have made something thinner... they think its a competitive move and fair enough but people also what value for money and good specs.
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The Macbook Air is very competitive with others in the market segment. Look at what others offer in similar (albeit slightly larger) sizes: The Sony Vaio TZ150N gives you the privilege of paying $300 more for a smaller screen, larger physical size, half as much ram and a whopping 1 ghz processor.
There are better laptops at the price point and market segment. But not too awful many, and few of them are big brands.
 
Have you seen the criticism directed at the air... its even on wikipedia..

* Price
* No optical drive
* Low hard drive capacity
* Non-expandable memory
* Costly to get flash memory version instead of hard drive
* Only one USB port
* No wireless broadband
* Underpowered, last-generation processor
* No microphone or Ethernet port
* Non-replaceable battery
* No K-Slot

You can also add overheating problems and no PC card slots to that list...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air

You really have to want thin to buy one.... similar products in the same market bracket have hardly any of the above problems...
 
Toronado

simply because the Air is successful despite all odds
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Apple? Despite all odds?

You must be kidding me! Apple-everything is the ultimate in fanboyism; people who don't even know who Apple are think they're gods—the company who can do no wrong and make the best of everything. They have no odds; they could have sold a white piece of dog s**t that talked for $500 and the world would have called it an innovative marvel.

And then cashing in on the popularity of Feist, using her songs for their commercials is just the most obvious textbook way to "connect" with consumers: catching the indie market as well as the techy one at the same time.
 
Mac air or whatever you call it, its a fashion statement, the new Sony laptop is for everyday use. Great news :)
 

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