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> In fact, it impressed Jobs so much he literally just offered them an OSX license (which they didn't bite on). I just googled this and it's based on an unsubs

> In fact, it impressed Jobs so much he literally just offered them an OSX license (which they didn't bite on). I just googled this and it's based on an unsubstantiated boast by Sony's president in 2014, I'd be skeptical: https://www.appleworld.today/2021/01/06/from-the-vault-did-steve-jobs-want-to-see-mac-os-x-on-sony-vaio-computers/ https://www.appleworld.today/2021/01/06/from-the-vault-did-s... Although this article seems to think it holds water: https://9to5mac.com/2014/02/05/sony-turned-down-offer-from-steve-jobs-to-run-mac-os-on-vaio-laptops-says-ex-president/ https://9to5mac.com/2014/02/05/sony-turned-down-offer-from-s...

gumby 5y ago
I have no idea if the story is true but FWIW in the 80s and 90s Steve Jobs used to speak admiringly about Sony quite a bit. Not sure if that survived his return to Apple.
- triceratops 5y ago
  80s and 90s Sony was unquestionably the world-leading company in cutting-edge and fashionable consumer electronics. Apple usurped their crown starting with the first iPod.
- sangnoir 5y ago
  I suspect it did: one of the funniest things to come out of the Samsung/Apple trial were the "Jony"-branded (early) iPhone designs[1] with unmistakable Sony aesthetics. https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone...
- vmladenov 5y ago
  I remember the Apple Store using Bravia screens to demo Apple TV when they first made a section for it
- musicale 5y ago
  In his "One more thing..." introduction of the Titanium PowerBook G4 in 2001 he explicitly compared it to the Sony Vaio: https://youtu.be/AnrM4n6S3CU?t=5973 https://youtu.be/AnrM4n6S3CU?t=5973 [Definitely worth a watch. Also Jobs makes a few mistakes such as calling the PowerBook a Power Mac and referring to iTunes as iMusic.]

gumby 5y ago

I have no idea if the story is true but FWIW in the 80s and 90s Steve Jobs used to speak admiringly about Sony quite a bit. Not sure if that survived his return to Apple.

triceratops 5y ago
80s and 90s Sony was unquestionably the world-leading company in cutting-edge and fashionable consumer electronics. Apple usurped their crown starting with the first iPod.
sangnoir 5y ago
I suspect it did: one of the funniest things to come out of the Samsung/Apple trial were the "Jony"-branded (early) iPhone designs[1] with unmistakable Sony aesthetics. https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone...
vmladenov 5y ago
I remember the Apple Store using Bravia screens to demo Apple TV when they first made a section for it
musicale 5y ago
In his "One more thing..." introduction of the Titanium PowerBook G4 in 2001 he explicitly compared it to the Sony Vaio: https://youtu.be/AnrM4n6S3CU?t=5973 https://youtu.be/AnrM4n6S3CU?t=5973 [Definitely worth a watch. Also Jobs makes a few mistakes such as calling the PowerBook a Power Mac and referring to iTunes as iMusic.]