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Sony's loss of Vaio is a hard pill to swallow for me, since I basically grew up on Vaio, and may now find myself using Lenovo more since newer Vaios are not qui
by cyorir 12y ago
Sony's loss of Vaio is a hard pill to swallow for me, since I basically grew up on Vaio, and may now find myself using Lenovo more since newer Vaios are not quite what they used to be.
Nevertheless I think that Japan's tech industry has a lot of advantages going for it. The corporate culture is conservative, but a side effect is that standards for testing and products released are usually very high. With high-tech manufacturing Japan has a lead over many competitors for developing products that fill high-end niches in the industry. Abe's reforms are favoring Japanese exports, making it easier for international consumers to afford Japanese products.
Maybe Japan's tech industry is "eclipsed," but do not expect it to go away as one of the industry's leaders any time soon.
- bitwize 12y agoVAIOs have almost always sucked for me: I remember them as being expensive and polished, but made from custom parts that tended to flake out at the wrong times and not work with Linux. That said, I bought one of the last Sony models: a VAIO Duo 11, and it uses, aside from the Memory Stick® reader, standard Linux-compatible parts, mostly from Intel. It's a nice little machine and seemed to mark an improvement for Sony. Alas.