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    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Geeee, Jun 12, 2014.

  1. Geeee

    Geeee Notebook Deity

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    :hi2:It looks like everything has been depleted; just a few open boxes are left.

    When will this new company that acquired VAIO make an announcement on laptops?
     
    Geeee, Jun 12, 2014
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    Sony HK will stop selling VAIO after the end of this month.

    :(
     
    ota-con, Jun 13, 2014
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  3. Ichinenjuu

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    Went to the Palo Alto Sony Store yesterday and saw it empty except for a few left-over Duos. :(
     
    Ichinenjuu, Jun 16, 2014
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  4. ngvuanh

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    no more computer section on online store.
     
    ngvuanh, Jun 17, 2014
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    ota-con, Jun 17, 2014
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  6. philiater

    philiater Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've had nothing but Sony Laptops since 2003. What will I do? is there such a thing as Sony Laptop addiction, because I think I will need a rehab
    :confused:
     
    philiater, Jun 17, 2014
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  7. lovelaptops

    lovelaptops MY FRIENDS CALL ME JEFF!

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    If you are willing to hunt around for service and parts - and I think the size of the Sony installed base is such that a cottage industry of third party Vaio service providers will develop and it will likely provide better support than Sony ever did. Thus, if you are jones-ing for a new Sony laptop, go on eBay and buy any of the ironically best product lines they produced in a long time and enjoy anything from a loaded SVZ13 to a snappy Duo 13 or a marathon and featherweight Pro 13and baby it as you did your past wonderful but fragile Vaios and you can expect 3-4 years more of the "life of Sony" (anyone remember 1960 TV show "Life of Riley? :D) There now, do you feel a bit less anxiety now? :)
     
    lovelaptops, Jun 20, 2014
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  8. philiater

    philiater Notebook Enthusiast

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    Less anxious? a bit ;)
    I just checked the vaio page on Sonystyle and it's back up. Still, switching brands will be...hard. The only brands I had before Sony was a Compaq 1995 with 16kb (yes kb) of RAM and a gateway lemon back when they had physical stores all over the place.
     
    philiater, Jun 26, 2014
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    ASUS and Apple once this Sony dies...
     
    temagic, Jun 26, 2014
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    CNET mentions that the new VAIO company began selling Pro Series in Japan on 7/1/2014. Can someone please upload/link photos and specs. I'm curious to find out if they will bring back the glory days of the Z,
     
    Geeee, Jul 2, 2014
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