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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by jonny_eh on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:48PM (#31076317)
> 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-s...

Although this article seems to think it holds water:

https://9to5mac.com/2014/02/05/sony-turned-down-offer-from-s...

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by gumby on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:29PM (#31077463)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by sangnoir on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:54PM (#31078628)
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...

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by triceratops on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:23PM (#31078426)
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.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by musicale on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:06PM (#31091075)
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

[Definitely worth a watch. Also Jobs makes a few mistakes such as calling the PowerBook a Power Mac and referring to iTunes as iMusic.]

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by vmladenov on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:35AM (#31080004)
I remember the Apple Store using Bravia screens to demo Apple TV when they first made a section for it
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