Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days

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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