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Sony Plugs Vaio with Powerbook

PowerBook Vaio

Looks like Sony's ad firm isn't too familiar with the Vaio line, in fact they thought that a dude using a Powerbook would be the perfect image to announce the new Vaio.

We all know Sony wants to be like Apple, but this is just ridiculous.

[Via Engadget]
 

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Looks like Sony's ad firm isn't too familiar with the Vaio line, in fact they thought that a dude using a Powerbook would be the perfect...
 

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SpacePirate

Wow, I stand corrected... I suppose it's not surprising, at this low resolution, it's pretty easy to make that mistake. I also now notice they smeared the power button, but using the aforementioned source, it's pretty easy to see it's an old TiBook...

April 24 2005 at 10:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aaron Jacobs

SpacePirate, that discussion was thoroughly run through on Engadget. Someone dug up a link to the source image that was used, which when you zoomed in clearly revealed that it is indeed a TiBook running OS 9. They darkened the screen on this one so that you can't see what it's running as clearly. Here's the stock image: http://www.fotosearch.com/PHD484/127007/ And here's the close-up: http://petro.typepad.com/photos/resources/sony_mac_ad.jpg

April 24 2005 at 2:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Small Paul

Hee hee hee! At a bus stop near my house there was an advert for Athlon featuring a PowerBook. Made me growl with brooding rage every time I walked past it. "That laptop doesn't have Athlon Inside, it's an Apple!" I occasionally yelled. "Please stop that, you scare my children." came the occasional reply. Great times.

April 24 2005 at 2:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SpacePirate

It looks like a Vaio S Series to me. :P It does look strikingly like a powerbook from that shot though; it just makes it all the funnier that Sony's slogan on their site is "Like No Other". ;)

April 24 2005 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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