Comments on: Sony Says Give Us $50 More and We’ll Make Your New Computer Run Better http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Samuel http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-619397 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:07:58 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-619397 Some one please sue sony. Please read to learn how much sony is charing for laptops. http://www.myhwsolution.com/article.aspx?code=11 On what basis they are claming $49.00 for not giving us crapware. I own a sony vaio but I will never buy sony laptops again. Some one please sue sony. Please read to learn how much sony is charing for laptops.

http://www.myhwsolution.com/article.aspx?code=11

On what basis they are claming $49.00 for not giving us crapware. I own a sony vaio but I will never buy sony laptops again.

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-613398 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:59:55 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-613398 Sony needs to fire Howard Stringer, Ryoji Chubachi, Nicole Seligman and Robert Wiesenthal and replace them along with all the other top managment. They're as bad as Gateway. I would never buy anthing from either company. Sony needs to fire Howard Stringer, Ryoji Chubachi, Nicole Seligman and Robert Wiesenthal and replace them along with all the other top managment. They’re as bad as Gateway. I would never buy anthing from either company.

]]> by: Sony Blows Chunks! http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612965 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:28:42 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612965 Another quick note for you Sony snobs - they do NOT MAKE A SINGLE FLAT PANEL SCREEN - they are ALL made by SAMSUNG..... So if you really want the quality & innovations that Sony provides (NOT!), just buy a Samsung for about 2/3s of the price! See: http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/04/sony-lcdtv-samsung-markets-equity-cx_jc_0304markets04.html "Unlike Samsung and Sharp, which respectively rank as the world’s largest and third-largest makers of LCD television sets, Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), the No. 2 manufacturer, does not produce the panels itself. " And: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/26/business/26sony.php "Sony had fallen behind in developing flat-panel TVs, and does not make its own liquid crystal displays for its TVs. It has been buying LCD panels from a joint venture it has with Samsung Electronics, of South Korea." Another quick note for you Sony snobs - they do NOT MAKE A SINGLE FLAT PANEL SCREEN - they are ALL made by SAMSUNG…..

So if you really want the quality & innovations that Sony provides (NOT!), just buy a Samsung for about 2/3s of the price!

See:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/04/sony-lcdtv-samsung-markets-equity-cx_jc_0304markets04.html

“Unlike Samsung and Sharp, which respectively rank as the world’s largest and third-largest makers of LCD television sets, Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), the No. 2 manufacturer, does not produce the panels itself. ”

And:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/26/business/26sony.php

“Sony had fallen behind in developing flat-panel TVs, and does not make its own liquid crystal displays for its TVs. It has been buying LCD panels from a joint venture it has with Samsung Electronics, of South Korea.”

]]> by: Sony Blows Chunks! http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612952 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:19:15 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612952 Hey you Sony Snobs!!!! Charge you to buy the "Sony Computers has a new Fresh Start option, where they remove all the free trial software they install, Sony Vaio applications and games from your new computer, to free up valuable hard drive space, conserve memory and processing power to maximize system performance right form the start." Bull crap!!!! They don't have to do a thing. They just create a mass install that doesn't have any of the Bloatware in it (which they are paid by the "vendors" of the Bloatware to install).... let me guess, the "vendors" must pay about a total of, say, $50 per PC that their crap is loaded on. If that ain't a fine example of your "Innovation from Sony", I'll even buy you one!!!! What a despicable company!!!! Charge you to NOT load Bloatware on your PC!!!!! You've GOT to be kidding me. But of course, you Sony Snobs will be quite pleased with this newest, latest greatest piece of "Sony Innovation"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This just confirms that I will NEVER by a piece of crap from Sony, ever!!! Hey you Sony Snobs!!!!

Charge you to buy the “Sony Computers has a new Fresh Start option, where they remove all the free trial software they install, Sony Vaio applications and games from your new computer, to free up valuable hard drive space, conserve memory and processing power to maximize system performance right form the start.”

Bull crap!!!! They don’t have to do a thing. They just create a mass install that doesn’t have any of the Bloatware in it (which they are paid by the “vendors” of the Bloatware to install)…. let me guess, the “vendors” must pay about a total of, say, $50 per PC that their crap is loaded on.

If that ain’t a fine example of your “Innovation from Sony”, I’ll even buy you one!!!!

What a despicable company!!!! Charge you to NOT load Bloatware on your PC!!!!!

You’ve GOT to be kidding me.

But of course, you Sony Snobs will be quite pleased with this newest, latest greatest piece of “Sony Innovation”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This just confirms that I will NEVER by a piece of crap from Sony, ever!!!

]]> by: Lewie http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612412 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:49:09 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612412 I've said it before and it bears repeating: There's almost nothing that Sony makes that I can't get from somebody else. And these days it's probably better and cheaper. I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: There’s almost nothing that Sony makes that I can’t get from somebody else. And these days it’s probably better and cheaper.

]]> by: Michael Santo http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612395 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:38:16 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5529#comment-612395 If they're going to remove it, they haven't done so yet. The configuration still includes the charge. This is also a $150 charge, anyway, since you have to add Vista Biz to get it ($100 more). So will they make it a free option but only for Vista Biz? In my book that would still be lame. If they’re going to remove it, they haven’t done so yet. The configuration still includes the charge. This is also a $150 charge, anyway, since you have to add Vista Biz to get it ($100 more). So will they make it a free option but only for Vista Biz? In my book that would still be lame.

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