"Many people that see the keyboard will no doubt think that it resembles Apple’s Macbook. However, if you read up a bit on history, it was actually Sony that came out with the style on its X505 about 3 years before the Macbook came out. I also read that it was Apple that hired some of Sony’s engineers to help design their upcoming Macbook."
That is FROM THE READ LINK! Do a little reading before blindly praising Apple--almost all of their "innovations" are just adapted from other companies, even if they're the first to combine them.
No, as usual it was Apple that stole the design from someone else, in this case they stole it from Sony. But hey, don't let that get in the way of your RDF!
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Gee, that keyboard looks original. Must have come out of Sony's R&D shop: The Apple Store.
No wonder they're declining so badly.
Do a little more research....Sony had that type of keyboard on the VAIOs months before Apple had it on the Macbooks.
"Many people that see the keyboard will no doubt think that it resembles Apple’s Macbook. However, if you read up a bit on history, it was actually Sony that came out with the style on its X505 about 3 years before the Macbook came out. I also read that it was Apple that hired some of Sony’s engineers to help design their upcoming Macbook."
That is FROM THE READ LINK! Do a little reading before blindly praising Apple--almost all of their "innovations" are just adapted from other companies, even if they're the first to combine them.
Here's a link to a cnet review of the Vaio X505, notice the keyboard and notice the date that the laptop was reviewed.
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/sony-vaio-x505-series/4505-3121_7-30886049.html
Sony uses black plastic. Geez, how Apple-like.
No, as usual it was Apple that stole the design from someone else, in this case they stole it from Sony.
But hey, don't let that get in the way of your RDF!
Typical Sony hater. Still you easilly made yourself look a total fool...