VAIO designers working on x86 PowerBooks

Maybe Sony's marketing people knew something we didn't after all. Engadget is reporting today that as part of Apple's push to get Intel PowerBooks to market, they've been poaching from the VAIO team. Apparently, the boys in Cupertino have hired a Japanese headhunting firm to round up as many current and ex-VAIO engineers as possible, as quickly as possible. As Peter points out in the article, there's a certain method to this madness: Sony helped Apple design the first PowerBook 16 years ago.