Image: Sony Vaio laptops from the past
Back when I was kid, there was a massive hype surrounding the Sony Vaio laptops. The laptops were sleek and stylish but they lagged in performance when compared to the competition. Eventually, Vaio’s ties with Sony got severed and it vanished into the thin air from the market. In 2021, Vaio is making a comeback without Sony and the first teaser for that arrival has already been made on Flipkart. Also Read - Best CPUs for gaming from Intel and AMD
A poster-sized teaser for Vaio is now out on Flipkart and it clearly hints at aiming for the lightweight ultrabook market. None of the features and specifications are out yet apart from the fact this will be a lightweight laptop. A few weeks ago, a report from Zee Business mentioned that these laptops will feature AMD processors and will launch in January 2021, as revealed by Seema Bhatnagar, Regional Business Director (South Asia), RSD, Nexstgo Company Limited. Nexstgo is a Hong Kong brand that wil
New teaser on Flipkart marks the return of Vaio laptops
A new teaser on Indian online retailer Flipkart signifies the return of a once prominent brand of laptops. Back in 2014, Sony sold its Vaio laptop business. From what I can personally remember, Sony-made Vaio laptops had excessive amounts of bloatware and were priced much higher than the competition.
Following the brand’s years-long hiatus, a Flipkart teaser simply reads “Lighter than your past”. Teasing the brand’s return to retail. The teaser is a play on laptops from the era that Vaio ceased making laptops. Windows notebooks were large and ran hot while ultra-portables of the time were slow and pricey.