27.02.2008 22:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Sony exec sees Eee-like PCs as having potentially negative impact on industry

Filed under: LaptopsSo at Sony's Open House we were having lunch with Mike Abary, Sony's US SVP of Information Technology Products Division, who oversees Vaio computers (among numerous other things). Of course, the inevitable question came up about the Eee PC's success thus far, and what that means to computer companies on the higher end of the spectrum, like Sony. Mike's response was a little surprising, but certainly sensible enough: if consumer expectations begins to weigh too heavily toward the $300 end of PCs, he believes that kind of consumer adoption would have a profoundly negative impact on the industry, referring to its effect as "a race to the bottom."We know there are a lot of Eee fans in the house, but the man makes se

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