I don't know. They survive and flourish in the TV business because of their dirt cheap prices that undercut their competitors. They aren't the best TVs but they aren't the worst for sure. They could do the same in the PC space.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
CES 2012 Kicks off Next Week: Gorilla Glass, Vizio, Windows Phone, Ultrabooks
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I like the look of the Vizio laptop, especially the keyboard. Much better than the cheap plastic look of the MBP/MBA keyboard. However, I expect it will suck for typing - too little spacing between the keys.
Wonder if Apple has patents on their magic trackpad.
Vizio looks like it's going to make one too.
Vizio looks like it's going to make one too.
I've attended every CES event. Some years the lack of one clear theme, have been the most interesting. This year promises to be very revealing in regards to the vast number of small advancements in quite a number of products. There's a lot to be said for evolution when companies are challenged to grow their market share.
Well, I guess my problem with this is the fact that Vizio's CTO actually stated that they are "making products that look like Apple's, but are cheaper". Very strange choice of words if you are not trying to actually copy Apple's designs. I think he could have chosen a better statement. Maybe, "Our products will have a very distinct design on par or better than anything you've ever seen"?
I don't know, his words just ring of actually admitting, we are going to copy Apple's designs and just use cheaper parts. Competing is definitely OK, but I think Vizio's CTO needs to choose his words a little better to distinguish his brand from "just another cheap Apple knockoff".
I thought so far that Vizio was a cheapie brand.
But this computer design looks good. It has something of the form rigidity of the sixties.
But this computer design looks good. It has something of the form rigidity of the sixties.
Say what you want about Vizio, but I have two of their 50" Plasma HDTVs and for the $1000 I spent on them, I could not be happier. They have served me well and look great.
im pretty sure when this gets on the new ipads/iphone/ipod touches will see lots of videos of it being shot with a gun and lots of drop test
I'm going to go on a limb and say that it will probably look similar to the very well designed Lumia 800
I would have to agree with Ljohnson. I have a friend with the Lumia 800 and the build quality is great. Plus the design looks good too. I don't doubt that the Lumia 900 will be similar to the 800.
Gotta love plasmas, its hard to find one that isn't nice.
----------
Wonder if Apple has patents on their magic trackpad.
Vizio looks like it's going to make one too.
Apple doesn't own the rights to a stand alone trackpad.
Still using my Pioneer 50" Kuro plasma from about 4 years ago. It only does 720p (or 1080 downscaled), but it still looks amazing.
Wow, that Vizio looks pretty sleek. But there is still something off about it. I think it will lure a few budget conscious consumers who care about design away from a low end Mac. What I REALLY wish is that they would sell a monitor that looks that nice for much less than a Cinema Display.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)
It's not okay to use "compete" as a euphemism for "rip-off"
Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a patent lawsuit.
But they're blatantly saying "we are trying to make products that *look* like apple products but are way cheaper"
From a design innovation standpoint, isn't that pretty lame?
DroidRules said:
It's not okay to use "compete" as a euphemism for "rip-off"
Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for a patent lawsuit.
But they're blatantly saying "we are trying to make products that *look* like apple products but are way cheaper"
From a design innovation standpoint, isn't that pretty lame?
I'm going to go on a limb and say that it will probably look similar to the very well designed Lumia 800
It's actually very different in design - with hardware face buttons and a more "executive" style trim to it. It's been seen before.
IMO, they shouldn't even do that. My in-laws used to buy Vizio TVs almost exclusively, and they were terrible. I received a used Vizio plasma set from them as a gift when they upgraded to a Sony LED 3DTV, and compared to my Panasonic plasma (and I'm not a TV snob: it is literally the cheapest 42" they make), the picture is a washed-out joke. Its black levels were honestly LCD bad. It did have surprisingly decent built-in speakers, but that would-be silver lining is rendered moot by my home theater setup anyway.
That said, I've heard that Vizio has recently bumped up their quality somewhat, but they are going to have to work very hard to overcome the awful reputation that they earned in AV circles as well as the customer service complaints brought about by their warranty problems.
That's not an All-in-one. Note the cube-esque component to the right which is their design answer to the mac mini.
My very first thought upon seeing it.
I'm typing this on an iMac, but if the build quality is solid, the price is right, and it can be hacked to fully run iOS? I'll buy one in a heartbeat. (as will legions of others)
It's the single sleekest design I've seen for an unmodified stock desktop pc since Apple unveiled the (now aging) current iMac design over 2 years ago.
A) Its Lumia (think Nok-ia).
B) Lumia 710 already hit the states, how could 900 be first?
C) MacBook Air like design? While not ignoring the MBA similarity in many ultrabooks, the ultrabook design/concept/whatever is not "macbook air". Contrary to MR-belief, Apple didn't invent thin computers or ultra mobiles.