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I haven't knowingly bought a piece of Sony hardware or audio since their root-kit fiasco. In fairness, based on their products, they haven't really made this difficult to commit to.

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Agreed, seems like you're not missing much. Sony gear I bought in the 80s and early 90s still works. Sony gear I bought in the last decade has already failed, usually in under 5 years. I quit buying it, as it doesn't seem like it's made by the same company.

I made the same commitment at the same time (though I've probably paid to see Sony movies, alas), but I was still looking enviously at their laptops last time I was buying one.

Still, it gives me a fair amount of satisfaction to choose something else over Sony when the products are next to each other on a shelf.

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