Apple recruiting Sony VAIO engineers to build the first Intel PowerBook?Will the first Intel
PowerBooks be designed by a team of ex-Sony engineers? Could be. A
reliable source tells us that Apple has been “having trouble playing catch
up with the learning curve for designing using the Intel platform” and
that in order to have an Intel-based PowerBook out by next year they’ve
been scrambling to recruit an engineering team with some experience building
light and thin Intel-based laptops.
And how are they going to do that? By poaching from
Sony apparently, apparently they’ve hired a headhunting firm in Japan
which has been trying to recruit as many current Sony VAIO and ex-Sony VAIO
engineers as they can in order to have a team in place as soon as possible.
Sounds a little crazy, but it wouldn’t be the first time that
Apple’s turned to Sony for assistance — you might recall that they
had Sony help them design the very first PowerBook way back in
1991.
Source: Engadget Posted: Sun - July 31, 2005 at 06:41 AM WIR NewsStream by Piranha Daily News The Stream Previous Next |
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