Sony’s decision to exit the PC business means that after 17 years in the industry, the Vaio brand will probably disappear from western retailers before the end of 2014.The decision highlights a problem that has begun to afflict smaller makers of Windows PCs, and even some of the big ones: as the global market for PCs shrinks, profits are fast turning into losses.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/06/sony-vaio-exit-pc-market-analysis