Sony to Ship Chrome-Plated Vaio PCs



Though Google's Chrome Web browser commands only a tiny portion of a market dominated by Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sony has opted to feature it as the primary out-of-the-box browser on the Vaio PCs it ships to the U.S. The Sony computers will still have IE as well, but oftentimes users simply stick with the browser that's preset as the default, which could give Chrome a bit of a boost.Sony is the first PC maker to sell computers with Chrome pre-installed. Sony said Wednesday it has been doing so on Vaio computers in the U.S. and Europe since May.

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Users' response to Google Chrome has been outstanding, and we're continuing to explore ways to make Chrome accessible to even more people," Google spokesperson Eitan Bencuya said in an e-mailed statement.

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