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Sony laptops affected by defective Nvidia GPUs

Late to the party, Sony has suggested that some of its Vaio notebooks may be affected by the faulty Nvidia graphics chips which cost the GPU-maker $196 million in 2008 and an additional $119 million last quarter. The company acknowledged the issue and will follow in the footsteps of HP, Dell and Apple by offering extended support for products with the defective chips.

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