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• Sony's computer products brand, VAIO, stands for "Video Audio Integrated Operation". After only manufacturing personal computers in Japan during the 1980s, Sony introduced the VAIO brand in 1996 as a consumer audio and video-only product. At CES 2009 Sony announced a new addition to the VAIO line: the world's lightest eight inch notebook PC.Reuters: Sony shows off at CES... (January 8, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Manufacturer: Sony
  2. Introduced: 1996
  3. Large variety of VAIOs available
  4. Available in many colors
  5. Custom options available
  6. Read/write blu-ray disk capability
  7. Some equipped with solid state drives
  8. Equipped with Intel Centrino Duo processors
  9. There are eight notebook series models and three desktop series models available
  10. Runs Windows Vista software

• CES 2009

  Sony announced the world's lightest notebook PC at CES 2009. The new addition to the VAIO line will come with Microsoft Windows Vista and come in at a price of $900. The new notebook, which weighs only 1.4 lbs and is as thin as a mobile phone, will be available at retailers in February 2009.Reuters: Sony shows off at CES... (January 8, 2009)

• Models Available

  • Notebooks: AR Series, FZ Series, CR Series, BX Series, NR Series, UX Series, TZ Series, and the SZ Series.
  • Desktops: The LA model, which is a 19-22" all-in-one computer; the RM, which is an HD workstation, and the TP, which is a mini-PC.

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