VAIO (Japanese: バイオ) is a brand of personal computers and consumer electronics, currently developed by Japanese manufacturer VAIO Corporation (VAIO 株式会社, Baio Kabushiki Kaisha, English: /ˈvaɪ. oʊ/), headquartered in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture.

Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer VAIO, which stands for Visual Audio Intelligent Organizer, was first introduced in 1996.

Nagano, Japan With management, development and manufacturing operations headquartered in Azumino City, Nagano, Japan (the birthplace of Sony VAIO models), VAIO Corporation embraces the past while innovating for the future.

Sony announced its first pair of VAIO machines, the PCV-70 and PCV-90, at the 1996 PC Expo trade show in New York. The PCV-70 included a 166MHz Pentium CPU, 16MB of RAM, a 2.1GB hard drive, a 28.8Kbps modem, and an 8X CD-ROM drive. The PCV-90 upped those specs to a 200MHz CPU, 32MB of RAM, and a 2.5GB hard drive.

In synthetic processor benchmarking tests, like Geekbench 5 and Cinebench R23, the Vaio FE14 did better than true budget laptops like the Acer Aspire 5, but other midrange laptops, like the HP Envy 15 - which scored 40% higher than the Vaio FE14 - are notably more powerful.

VAIO, and authentically Japanese manufacturer, can boast of in-house design, manufacturing and supportteams. Each team member at the headquarters in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture endeavors to createcutting edge technology.

VAIO, and authentically Japanese manufacturer, can boast of in-house design, manufacturing and supportteams. Each team member at the headquarters in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture endeavors to createcutting edge technology.

The new Vaio is no longer owned by Sony, however, but that hasn't stopped the brand from attempting a comeback.

In synthetic processor benchmarking tests, like Geekbench 5 and Cinebench R23, the Vaio FE14 did better than true budget laptops like the Acer Aspire 5, but other midrange laptops, like the HP Envy 15 - which scored 40% higher than the Vaio FE14 - are notably more powerful.

About VAIO VAIO Corporation was established on July 1, 2014, spinning off from Sony's PC business. With management, development and manufacturing operations headquartered in Azumino City, Nagano, Japan (the birthplace of Sony VAIO models), VAIO Corporation embraces the past while innovating for the future.

In synthetic processor benchmarking tests, like Geekbench 5 and Cinebench R23, the Vaio FE14 did better than true budget laptops like the Acer Aspire 5, but other midrange laptops, like the HP Envy 15 - which scored 40% higher than the Vaio FE14 - are notably more powerful.

The computer business has been in decline since around 2008 and has gotten worst every year since. Vaio was a good brand but like many others just became unsustainable to Sony to keep putting monies into it with very little if any returns. So they sold the company to another company that was interested.

Sony "VAIO" is a good, quality product. Laptop is a little heavy for its size and the black color difficult to keep clean. Overall it gets the job done for the average laptop user who needs a computer for doing email and looking up information from the internet.