To address the first point: Yes, Vaio (stylized VAIO) laptops are still a thing, originally launched by Sony back in 1996 but spun off into an independent Japanese manufacturer when Sony exited ...

With the VAIO FZ-Series notebook, Sony aims to put serious technology in the home user’s hands. Based on the brand-new Intel® Centrino® platform configured with up to 2GB of RAM, the FZ-Series ...