Asus Z 9266 VA came to us with Pentium M760 2.0GHz processor inside and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z came to us with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz processor .
Chipset inside Asus Z 9266 VA is Intel 915PM but in Asus Z 9266 VA is Intel 945PM Express.
The same 15.4" screen size is on both Asus Z 9266 VA and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
Both of compared notebooks : Asus Z 9266 VA and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z have the same maximum screen resolution (1280x800).
Although memory could easily be expanded, 2GB on Vaio VGN-FE31Z versus 1GB on Z 9266 VA might be significant difference.
Both Asus Z 9266 VA and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Both Asus Z 9266 VA and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Duration time on accumulator on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z and Asus Z 9266 VA is the same - 3 hours.
Graphic card inside Z 9266 VA is ATI Mobility Radeon X700 and other laptop uses Nvidia Go 7600.
Asus Z 9266 VA seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z had more storage for files on hard drive.
If you have some bluetooth devices if you buy Asus Z 9266 VA you will need external bluetooth device which is not excellent idea.
Keep in mind that these models don't have infrared device built-in.
There are firewire built-in only on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
Internal modem is available in both which you will need it on some location without proper Internet .
Unfortunatly, these notebooks don't support fast network connections of 1Gbit/s.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z has cardreader which reads 1 different card types.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z has advantage in web camera which is useful for Internet telephony with video.
Operating system on Asus Z 9266 VA is XP Home and on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is XP Media Center.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z has some additional software : Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0, Works, Photshop Elements, DV Gate Plus, WinDVD, Roxio Digital Media SE7, Norton Internet Security 2006, Skype 2,0.
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