BenQ S53W.G01 went with Pentium M750 1.86GHz processor built in, and Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B with Centrino Duo T2300 1.66Ghz.
We like more Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B 15.4" inch screen than BenQ S53W.G01's 13" size.
Although memory could easily be expanded, 1GB on Vaio VGN-FE28B versus 0.5GB on S53W.G01 might be significant difference.
Vaio VGN-FE28B allows maximum 2GB RAM - higher than S53W.G01 (-1GB RAM).
Travellers might find BenQ S53W.G01 more suitable with weight of 2.15kg comparing to Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B with 2.95kg.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media files like music .
We dislike the fact that bluetooth isn't available on these models.
Only BenQ S53W.G01 is able to communicate with some devices using infrared connection.
No firewire on Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B has PCMCIA.
Cardreaders are available in both laptops.
They don't have DVI for new monitors.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
These notebooks aren't really good for video conferencing since they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system on S53W.G01 is XP Home and on Vaio VGN-FE28B is XP Media Center.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B has special software pack : Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0.
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