Processor in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz, and in notebook Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is Celeron M410 1.46GHz.
Chipset inside Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945PM but in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945GM/PM Express.
We prefere more 17" monitor on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G than 14.1" monitor on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1440x900 on Vaio VGN-AR230G might be more preferable than 1280x800 on Aspire 3681WXMI screen.
If you want to run many programs at once 1GB of RAM on this Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is better than Acer Aspire 3681WXMI with 0.5GB.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and Acer Aspire 3681WXMI notebooks have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
Weight of Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is only 2.35kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is heavier with its 3.81kg.
Graphic card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and in notebook Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is Intel GMA900.
Graphic cards on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G have own memory (64MB) and because of that mainboard's memory controller works faster.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G had more capacity of hard drive (200GB, comparing to 40GB).
Acer Aspire 3681WXMI should load programs for hard disk faster with its 5400rpm fast disk.
Unfortunatly, owners of these notebooks might have problems for sharing data with their digital cameras and mobile phones due to lack of internal bluetooth device.
These laptops have disadvantage of communication with some infrared only devices like mobile phones.
There are no firewire built-in on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards for laptops.
Fast internet speed (1Gbit/s) isn't supportable by any of notebooks.
Cardreader in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI can read 5 different card types and in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G can read 1 different card types.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern TFT monitors.
Only Vaio VGN-AR230G has TV output.
Each has 3 USB ports.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
These laptops aren't really suitable for Internet telephony because they haven't web camera.
Operating system is XP Media Center on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and XP Home on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and it is Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0.
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