Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz and in Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI is Pentium M740 1.73GHz.
We think 17 inch screen at Vaio VGN-AR230G is better than 15.4 inch screen wide at TravelMate 4602WLMI.
Graphic professionals might find Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G model with its 1440x900 maximum screen resulution more preferable.
If you think you will need more memory then you'll known than 1GB on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is better than 0.5GB on Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
If you have to move your notebook around frequently, Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI have weight only 3kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is heavier - 3.81kg.
Graphic card inside Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and other laptop uses X700.
Each product has 64MB video memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G laptop is more suitable with its 200GB hard drive for storing bunch of media information like music .
Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI has faster hard disk (with 5400rpm).
These laptops have disadvantage in lack of built-in bluetooth device which is quite useful for communication with digital cameras, mobile phones and some other devices.
Lack of infrared in any case.
There are firewire built-in only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards for laptops.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
1Gbit/s internet is supportable only by Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI.
Both notebooks have cardreader. At Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI it reads 4 different card types and cardreader in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G supports 1 different card types.
Only Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI has DVI output which allows you to connect it to TFT monitors.
Both have TV output.
Both notebooks have 3 USB ports each.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
There are no web camera in notebooks which is bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI is XP Home.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has special software pack : Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0.
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