Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 went with Pentium M740 1.73GHz processor built in, and Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer with Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
We think that Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer has better screen with its 17" inch size than Vaio VGN-FS980 with its 15.4" large screen.
Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer laptop has better maximum screen resolution - 1440x900, in contrast to 1280x800 at Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
In both notebooks we've found 1GB of RAM.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 supports more maximum amount of RAM (2) than Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer (-1GB).
Travellers should keep in mind that Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is only 2.72kg in weight, but Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer is much heavier with 3.95kg.
Video card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and in Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer is Nvidia Go7900GS.
Graphic card is better on Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer with embedded 512MB of memory.
Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer had more capacity of hard disk (240GB, comparing to 80GB).
Don't forget that you might not be able easily to upload/download pictures on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 from your camera and mobile phone during the lack of bluetooth connection.
Infrared connection has only Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer.
These laptops have firewire.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
Fast network (1Gbit/s) could be used on full speed only by Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
Both laptops have cardreaders.
Only Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer has DVI output which allows you to connect it to new TFT monitors.
Only Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer has TV output.
Only Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer has web camera useful for video conferencing.
XP Home is operating system on both.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is Works 8.5.
It is worthy to note that Acer Aspire 9512WSMi Gamer has two hard disks of 120 in RAID. Also Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has some important speciality - .
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