Both Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI had Pentium M740 1.73GHz cpu inside.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI have same 15.4" screen size.
We got more memory (1GB) in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 than in Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI (0.5GB).
Both Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI notebooks have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
We must say that Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is less in weight with 2.72kg, comparing to 3kg which .
Graphic card inside Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and other laptop uses X700.
Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI seems to be better for gamers with 64MB of dedicated video memory.
Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI should load programs for hard disk faster with its 5400rpm fast drive.
Don't forget that you might not be able easily to upload/download pictures on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 from camera during the lack of bluetooth connection.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 have lack of infrared device.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 have firewire needed for some camcorders.
Both laptops have PCMCIA which allows to connect some TV cards for laptops.
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband connection, you don't have to worry since laptops have internal modems.
Both laptops have cardreader which supports 4 different card types.
DVI output which Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI notebook has allows you to see its screen onto bigger modern TFT monitors.
Advantage of Acer TravelMate 4602WLMI is existance of TV output.
Both laptops are equipped with 54Mbit/s wireless.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system is XP Home on both.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is Works 8.5.
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