Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz main central processor inside and Acer Aspire 3681WXMI came to us with Celeron M410 1.46GHz CPU .
Screen size at Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is quite larger with its 14.1" than Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 with its 13.3".
On both Vaio VGN-SZ220 and Aspire 3681WXMI there is maximum screen resolution of 1280x800.
We got more memory (1GB) in Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 than in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI (0.5GB).
Both Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 and Acer Aspire 3681WXMI laptops have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
Vaio VGN-SZ220 weigths less with its 1.86kg than the another .
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7400 on Vaio VGN-SZ220, but graphic on other is built using Intel GMA900.
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard drive space were at Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 (120GB is contast to 40GB).
Lack of bluetooth on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 might mean that you will have to buy externall bluetooth dongle for manipulating pictures from your mobile phone or camera.
If you have infrared enabled devices if you buy Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 you won't be able to communicate with them.
No firewire on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Both laptops have PCMCIA which allows to connect some TV cards for laptops.
Modem is built in both laptops.
Cardreaders in both laptops are able to read 5 card types.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern TFT monitors.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is XP Media Center and on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is XP Home.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 has some additional software : Works 8.5.
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