Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G came to us with Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor inside and Asus Z 9274 VM came to us with Pentium M745 1.8GHz central processor .
We prefere 17 inch wide screen size at model Vaio VGN-AR190G than 15.4 built at model Z 9274 VM.
Maximum declared screen resolution on Vaio VGN-AR190G (1920x1200) beats Z 9274 VM (1280x800).
In both laptops we've found 1GB of RAM.
If you plan to move your laptop around frequently, Asus Z 9274 VM have weight only 2.9kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is heavier - 3.81kg.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7600GT on Vaio VGN-AR190G, but graphic on other laptop is built using Nvidia Geforce 7300.
Laptops use dedicated video memory (256MB uses Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G, 64MB uses Asus Z 9274 VM).
More hard drive space were available at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G (200GB is contast to 100GB).
Same rotating speed (5400) is declared for their hard drives.
There are no bluetooth on Asus Z 9274 VM and that might be disadvantage.
Infrared is built-in just in Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G.
Both laptops have firewire which some camcorders use.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
Note that only Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is able to take advantage of fast internet connections (1Gbit/s).
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern monitors.
TV output exists on both.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G only has TV input.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has web camera useful for video conferencing.
Operating system is XP Media Center on Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G and XP Home on Asus Z 9274 VM.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has special software pack : Works 8.5.
Notable advantages of these laptops are : two hard disks of 120 in RAID for Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G and for Asus Z 9274 VM.
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