Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G went with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz central processor unit built in, and Asus Z 9266 VA with Pentium M760 2.0GHz.
Chipset used in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945PM and Asus Z 9266 VA uses Intel 915PM.
Monitor in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is 17" size, better than 15.4" screen in Asus Z 9266 VA.
With its declared 1440x900 maximum screen resolution Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G notebook beats Asus Z 9266 VA with its 1280x800.
The amount of RAM memory was 1GB on both notebooks.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7400 on Vaio VGN-AR230G, but graphic on other laptop is built using ATI Mobility Radeon X700.
Laptops have solid graphic performances, Asus Z 9266 VA contains even 128MB memory on graphic card, the other product 64MB.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G had more capacity of hard disk (200GB, comparing to 80GB).
Asus Z 9266 VA has faster hard drive (with 5400rpm).
We dislike the fact that bluetooth isn't available on these notebook models.
No infrared.
Asus Z 9266 VA doesn't support firewire connections.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards .
Both laptops have built-in internal modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
On fast networks (1Gbit/s) these notebooks will work only 100Mbit/s since their network card cannot achieve more.
Only model Vaio VGN-AR230G have cardreader inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Only Vaio VGN-AR230G has TV output.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on Asus Z 9266 VA is XP Home.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and it is Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0.
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