Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came to us with Pentium M740 1.73GHz main central processor inside and Asus Z5303JC came to us with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz processor .
Both Vaio VGN-FS980 and Z5303JC have 15.4" screen size.
In both notebooks we've found 1GB of RAM.
Vaio VGN-FS980 allows maximum 2GB RAM - higher than Z5303JC (-1GB RAM).
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 could be described as less heavier with its 2.72kg, comparing to 2.95kg other laptop has.
Video card inside Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and other laptop has Nvidia Go 7300 inside.
Asus Z5303JC seems to be better for gamers with 256MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard drive space were available at Asus Z5303JC (100GB is contast to 80GB).
Infrared is missing on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
Firewire useful for some video equipment communication is built-in both laptops.
There are no PCMCIA on Asus Z5303JC.
Internal modem is available in both models which you will need it at some location without proper Internet connection.
1Gbit/s internet is supportable only by Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
Cardreaders are available in both notebooks.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern TFT monitors.
Existance of web camera in Asus Z5303JC makes this laptop excellent for using in Internet telephony. Other notebook hasn't one.
XP Home is operating system on both.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has some additional software : Works 8.5.
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