Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G went with Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor built in, and BenQ R23.G13 with Turion64 1.8GHz.
We prefere 17 inch wide screen size at model Vaio VGN-AR190G than 15 built at model R23.G13.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G notebook have finer maximum screen resolution(1920x1200) than other (1024x768).
More RAM means less swapping when you run many programs at once and therefore Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G with 1GB RAM is better choise than BenQ R23.G13 with 0.5GB.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G can feel a bit more proud than BenQ R23.G13.
Travellers should keep in mind that BenQ R23.G13 is only 2.8kg in weight, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is much heavier with 3.81kg.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G laptop is more suitable with its 200GB hard drive for storing bunch of media information like music .
Bluetooth dongle available only at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is usefull if one have bluetooth devices like cameras, mobile phones, etc.
Infrared isn't built in BenQ R23.G13, which is slightly disadvantage.
No firewire connection on model BenQ R23.G13.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has PCMCIA.
Fast network (1Gbit/s) could be used on full speed only by Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
Advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is existance of TV output.
Only Vaio VGN-AR190G has TV input.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has advantage in web camera which is useful for Internet telephony with video.
Operating system on Vaio VGN-AR190G is XP Media Center and on R23.G13 is XP Home.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has special software pack : Works 8.5.
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : two hard disks of 120 in RAID for Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G and for BenQ R23.G13.
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