Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G came to us with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz processor inside and BenQ R55.G24 came to us with Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz processor .
Screen size at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is quite larger with its 17" than BenQ R55.G24 with its 15.4".
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G laptop has better maximum screen resolution - 1440x900, in contrast to 1280x800 at BenQ R55.G24.
The amount of RAM memory was 1GB on both laptops.
Vaio VGN-AR230G allows maximum 2GB RAM - higher than R55.G24 (-1GB RAM).
BenQ R55.G24 weights 2.8kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G isn't really suitable for travellers with its 3.81kg.
Nvidia Go 7400 is built-in card on both notebooks.
Laptops use dedicated video memory (128MB uses BenQ R55.G24, 64MB uses Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G).
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G had more capacity of hard drive (200GB, comparing to 80GB).
We regret the lack of blutooth on these models.
Buying any, you might experience lack of infrared device.
These laptops can communicate using firewire with camcorders and some other video devices.
Both laptops have PCMCIA which allows to connect some TV cards .
These notebooks have cardreaders inside them.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G only has TV output.
Vaio VGN-AR230G drives XP Media Center and R55.G24 drives XP Home operating system.
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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