Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz and in BenQ S53W.G01 is Pentium M750 1.86GHz.
We think that Vaio VGN-AR230G has better screen with its 17" inch size than S53W.G01 with its 13" large screen.
With its declared 1440x900 maximum screen resolution Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G notebook beats BenQ S53W.G01 with its 1280x768.
For users who likes more memory Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G with 1GB is better than BenQ S53W.G01 with 0.5GB of memory.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Travellers should note that BenQ S53W.G01 is only 2.15kg in weight, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is much heavier with 3.81kg.
More storage for multimedia were available at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G (greater space on hard disk).
Bluetooth, which is low powered air connection, isn't available on both laptops, and that might be quite disadvantage.
If you have infrared enabled devices if you buy Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G you won't be able to communicate with them.
Firewire useful for some video equipment communication is built-in both laptops.
PCMCIA on BenQ S53W.G01 unable them to connect to some TV cards for laptops.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this rating.
These notebooks have cardreaders inside them.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new monitors.
Advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is existance of TV output.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on BenQ S53W.G01 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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