Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came to us with Pentium M740 1.73GHz CPU inside and BenQ R23.G13 came to us with Turion64 1.8GHz processor inside.
Screen size on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is larger, 15.4 comparing to 15 on BenQ R23.G13.
Maximum screen resulution on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is 1280x800, which might prefer graphic experts rather than 1024x768 on BenQ R23.G13.
If you want to run many programs at once 1GB of RAM on this Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is better than BenQ R23.G13 with 0.5GB.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 can feel a bit more proud than BenQ R23.G13.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and BenQ R23.G13 on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is something lighter with its weight of 2.72kg, comparing to 2.8kg at other laptop.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 had more storage for multimedia files (like mp3, avi) on its hard drive.
If you need bluetooth don't forget the fact that it is available only at BenQ R23.G13 laptop.
If you have infrared enabled devices if you buy Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 you won't be enabled to communicate with them.
No firewire connection on model BenQ R23.G13.
There are no PCMCIA on BenQ R23.G13.
Modem is built in both laptops.
Note that BenQ R23.G13 cannot perform 1Gbit/s connection on fast networks, it will work on those, but with speed of 100Mbit/s.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 have cardreader inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
These laptops aren't really suitable for Internet telephony because they haven't web camera.
Both came with XP Home operating system on them.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has special software pack : Works 8.5.
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