Laptop Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 uses Pentium M740 1.73GHz processor, and laptop Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 uses Pentium M750 1.86GHz processor.
We think that Vaio VGN-FS980 has better screen with its 15.4" inch size than S53W.G01 with its 13" large screen.
To runs many programs at once we've found Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 better with its 1GB of RAM than BenQ S53W.G01 with 0.5GB. More memory means less swapping.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 can feel a bit more proud than BenQ S53W.G01.
Travellers might find BenQ S53W.G01 more suitable with its weight of 2.15kg comparing to Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 with its 2.72kg.
Each laptop contained 80GB of storage on its hard drives.
Bluetooth dongle available only at BenQ S53W.G01 is usefull if one have other bluetooth devices like some cameras, phones, etc.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 doesn't have infrared device.
PCMCIA is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is needed by some TV cards, external hard drives and external modems.
On 1Gbit/s BenQ S53W.G01 will work with speed of 100Mbit/s since it doesn't suport fast networks.
These laptops have cardreader inside (4 different card types can read).
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on some bigger modern monitors.
Each has 2 USB ports.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Both of these laptops came with XP Home operating system.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has some additional software : Works 8.5.
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