Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 went with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz central processor unit built in, and BenQ S53W.G01 with Pentium M750 1.86GHz.
We've found 13.3" monitor size on Vaio VGN-SZ220 quite better than 13" at S53W.G01.
If you think you will need more memory then you'll known than 1GB on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is better than 0.5GB on BenQ S53W.G01.
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 has less weight (1.86kg), comparing to 2.15kg on another .
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 laptop is more suitable with its 120GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media files like music and movies.
If you have some bluetooth devices if you buy Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 you will need external bluetooth dongle which is not excellent idea.
Infrared is built-in only in BenQ S53W.G01.
These models have firewire (IEEE 1394) communication device embedded.
PCMCIA isn't built in BenQ S53W.G01.
Both laptops have built-in modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
Both laptops have cardreader. At Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 it reads 5 different card types and cardreader in BenQ S53W.G01 supports 4 different card types.
They don't have DVI for new monitors.
Both notebooks have 2 USB ports each.
Both notebooks are equipped with 54Mbit/s wireless.
These notebooks aren't very good for video conferencing since they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system on Vaio VGN-SZ220 is XP Media Center and on S53W.G01 is XP Home.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 and it is Works 8.5.
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