Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Pentium M740 1.73GHz and in Gateway MX6912 is Core Duo T2300E 1.66GHz.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and Gateway MX6912 have same 15.4" screen size.
We've got both laptops with 1GB of RAM memory.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both notebooks
Vaio VGN-FS980 weigths less with its 2.72kg than the another one.
Graphic card in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and in notebook Gateway MX6912 is Intel 950.
Video cards on both laptops uses 128MB of shared RAM from mainboard.
Gateway MX6912 laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard drive for storing bunch of media files like music .
Fast hard disk (5400 rpm) on Gateway MX6912 beats another model.
These laptops have firewire.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
Note that Gateway MX6912 cannot perform 1Gbit/s connection on fast networks, it will work on those, but with speed of 100Mbit/s.
These laptops have cardreader inside (4 different card types can read).
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new TFT monitors.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system is XP Home.
Gateway MX6912 came with Works 8.5, Money 2006 as additional software, and Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came with Works 8.5.
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