Both Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and HP Compaq nx8220 had Pentium M740 1.73GHz cpu unit inside.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and HP Compaq nx8220 have same 15.4" screen size.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.5GB on HP Compaq nx8220.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and HP Compaq nx8220 on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Both models have 1 as number of unused RAM slots.
Graphic card in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and in HP Compaq nx8220 is ATI X600.
Graphic card is better on HP Compaq nx8220 with embedded 64MB of memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 had more hard disk space (80 GB) - definetly something which users who hold movies on it will certainly like.
Don't forget that you might not be able easily to upload/download pictures on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 from your camera during the lack of bluetooth connection.
Infrared isn't built in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980, which is slightly disadvantage.
There are no firewire built-in on HP Compaq nx8220.
PCMCIA is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is needed by some TV cards and external modems.
Fast network (1Gbit/s) could be used on its full speed only by Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
Both laptops have cardreaders.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new monitors since they don't have DVI.
These notebooks aren't really suitable for video conferencing because they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system is XP Home on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and XP Pro on HP Compaq nx8220.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is Works 8.5.
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