In Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 we've found Pentium M740 1.73GHz cpu and in LG S1-MDGBG we have a pleasure to find Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz central processor unit.
On both models screen size is 15.4".
Maximum declared screen resolution (1280x800) is on both notebooks in this comparison.
In both laptops we've found 1GB of RAM.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 supports more maximum amount of RAM (2) than LG S1-MDGBG (-1GB).
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is a bit less heavier with its 2.72kg, comparing to 2.8kg.
Graphic card in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and in LG S1-MDGBG is ATI Radeon X1600.
Graphic card is better on LG S1-MDGBG with embedded 256MB of memory.
LG S1-MDGBG had more hard disk space (100 GB) - definetly something which users who hold movies on it will like.
Mobile phones and cameras tends to use bluetooth for sharing its multimedia data and they can connect only with LG S1-MDGBG using built in bluetooth connection.
No firewire on LG S1-MDGBG unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Both laptops have PCMCIA which allows to connect some TV cards for laptops.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 supports fast internet connection (1Gbit/s).
Cardreader in LG S1-MDGBG can read 5 different card types and in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 can read 4 different card types.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Only S1-MDGBG has TV output.
These notebooks aren't very good for video conferencing because they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system is XP Home on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and XP Pro on LG S1-MDGBG.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has special software pack : Works 8.5.
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