Laptop Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz central processor unit inside and notebook Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 has Pentium M778 Ultra Low Voltage CPU.
Chipset used in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945PM and Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 uses Intel 915GMS.
We prefere 17 inch wide screen size at model Vaio VGN-AR230G than 13.3 built at model Toughbook CF-29.
With its declared 1440x900 maximum screen resolution Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G notebook beats Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 with its 1024x768.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G model we've tested had more RAM (1GB) than Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 (0.5GB).
Graphic card inside Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and other laptop uses Intel 915GMS.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G seems to be better for gamers with 64MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard drive space were available at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G (200GB is contast to 80GB).
These laptops cannot communicate with some devices like mobile phones and digital cameras without external bluetooth dongles because they don't have bluetooth built-in.
No infrared device built-in.
No firewire connection on model Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
PCMCIA is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and it is needed by some TV cards and external modems.
Only model Vaio VGN-AR230G have cardreader inside.
Floppy drive built-in into Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 is quite disadvantage as old and burden technology.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is existance of TV output.
Vaio VGN-AR230G drives XP Media Center and Toughbook CF-29 drives XP Pro operating system.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has special software pack : Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0.
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : protection on vibrATIon, water, high temperatures and dust, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 and for Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G.
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