Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Pentium M740 1.73GHz, and in laptop Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 is Centrino 753 Ultra Low Voltage 1.2GHz.
Screen size at Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is quite larger with its 15.4" than Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 with its 10.3".
With its declared 1280x800 maximum screen resolution Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 notebook beats Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 with its 1024x768.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 can feel a bit more proud than Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Number of free RAM slots is higher on Vaio VGN-FS980 - 1.
Toughbook CG-18 is quite lighter with its 2.1kg weight, than Vaio VGN-FS980 with 2.72kg.
Video card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 is Intel 915GMS.
These laptops use part of main RAM memory for graphic cards.
More hard disk space were at Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 (80GB is contast to 60GB).
Don't forget that you might not be able easily to upload/download pictures on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 from camera during the lack of bluetooth connection.
Infrared, which is needed for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
No firewire on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 doesn't have PCMCIA.
Note that only Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is able to take advantage of fast internet (1Gbit/s).
Small advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
If someone still uses old floppy disks (which we don't recommend since they are quite obsolete), Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 has floppy drive.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new monitors since they don't have DVI.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
Internet telephony is better with web camera but any of these notebooks hasn't one .
Operating system is XP Home on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and XP Pro on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
There are additional software only on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and it is Works 8.5.
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : touch pad and touch screen for Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 and for Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
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