Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz main central processor inside and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso came to us with Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz central processor inside.
R40-T500 Cinoso monitor screen with its 15.4 inch we like more than 13.3 inch screen at Vaio VGN-SZ220.
On both Vaio VGN-SZ220 and R40-T500 Cinoso there is maximum screen resolution of 1280x800.
Quantity of RAM memory was 1GB on both Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is less heavier with its 1.86kg, comparing to 2.1kg.
Video card inside Vaio VGN-SZ220 is Nvidia Go 7400 and other laptop has ATI Mobility 200M inside.
Gamers might prefer Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 since it seems it has quite better graphic card with 128MB of its memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 laptop is more suitable with its 120GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media files like music .
Bluetooth dongle available only at Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso is usefull if one have other bluetooth devices like some cameras, phones, etc.
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 doesn't have infrared device.
There are no firewire built-in on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards .
These notebooks have cardreaders inside them.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new TFT monitors.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system is XP Media Center on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 and XP Home on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso came with Power DVD XP as additional software, and Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 came with Works 8.5.
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