Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz, and in notebook Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 is Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz.
Screen size at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is quite larger with its 17" than Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 with its 15".
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1920x1200 on Vaio VGN-AR190G might be more preferable than 1024x768 on Satellite L100-1200 screen.
For users who likes more memory Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G with 1GB is better than Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 with 0.5GB of memory.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Travellers should note that Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 is only 2.6kg in weight, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is much heavier with 3.81kg.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7600GT on Vaio VGN-AR190G, but graphic on other is Intel 945GM.
Gamers might prefer Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G since it seems it has quite better graphic card with 256MB of its memory.
More hard disk space were at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G (200GB is contast to 60GB).
Bluetooth exists only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G model and you might need it for managing pictures on camera or mobile phone.
Infrared, which is needed for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G.
No firewire on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 unable them to connect to some camcorders.
PCMCIA on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 unable them to connect to some TV cards for laptops.
Modem is built in both laptops.
On 1Gbit/s Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 will work with speed of 100Mbit/s since it doesn't suport fast networks.
They don't have DVI for new TFT monitors.
TV output exists on both.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G only has TV input.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has advantage in web camera which is very useful for Internet telephony with video.
Vaio VGN-AR190G drives XP Media Center and Satellite L100-1200 drives XP Home operating system.
Additional software is Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 and Works 8.5 on Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G.
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : two hard disks of 120 in RAID for Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G and for Toshiba Satellite L100-1200.
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