In Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G we've found Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz cpu and in Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 we have a pleasure to find Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz CPU.
Chipset inside Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945PM but in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Intel 945GM.
Vaio VGN-AR230G monitor screen with its 17 inch we like more than 15 inch screen at Satellite L100-1200.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is better with its 1440x900 than Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 with 1024x768.
You should expirience less swapping on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G than on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 when you run many programs, since Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has 1GB of RAM, comparing to 0.5GB on other model.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
If you plan to move your laptop around frequently, Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 have weight only 2.6kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is quite heavier - 3.81kg.
Video card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and in Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 is Intel 945GM.
Graphic cards on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G have its own memory (64MB) and therefore mainboard's memory controller works faster.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G had more storage for multimedia files on its hard disk.
We dislike the fact that bluetooth isn't available on these notebook models.
We regret the lack of infrared on these laptops.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G have firewire.
There are no PCMCIA on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200.
Only model Vaio VGN-AR230G have cardreader inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Both notebooks have TV output.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless .
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system on Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on Satellite L100-1200 is XP Home.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G came with Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0 as additional software, and Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 came with Microsoft Office OneNote 2003.
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