Processor in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz and in Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
Both Vaio VGN-AR230G and Satellite P105-S9722 have 17" screen size.
Maximum declared screen resolution (1440x900) is on both notebooks in this comparison.
To runs many programs at once we've found Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 better with its 2GB of RAM than Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G with 1GB. More memory means less swapping.
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 supports more maximum amount of RAM (4) than Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G (2GB).
Both Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 weights 3.22kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G isn't really suitable for travellers with its 3.81kg.
Graphic card in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and in notebook Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GS.
Laptops have solid graphic performances, Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 contains even 256MB memory on its graphic card, the other product 64MB.
Bluetooth isn't available on both models and therefore they cannot easily communicate with some small devices.
These laptops have disadvantage of communication with some infrared devices like some models of mobile phones.
Both laptops have firewire which some camcorders use.
Note that only Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is able to take advantage of fast internet connections (1Gbit/s).
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has cardreader which reads 1 different card types.
DVI output which Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 notebook has allows you to see its screen onto bigger modern LCD monitors.
TV output have both notebooks.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is XP Pro.
Software which came with Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0 and with Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Works 8.5.
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