Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z went with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz processor built in, and Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 with Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
Qosmio G35-AV660 monitor screen with its 17 inch we like more than 15.4 inch screen at Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1920x1200 on Qosmio G35-AV660 might be more preferable than 1280x800 on Vaio VGN-FE31Z screen.
Quantity of RAM memory was 2GB on both Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z and Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660.
Qosmio G35-AV660 allows maximum 4GB RAM - higher than Vaio VGN-FE31Z (2GB RAM).
Travellers might find Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z more suitable with weight of 2.82kg comparing to Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 with its 4.58kg.
Both laptops use the same Nvidia Go 7600 video card.
Graphic card is better on Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 with embedded 256MB of memory.
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 laptop is more suitable with its 240GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media files like music and movies.
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 5400 rpm have both.
Mobile phones and cameras tends to use bluetooth for manipulating multimedia data and they can connect only with Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z using built in bluetooth connection.
Lack of infrared in any case.
These laptops have firewire.
Fast network (1Gbit/s) could be used on full speed only by Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660.
Both notebooks have cardreader. At Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 it reads 5 different card types and cardreader in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z supports 1 different card types.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 only has TV output.
Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 only has TV input.
Both laptops are equipped with stardard 54Mbit/s wireless.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z has web camera useful for video conferencing.
Both of these laptops came with XP Media Center operating system.
Software which came with Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0, Works, Photshop Elements, DV Gate Plus, WinDVD, Roxio Digital Media SE7, Norton Internet Security 2006, Skype 2,0 and with Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Works 8.5.
Special adventages of these laptops are : Fingerprint reader for Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 and for Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
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