Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz was built in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z laptop comparing to Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz in Toshiba Satellite L100-1200.
Chipset inside Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Intel 945PM Express but in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Intel 945GM.
Vaio VGN-FE31Z monitor screen with its 15.4 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-FE31Z is better with its 1280x800 than Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 with 1024x768.
If you think you will need more memory then you'll known than 2GB on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is better than 0.5GB on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200.
There are 1 free RAM slots on Satellite L100-1200 rather than 0.
Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 has less weight (2.6kg), comparing to 2.82kg on another laptop here.
Video card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Nvidia Go 7600 and in Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 is Intel 945GM.
More hard disk space were at Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z (200GB is contast to 60GB).
Bluetooth dongle available only at Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is usefull if one have other bluetooth devices like cameras, phones, etc.
No infrared device built-in.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z have firewire.
No PCMCIA on model Toshiba Satellite L100-1200. It is needed by some TV cards for laptops.
Cardreader is inside only Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see its screen on bigger modern TFT monitors.
Only Satellite L100-1200 has TV output.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z has web camera useful for video conferencing.
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is XP Media Center and on Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 is XP Home.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z came with Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0, Works, Photshop Elements, DV Gate Plus, WinDVD, Roxio Digital Media SE7, Norton Internet Security 2006, Skype 2,0 as additional software, and Toshiba Satellite L100-1200 came with Microsoft Office OneNote 2003.
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