Central processor unit on our Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 we've tested was Pentium M740 1.73GHz, and on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 was Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
Monitor in Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is 17" size, better than 15.4" screen in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is better with its 1440x900 than Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 with 1280x800.
Although memory could easily be expanded, 2GB on Satellite P105-S9722 versus 1GB on Vaio VGN-FS980 might be significant difference.
With maximum 4GB of RAM it can support Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 can feel a bit more proud than Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
Both notebooks use same RAM memory (DDR2).
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 has less weight (2.72kg), comparing to 3.22kg on another laptop here.
Video card inside Vaio VGN-FS980 is Intel GMA900 and other laptop has Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GS inside.
Graphic cards on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 have own memory (256MB) and therefore mainboard's memory controller works faster.
More hard disk space were at Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 (200GB is contast to 80GB).
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras , is available only on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722.
If you have infrared enabled devices if you buy Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 you won't be able to communicate with them.
Firewire is embedded in both models allows them to communicate with IEEE 1394 devices like some camcorders.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this rating.
Small advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
DVI output which Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 notebook has allows you to see its screen onto bigger modern LCD monitors.
Advantage of Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is existance of TV output.
These laptops aren't really suitable for Internet telephony since they haven't web camera.
Operating system is XP Home on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 and XP Pro on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722.
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 came with Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Works 8.5 as additional software, and Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 came with Works 8.5.
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