Processor in Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is Pentium M740 1.73GHz and in Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
Screen size at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is quite larger with its 17" than Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 with its 15.4".
Maximum screen resulution on Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is 1920x1200, which might prefer graphic experts rather than 1280x800 on Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
We've got both notebooks with 1GB of RAM memory.
Both laptops have 1 of unused RAM slots.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 weights 2.72kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is less suitable for travellers with 3.81kg.
Graphic is built around Intel GMA900 on Vaio VGN-FS980, but graphic on other is Nvidia Go 7600GT.
Gamers might prefer Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G since it seems it has better graphic card with 256MB of its memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G had more storage for multimedia files (like mp3, avi) on hard drive.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G has faster hard disk (with 5400rpm).
Bluetooth dongle available only at Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is usefull if one have other bluetooth devices like cameras, mobile phones, etc.
Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 doesn't have infrared device.
These laptops have PCMCIA.
Small advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-FS980 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
They don't have DVI for new TFT monitors.
Advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G is existance of TV output.
Only Vaio VGN-AR190G has TV input.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless .
Web camera is built in Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G (the another notebook hasn't it) and it is useful for video conferencing.
Vaio VGN-FS980 drives XP Home and Vaio VGN-AR190G drives XP Media Center operating system.
The same is software pack with these laptops : Works 8.5.
Special adventages of these notebooks are : two hard disks of 120 in RAID for Sony Vaio VGN-AR190G and for Sony Vaio VGN-FS980.
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