Toshiba M40-JM3 vs. Sony Vaio Fs550

My nod would go to the Toshiba ... video bein' a major consideration.

Other considerations
(my own point of view, of course - your mileage may vary):

The Toshiba's Wireless a/g is an edge over the Sony's Wireless b/g,

the Toshiba will accept up to 2 Gig of RAM compared to the Sony's 1 Gig max,

the Toshiba's optical drive is more versatile than the Sony's,

the Toshiba has 3 USB 2.0 ports, the Sony has 2,

the Toshiba has a 5-way memory card reader, the Sony just Memory Stick,

the Toshiba comes with much less proprietary bloatware than does the Sony,

and the real kicker: Toshiba comes with a recovery disk, the Sony doesn't.

I didn't look at price, so I dunno how the 2 compare in that regard, but uhless the Sony were significantly cheaper, the Toshiba seems far the better choice, function-wise. Cosmetics don't mean a thing to me, so "prettier" don't even enter the equation.

The toshiba is $2000, the Sony is $2200.

Also, what about battery life?

If the Toshiba is $200 cheaper, I'd say there's no contest - the Toshiba wins. Accordin' to reviews, the battery life seems roughly equivalent - which doesn't mean much; actual battery life is gonna depend on what you do with the machine. Besides, for less than the $200 difference, you can get an external battery - that'd give ya somewhere around 6 to 8 hours of runtime with everything runnin'.

I wish the toshiba could look like the Sony. The sony is sexy =)

Anyone else there have some input?