Between the 2 laptops, nearly everything is identical. The both run 4GB of DDR2 ram and are both using the T6500 Core2Duo processor. (just to answer your other question, no that does not mean 4.2Ghz. It means that there are 2 cores each running at 2.1 Ghz, but they are not additive to each other.) The reason the Sony is a little more expensive is because its running a slightly better graphics chipset (the FS website is wrong, it has a dedicated ATI chipset) and it also has wireless N.
The Samsung model has a cool feature. Its entire surface is completely sealed making it water resistant. Meaning if you spill your drink on the keyboard it shouldn't damage the computer at all. Now, you shouldn't confuse that by thinking the entire computer is waterproof. Its not. If you drop it in a lake, its going to be toast. Its just a nice feature to help avoid damage from accidental spills.
The bottom line is this. If you aren't doing anything that requires graphics power (games, video/photo editing, etc) then you wont notice any difference in performance between the machines aside from the longer wireless range on the Sony.
One more thing about the warranty. It is transferable but I think only under circumstances of theft or if you sell your computer. Im not entirely sure on the technicalities surrounding the transferability of the warranty and that's something you should ask the sales associate when you speak to them.
Message Edited by Johnpon on 08-16-2009 02:22 PM
