In Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI we've found Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz cpu and in BenQ S53W.G01 we have a pleasure to find Pentium M750 1.86GHz processor.
Screen size on Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI is larger, 15.4 comparing to 13 on BenQ S53W.G01.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI is better with its 1680x1050 than BenQ S53W.G01 with 1280x768.
More RAM on Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI means less swapping on hard drive. TravelMate 8204WLMI had 2GB. BenQ S53W.G01 had only 0.5GB of RAM which might not suit users who wants to run many programs at once.
S53W.G01 is quite lighter with 2.15kg weight, than TravelMate 8204WLMI with 3.6kg.
Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI laptop is more suitable with its 120GB hard drive for storing bunch of media information like music and movies.
These laptops cannot communicate with some small devices like mobile phones and digital cameras without special external bluetooth dongles because they don't have bluetooth built-in.
Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI have lack of infrared communication device.
No firewire on Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Only Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI has PCMCIA.
Both laptops have built-in modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
These notebooks have cardreaders inside them.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new LCD monitors.
Only TravelMate 8204WLMI has TV output.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
There are no web camera in both notebooks which is bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Operating system on TravelMate 8204WLMI is XP Pro and on S53W.G01 is XP Home.
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