Acer Travelmate 2312LM went with Celeron M360 1.4GHz processor built in, and HP Compaq nx8220 with Pentium M740 1.73GHz.
Monitor in HP Compaq nx8220 is 15.4" size, better than 15" screen in Acer Travelmate 2312LM.
More RAM means less swapping when you run many programs at once and therefore HP Compaq nx8220 with 0.5GB RAM is better choise than Acer Travelmate 2312LM with 0.25GB.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
Graphic card in use in Acer Travelmate 2312LM is i852GM DVMT and in HP Compaq nx8220 is ATI X600.
Graphic cards on HP Compaq nx8220 have its own memory (64MB) and because of that mainboard's memory controller works faster.
HP Compaq nx8220 laptop is more suitable with its 60GB hard drive for storing bunch of media information like music and movies.
Bluetooth exists only on HP Compaq nx8220 model and you might need it for managing pictures on camera or mobile phone.
No infrared.
No built-in firewire so you cannot attach some camcorder and some other video equipment on these laptops.
PCMCIA isn't built in HP Compaq nx8220.
Small advantage of HP Compaq nx8220 is built-in cardreader which reads 1 card types.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Lack of embedded wireless for Acer Travelmate 2312LM is big disadvantage.
These laptops aren't very suitable for video conferencing since they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system on Travelmate 2312LM is none and on nx8220 is XP Pro.
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