Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz was built in Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI laptop comparing to Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz in Microstar 262B.
We like more Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI 15.4" inch screen than Microstar 262B's 12.1" size.
Maximum declared screen resolution on TravelMate 8204WLMI (1680x1050) beats 262B (1280x800).
More RAM on Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI means less swapping on hard drive. TravelMate 8204WLMI had 2GB. Microstar 262B had only 0.5GB of RAM which might not suit users who wants to run many programs at once.
Both Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI and Microstar 262B on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Video card inside TravelMate 8204WLMI is X1600 and other laptop has Intel 945GM inside.
More storage for multimedia (mpeg, avi) were available at Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI (more space on hard drive).
Unfortunatly, any of these doesn't have bluetooth device embedded which might be big disadvantage.
These laptops have disadvantage of communication with some infrared devices like some models of mobile phones.
There are firewire built-in only on Microstar 262B.
No PCMCIA on model Microstar 262B. It is needed by some TV cards .
Cardreaders are available in both laptops.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see its screen on bigger modern TFT monitors.
Only TravelMate 8204WLMI has TV output.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system on Acer TravelMate 8204WLMI is XP Pro and on Microstar 262B is XP Home.
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