Central processor unit in Acer Travelmate 2312LM is Celeron M360 1.4GHz, and in notebook Microstar 262B is Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz.
We prefere 15 inch wide screen size at model Travelmate 2312LM than 12.1 built at model 262B.
Graphic professionals might find Microstar 262B model with its 1280x800 maximum screen resulution more preferable.
More RAM memory we've got in Microstar 262B - 0.5GB. Acer Travelmate 2312LM came with 0.25GB.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Graphic card in Acer Travelmate 2312LM is i852GM DVMT and in laptop Microstar 262B is Intel 945GM.
More hard drive space were available at Microstar 262B (60GB is contast to 40GB).
Bluetooth, which is low power wireless connection, isn't available on both laptops, and that might be quite disadvantage.
Keep in mind that these models don't have infrared device built-in.
Acer Travelmate 2312LM doesn't support firewire connections.
Only Acer Travelmate 2312LM has PCMCIA.
Only model 262B have cardreader inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Wireless is very useful nowadays especially in hotels and Acer Travelmate 2312LM has big disadvantage in lack of wireless.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system on Acer Travelmate 2312LM is none and on Microstar 262B is XP Home.
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