Central processor unit in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is Celeron M410 1.46GHz and in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 is Centrino 753 Ultra Low Voltage 1.2GHz.
Acer Aspire 3681WXMI laptop is built using Intel 945GM/PM Express chipset, and its competitor in this comparison, Panasonic Toughbook CG-18, is built using Intel 915GMS.
We prefere more 14.1" monitor on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI than 10.3" monitor on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Acer Aspire 3681WXMI laptop have finer maximum screen resolution(1280x800) than other (1024x768).
Inside both Acer Aspire 3681WXMI and Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 we've found 0.5GB of memory.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Acer Aspire 3681WXMI can feel a bit more proud than Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
There are more free RAM slots available on Aspire 3681WXMI - 1.
Accumulator on both of these models should endure for about 2.5 hours without power supply.
Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 has less weight (2.1kg), comparing to 2.35kg on another .
Graphic card inside Aspire 3681WXMI is Intel GMA900 and other laptop uses Intel 915GMS.
Both products uses maximum 64MB of RAM as shared for their video cards.
Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 had more storage for multimedia files (like mp3, avi) on hard drive.
Unfortunatly, owners of these laptops might have problems for sharing data with their cameras and mobile phones due to lack of internal bluetooth device.
No infrared.
No built-in firewire so you cannot attach some camcorder on these laptops.
PCMCIA isn't built in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Internal modem is available in both and you will need it at some rare location without proper Internet connection.
Cardreader is inside only Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
We look to existence of floppy drive in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 as a disadvantage since that technology is obsolete and unreliable and you shouldn't use it any longer.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new TFT monitors.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which is needed for Internet telephony.
Operating system is XP Home on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI and XP Pro on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Special adventages of these notebooks are : touch pad and touch screen for Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 and for Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
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