Central processor unit in Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz and in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz.
Screen size on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is larger, 15.4 comparing to 13.3 on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is better with its 1280x800 than Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 with 1024x768.
Inside both laptops were 0.5GB of memory.
Both Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 notebooks have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
Both laptop models allows 3 running without power supply (on internall accumulator).
Graphic card inside TravelMate 4202WLMI is Intel 950 and other laptop uses Intel 915GM.
Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 laptop uses up to 64MB of main memory for video and other up to 256MB.
Hard disk on both had 80GB of maximum capacity.
Bluetooth, which isn't available on both of these notebooks, unable these notebooks to communicate with some other small devices - laptops with bluetooth, some mobile phones and some digital cameras.
Infrared, which isn't available on both of these models, unable these laptops to communicate with some devices - like some mobile phones.
You might need firewire for attaching some devices (rarely) and these don't have it.
There are no PCMCIA on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
There are internal modem in these models.
1Gbit/s internet connection is supportable only by Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI has cardreader which reads 5 different card types.
Although if you still have floppy disks you should definetly move them to new technologies, Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 has floppy drive inside.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Only TravelMate 4202WLMI has TV output.
There are no web camera in notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing .
XP Pro is operating system .
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 and for Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
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