Processor in Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz and in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 is Centrino 753 Ultra Low Voltage 1.2GHz.
We prefere more 15.4" monitor on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI than 10.3" monitor on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1280x800 on TravelMate 4202WLMI might be more preferable than 1024x768 on Toughbook CG-18 screen.
Both Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI and Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 on our test had same amount of RAM memory - 0.5GB.
Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI supports more maximum amount of RAM (2) than Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 (-1GB).
Both notebook models are allowing 3 running without power supply (on internall accumulator).
Travellers might find Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 more suitable with its weight of 2.1kg comparing to Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI with 3kg.
Graphic is built around Intel 950 on TravelMate 4202WLMI, but graphic on other laptop is built using Intel 915GMS.
Laptops probably aren't suitable for gamers since they don't have dedicated memory on graphic cards.
More storage for multimedia (mpeg, avi) were available at Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI (greater space on hard disk).
Unfortunatly, any of these doesn't have bluetooth device embedded which might be big disadvantage.
Infrared isn't built in any of these laptop.
Rarely, you will regret the lack of firewire which you might need to attach some devices .
There are no PCMCIA on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
On 1Gbit/s Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 will work with speed of 100Mbit/s since it doesn't suport fast networks.
Cardreader is inside only Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
If someone still uses old floppy disks (which we don't recommend since they are quite obsolete), Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 has floppy drive.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see its screen on some bigger modern monitors.
Advantage of Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is existance of TV output.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless .
These notebooks aren't really good for video conferencing because they haven't web camera inside.
Both of these came with XP Pro .
It is worthy to note that Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 has touch pad and touch screen. Also Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI has some notable speciality - .
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