Processor on our Acer Travelmate 2312LM we've tested was Celeron M360 1.4GHz, and on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso was Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz.
We prefere 15.4 inch wide screen size at model R40-T500 Cinoso than 15 built at model Travelmate 2312LM.
Maximum declared screen resolution on R40-T500 Cinoso (1280x800) beats Travelmate 2312LM (1024x768).
Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.25GB on Acer Travelmate 2312LM.
Both Acer Travelmate 2312LM and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Graphic card in Acer Travelmate 2312LM is i852GM DVMT and in notebook Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso is ATI Mobility 200M.
These notebooks don't contain dedicated RAM for graphic cards, they use part of main memory for their graphic cards.
Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso had more hard drive space (100 GB) - definetly something which users who plan to hold movies on it will like.
Fast hard disk (5400 rpm) on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso beats another model.
Bluetooth, which is low power air connection, isn't available on both laptops, and that might be quite disadvantage.
No infrared device built-in.
Buying any is lack of firewire (IEEE 1394)
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards for laptops.
On fast networks (1Gbit/s) laptops will work only 100Mbit/s because their internal network card cannot achieve more.
Only model R40-T500 Cinoso have cardreader inside.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
There are no internal wireless adapter in Acer Travelmate 2312LM and therefore you cannot use wireless with it at many places like some hotels, cafes, etc.
There are no web camera in notebooks which is bad for video conferencing .
Operating system on Travelmate 2312LM is none and on R40-T500 Cinoso is XP Home.
Only Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso has special software pack : Power DVD XP.
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