In Gateway MP6954 we've found Core Duo T2050 1.6GHz cpu and in Acer TravelMate 4072NWLMi we have a pleasure to find Pentium M740 1.73GHz CPU.
Both models have the same 15.4" screen size.
Gateway MP6954 model we've tested had more RAM (2GB) than Acer TravelMate 4072NWLMi (0.5GB).
We need to say that Acer TravelMate 4072NWLMi is less in weight with its 2.75kg, comparing to 2.95kg which .
Video card in use in Gateway MP6954 is Intel 950 and in Acer TravelMate 4072NWLMi is Intel 915GM.
These laptops use part of main RAM memory for their graphic cards.
Gateway MP6954 had more storage for multimedia files (like mp3, avi) on its hard disk.
Mobile phones and cameras nowadays use bluetooth for its multimedia data and they can easily connect only with Acer TravelMate 4072NWLMi using built in bluetooth connection.
We dislike the fact that infrared isn't available on these laptops.
Only Gateway MP6954 have firewire needed for some camcorders.
Only Gateway MP6954 has PCMCIA.
Small advantage of Gateway MP6954 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new LCD monitors.
Advantage of Gateway MP6954 is TV input.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which is needed for Internet telephony.
Operating system on MP6954 is XP Media Center and on TravelMate 4072NWLMi is Linux.
Only Gateway MP6954 has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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