Gateway MX3414 went with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz processor built in, and Acer Travelmate 2312LM with Celeron M360 1.4GHz.
We like more Acer Travelmate 2312LM 15" inch screen than Gateway MX3414's 14.1" size.
Gateway MX3414 came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.25GB on Acer Travelmate 2312LM.
Both Gateway MX3414 and Acer Travelmate 2312LM on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Graphic card in Gateway MX3414 is Nvidia Go 6100 and in laptop Acer Travelmate 2312LM is i852GM DVMT.
Both notebooks suits more for business users since they use mainboard memory for its graphic cards.
More storage for multimedia (mpeg, avi) were available at Gateway MX3414 (more space on hard drive).
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 4200 rpm have both.
Bluetooth exists only on Acer Travelmate 2312LM model and you might need it for pictures on your camera or mobile phone.
Infrared is built-in only in Acer Travelmate 2312LM.
Buying any you might expirience lack of firewire (IEEE 1394)
None of these laptops suports 1Gbit/s network speed.
Only model MX3414 have cardreader inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Wireless is very useful nowadays especially in hotels and Acer Travelmate 2312LM has big disadvantage in lack of wireless.
MX3414 drives XP Media Center and Travelmate 2312LM drives none operating system.
Only Gateway MX3414 has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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