Gateway MX6455 came to us with Turion64 2.0GHz main processor inside and Acer Travelmate 2312LM came to us with Celeron M360 1.4GHz processor .
We think that MX6455 has better screen with its 15.4" inch size than Travelmate 2312LM with its 15" large screen.
We got more memory (1GB) in Gateway MX6455 than in Acer Travelmate 2312LM (0.25GB).
Graphic card inside MX6455 is ATI X300 and other laptop uses i852GM DVMT.
When running they both took up to 64MB of memory from mainboard for graphic card.
Gateway MX6455 had more capacity of hard drive (120GB, comparing to 40GB).
Both laptops have same rotating speed (4200rpm) of their hard disks.
Bluetooth dongle available only at Acer Travelmate 2312LM is usefull if one have other bluetooth devices like some cameras, mobile phones, etc.
Infrared is built-in only in Acer Travelmate 2312LM.
Firewire is available only on Gateway MX6455.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards .
Unfortunatly, notebooks don't support fast network connections of 1Gbit/s.
Only model MX6455 have cardreader inside.
They don't have DVI for new TFT monitors.
Big disadvantage of Acer Travelmate 2312LM is lack of internal wireless which is useful at work, in hotels, some cafes and many other places.
Internet telephony is better with web camera but these notebooks hasn't one inside.
Operating system on MX6455 is XP Media Center and on Travelmate 2312LM is none.
Only Gateway MX6455 has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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