Laptop Gateway MX6931 has Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz processor inside and laptop Acer TravelMate 4652LMi has Pentium M740 1.73GHz CPU.
Screen size on Gateway MX6931 is larger, 15.4 comparing to 15 on Acer TravelMate 4652LMi.
To runs many programs at once we've found Gateway MX6931 better with its 2GB of RAM than Acer TravelMate 4652LMi with 0.5GB. More memory means less swapping.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both notebooks
Both laptops use same RAM memory (DDR2).
Gateway MX6931 could be described as less heavier with 2.86kg, comparing to 3kg .
Video card in use in Gateway MX6931 is Intel 950 and in Acer TravelMate 4652LMi is GMA900.
Video cards uses memory from mainboard, up to 128MB.
Gateway MX6931 had more capacity of hard drive (160GB, comparing to 100GB).
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 5400 rpm have both.
If you have bluetooth devices if you buy Gateway MX6931 you will need external bluetooth which is not excellent idea.
There are no infrared embedded in Gateway MX6931.
No firewire on Acer TravelMate 4652LMi unable them to connect to some camcorders.
If you need fast internet of 1Gbit/s note that only Acer TravelMate 4652LMi is able to support it. Gateway MX6931 will run 100Mbit/s on faster connection.
Cardreader is inside only Gateway MX6931.
It is bad that these laptops cannot be connected to some new TFT monitors since they don't have DVI.
Only TravelMate 4652LMi has TV output.
Gateway MX6931 only has TV input.
Both notebooks have 4 USB ports each.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
MX6931 drives XP Media Center and TravelMate 4652LMi drives XP Pro operating system.
There are additional software only on Gateway MX6931 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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