Laptop Gateway MP6954 has Core Duo T2050 1.6GHz central processor unit inside and laptop Asus Z 9266 VA has Pentium M760 2.0GHz CPU.
Both MP6954 and Z 9266 VA have 15.4" screen size.
To runs many programs at once we've found Gateway MP6954 better with its 2GB of RAM than Asus Z 9266 VA with 1GB. More memory means less swapping.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both notebooks
Video card in use in Gateway MP6954 is Intel 950 and in Asus Z 9266 VA is ATI Mobility Radeon X700.
Graphic cards on Asus Z 9266 VA have own memory (128MB) and therefore mainboard's memory controller works faster.
More storage for multimedia were available at Gateway MP6954 (greater space on hard drive).
There are no bluetooth devices on Gateway MP6954 and that might be disadvantage.
No infrared.
No firewire connection on model Asus Z 9266 VA.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
On 1Gbit/s networks notebooks will work with speed of 100Mbit/s since they don't suport fast network speed.
Gateway MP6954 has cardreader which reads 4 different card types.
It is bad that these laptops cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
Only MP6954 has TV input.
Each has 4 USB ports.
These notebooks aren't very good for video conferencing since they haven't web camera built-in.
MP6954 drives XP Media Center and Z 9266 VA drives XP Home operating system.
There are additional software only on Gateway MP6954 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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