Processor in Gateway MX6931 is Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz and in Asus Z 9266 VA is Pentium M760 2.0GHz.
Chipset used in Gateway MX6931 is Intel 945GM and Asus Z 9266 VA uses Intel 915PM.
Both MX6931 and Z 9266 VA have 15.4" screen size.
Gateway MX6931 model we've tested had more RAM (2GB) than Asus Z 9266 VA (1GB).
Both Gateway MX6931 and Asus Z 9266 VA on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Both laptops use same RAM memory (DDR2).
Video card in use in Gateway MX6931 is Intel 950 and in Asus Z 9266 VA is ATI Mobility Radeon X700.
Asus Z 9266 VA seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
Gateway MX6931 had more capacity of hard disk (160GB, comparing to 80GB).
Rotating speed of hard drives are the same - 5400 rpm.
Mobile phones and cameras nowadays use bluetooth for its multimedia data and they can connect only with Asus Z 9266 VA using built in bluetooth connection.
Gateway MX6931 doesn't have infrared device.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) isn't built in Asus Z 9266 VA.
Note that no one can take advantage of very fast internet connections (1Gbit/s).
Gateway MX6931 has cardreader which reads 4 different card types.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new LCD monitors.
Gateway MX6931 only has TV input.
Both notebooks have 4 USB ports each.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system on Gateway MX6931 is XP Media Center and on Asus Z 9266 VA is XP Home.
There are additional software only on Gateway MX6931 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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