Laptop Gateway MP6954 has Core Duo T2050 1.6GHz processor inside and notebook Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 has Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz CPU.
Monitor in Gateway MP6954 is 15.4" size, better than 13.3" screen in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
Although memory could easily be expanded, 2GB on MP6954 versus 0.5GB on Toughbook CF-74 might be significant difference.
Graphic card inside MP6954 is Intel 950 and other laptop uses Intel 915GM.
Laptops aren't much suitable for gamers since they don't have dedicated memory on video cards.
Gateway MP6954 laptop is more suitable with its 120GB hard drive for storing large amounts of media information like music .
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras , is available only on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
No infrared device built-in.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) isn't built in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
PCMCIA isn't built in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
Small advantage of Gateway MP6954 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
Floppy drive built-in into Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is quite disadvantage as old and burden technology.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
Advantage of Gateway MP6954 is existance of TV input.
There are no web camera in both notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
MP6954 drives XP Media Center and Toughbook CF-74 drives XP Pro operating system.
Only Gateway MP6954 has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
Special adventages of these laptops are : protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 and for Gateway MP6954.
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