Laptop Gateway MX3414 has Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz central processor unit inside and notebook Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 has Pentium M778 Ultra Low Voltage CPU.
Screen size on Gateway MX3414 is larger, 14.1 comparing to 13.3 on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
Gateway MX3414 came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
Both Gateway MX3414 and Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Video card inside MX3414 is Nvidia Go 6100 and other laptop has Intel 915GMS inside.
Up to 64MB main RAM memory is in use for video on Toughbook CF-29 and up to 128MB on MX3414.
More storage for multimedia were available at Gateway MX3414 (more space on hard drive).
Lack of bluetooth on Gateway MX3414 might mean that you will have to buy externall bluetooth dongle for downloading and uploading pictures from your mobile phone or camera.
Infrared is built-in only in Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
Firewire, which isn't available on both of these models, unable laptops to use some camcorders.
There are no PCMCIA on Panasonic Toughbook CF-29.
Both laptops have built-in internal modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
Only Gateway MX3414 have cardreader inside.
If someone still uses old floppy disks (which we don't recommend since they are quite obsolete), Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 has floppy drive.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new monitors.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
MX3414 drives XP Media Center and Toughbook CF-29 drives XP Pro operating system.
There are additional software only on Gateway MX3414 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
Special adventages of these notebooks are : protection on vibrATIon, water, high temperatures and dust, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 and for Gateway MX3414.
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