Gateway MX3414 came to us with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz main central processor inside and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz central processor .
MX3414 monitor screen with its 14.1 inch we like more than 13.3 inch screen at Toughbook CF-74.
For users who likes more memory Gateway MX3414 with 1GB is better than Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 with 0.5GB of memory.
Video card in use in Gateway MX3414 is Nvidia Go 6100 and in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is Intel 915GM.
These laptops don't contain dedicated RAM for graphic cards, they use part of main memory for their graphic cards.
Gateway MX3414 had more storage for files on its hard disk.
There are no bluetooth on Gateway MX3414 and that might be disadvantage.
Infrared, which is useful for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
No built-in firewire so you cannot attach some camcorder and some other video equipment on these laptops.
Only Gateway MX3414 has PCMCIA.
Small advantage of Gateway MX3414 is built-in cardreader which reads 4 card types.
Although if you still have floppy disks you should definetly move them to new technologies, Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 has floppy drive inside.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern monitors.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
Operating system on MX3414 is XP Media Center and on Toughbook CF-74 is XP Pro.
There are additional software only on Gateway MX3414 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
Notable advantages of these notebooks are : protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 and for Gateway MX3414.
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