Gateway MX6455 came to us with Turion64 2.0GHz main processor inside and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz CPU .
Chipset inside Gateway MX6455 is ATI XPRESS 200M but in Gateway MX6455 is Intel 915GM.
We think 15.4 inch screen at MX6455 is better than 13.3 inch screen wide at Toughbook CF-74.
If you think you will need more memory then you'll known than 1GB on Gateway MX6455 is better than 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Graphic card in use in Gateway MX6455 is ATI X300 and in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is Intel 915GM.
Video cards on both laptops uses 64MB of shared RAM from mainboard.
More hard drive space were available at Gateway MX6455 (120GB is contast to 80GB).
Mobile phones and cameras tends to use bluetooth for its multimedia data and they can connect only with Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 using built in bluetooth connection.
Gateway MX6455 have lack of infrared communication device.
No firewire connection on model Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
Only Gateway MX6455 has PCMCIA.
Both laptops have built-in modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
Only Gateway MX6455 have cardreader inside.
We look to existence of floppy drive in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 as a disadvantage since that technology is obsolete and unreliable and you shouldn't use it any longer.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system on Gateway MX6455 is XP Media Center and on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is XP Pro.
There are additional software only on Gateway MX6455 and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
It is worthy to note that Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 has protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen. Also Gateway MX6455 has some important speciality - .
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