In Gateway MX6455 we've found Turion64 2.0GHz cpu and in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 we have a pleasure to find Centrino 753 Ultra Low Voltage 1.2GHz processor.
Chipset inside Gateway MX6455 is ATI XPRESS 200M but in Gateway MX6455 is Intel 915GMS.
We think that MX6455 has better screen with its 15.4" inch size than Toughbook CG-18 with its 10.3" large screen.
Gateway MX6455 came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
MX6455 allows maximum 2GB RAM - higher than Toughbook CG-18 (-1GB RAM).
Travellers might find Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 more suitable with weight of 2.1kg comparing to Gateway MX6455 with 2.9kg.
Graphic card inside MX6455 is ATI X300 and other laptop uses Intel 915GMS.
Up to 64MB of memory is substracted from mainboard for graphic card in use.
Gateway MX6455 had more capacity of hard disk (120GB, comparing to 60GB).
Mobile phones and cameras nowadays use bluetooth for sharing its multimedia data and they can easily connect only with Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 using built in bluetooth connection.
Infrared connection has only Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
No firewire on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 unable them to connect to some camcorders.
There are no PCMCIA on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Internal modem is available in both and you will need it on some rare location without proper Internet connection.
Gateway MX6455 has cardreader which reads 4 different card types.
We look to existence of floppy drive in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 as a disadvantage since that technology is obsolete and unreliable and you shouldn't use it any longer.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new monitors.
There are no web camera in both notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Operating system on Gateway MX6455 is XP Media Center and on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 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 CG-18 has touch pad and touch screen. Also Gateway MX6455 has some notable speciality - .
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