Gateway MX3414 went with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz central processor unit built in, and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso with Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz.
We think 15.4 inch screen at R40-T500 Cinoso is better than 14.1 inch screen wide at MX3414.
Inside both Gateway MX3414 and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso we've found 1GB of memory.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
R40-T500 Cinoso weigths less with its 2.1kg than the another .
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 6100 on MX3414, but graphic on other laptop is ATI Mobility 200M.
Video cards uses memory from mainboard, up to 128MB.
Capacity on hard drives were 100GB.
Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso should load programs for hard disk faster with its 5400rpm fast disk.
Bluetooth dongle available only at Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso is usefull if one have bluetooth devices like some cameras, phones, etc.
Infrared, which is useful for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
No firewire unable some camcorders device to attach them to laptops.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards for laptops.
There are internal modem in these models.
Note that no one is able to take advantage of very fast internet connections (1Gbit/s).
Cardreaders are available in both laptops.
They don't have DVI for new TFT monitors.
Each laptop has 3 USB ports.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system on MX3414 is XP Media Center and on R40-T500 Cinoso is XP Home.
There are some special software suits and software packs with both : Works 8.5, Money 2006 with Gateway MX3414 and Power DVD XP with Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
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