Gateway MX6453 went with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz CPU built in, and Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G with Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz.
Vaio VGN-AR230G monitor screen with its 17 inch we like more than 15.4 inch screen at MX6453.
If you want to run many programs at once 2GB of RAM on this Gateway MX6453 is better than Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G with 1GB.
Travellers should note that Gateway MX6453 is only 2.86kg in weight, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is much heavier with 3.81kg.
Graphic card inside MX6453 is ATI XPRESS 1150 and other laptop uses Nvidia Go 7400.
Graphic card is better on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G with embedded 64MB of memory.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G had more capacity of hard drive (200GB, comparing to 160GB).
If you have bluetooth devices if you buy Gateway MX6453 you will need external bluetooth which is not excellent idea.
Infrared connection has only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G.
These models have firewire (IEEE 1394) communication device embedded.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
There are internal modem in both models.
Cardreaders are inside both of these notebooks.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern monitors.
Advantage of Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is existance of TV output.
There are no web camera in both laptops which makes them bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Operating system is XP Media Center.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G came with Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0 as additional software, and Gateway MX6453 came with Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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