Laptop Gateway MX6455 has Turion64 2.0GHz central processor unit inside and laptop Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz CPU.
Model Gateway MX6455 uses ATI XPRESS 200M chipset and model Gateway MX6455 uses Intel 945PM.
We like more Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G 17" inch screen than Gateway MX6455's 15.4" size.
Both Gateway MX6455 and Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G on our test had same amount of RAM memory - 1GB.
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
If you plan to move notebook around frequently, Gateway MX6455 have weight only 2.9kg, but Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is much heavier - 3.81kg.
Video card inside MX6455 is ATI X300 and other laptop has Nvidia Go 7400 inside.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G seems to be better for gamers with 64MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard disk space were available at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G (200GB is contast to 120GB).
If you need bluetooth don't forget that it is available only at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G .
Infrared isn't built in Gateway MX6455, which is slightly disadvantage.
These models have firewire (IEEE 1394) communication device embedded.
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband connection, you don't have to worry since both laptops have internal modems.
These laptops are unable to achieve fast internet , so maximum LAN speed they can run is 100Mbit/s.
Cardreaders are available in both notebooks.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern monitors.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G only has TV output.
There are no web camera in both notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing .
Both of these came with XP Media Center operating system.
Additional software is Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0 on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and Works 8.5, Money 2006 on Gateway MX6455.
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