LG S1-MDGBG came to us with Core Duo T2500 2.0GHz central processor inside and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz central processor .
We like more LG S1-MDGBG 15.4" inch screen than Panasonic Toughbook CF-74's 13.3" size.
LG S1-MDGBG laptop has better maximum screen resolution - 1280x800, in contrast to 1024x768 at Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
LG S1-MDGBG came with more RAM memory - 1GB comparing to 0.5GB on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Graphic card in use in LG S1-MDGBG is ATI Radeon X1600 and in laptop Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is Intel 915GM.
Graphic cards on LG S1-MDGBG have own memory (256MB) and therefore mainboard's memory controller works faster.
LG S1-MDGBG had more storage for multimedia files on its hard disk.
For some devices like mobile phones and cameras, you might need bluetooth which is internaly built only in LG S1-MDGBG.
Infrared connection has only Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) isn't built in LG S1-MDGBG.
PCMCIA isn't built in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
LG S1-MDGBG has cardreader which reads 5 different card types.
Floppy drive is embedded in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74, but we see this as disadvantage since floppy disks are unreliable and obsolete.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Advantage of LG S1-MDGBG is existance of TV output.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Operating system is XP Pro .
It is worthy to note that Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 has protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen. Also LG S1-MDGBG has some notable speciality - .
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