Central processor unit in Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz, and in notebook Gateway MX6453 is Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz.
Screen size on Gateway MX6453 is larger, 15.4 comparing to 13.3 on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220.
For customers whose need more RAM we've found Gateway MX6453 with its 2GB better than 1 GB on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220.
Travellers might find Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 more suitable with its weight of 1.86kg comparing to Gateway MX6453 with 2.86kg.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7400 on Vaio VGN-SZ220, but graphic on other laptop is built using ATI XPRESS 1150.
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
Gateway MX6453 had more capacity of hard disk (160GB, comparing to 120GB).
Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 has faster hard drive (with 5400rpm).
These laptops can communicate using firewire with camcorders and some other video devices.
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband connection, you don't have to worry since laptops have internal modems.
Cardreaders are inside both of these laptops.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new TFT monitors.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which needs Internet telephony.
Both came with XP Media Center .
Gateway MX6453 came with Works 8.5, Money 2006 as additional software, and Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 came with Works 8.5.
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