Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 went with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz CPU built in, and Gateway MX6912 with Core Duo T2300E 1.66GHz.
We prefere 15.4 inch wide screen size at model MX6912 than 13.3 built at model Vaio VGN-SZ220.
Inside both notebooks were 1GB of memory.
Both Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 and Gateway MX6912 on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Travellers should keep in mind that Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is only 1.86kg in weight, but Gateway MX6912 is much heavier with 2.86kg.
Graphic card in Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is Nvidia Go 7400 and in laptop Gateway MX6912 is Intel 950.
Graphic cards on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 have own memory (128MB) and therefore mainboard's controller works faster.
More storage for multimedia were available at Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 (greater space on hard disk).
These laptops can communicate using firewire with camcorders and some other video devices.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
Both notebooks have cardreader. At Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 it reads 5 different card types and cardreader in Gateway MX6912 supports 4 different card types.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new TFT monitors.
Internet telephony is better with web camera but any of these notebooks hasn't one .
Operating system on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220 is XP Media Center and on Gateway MX6912 is XP Home.
Additional software is Works 8.5, Money 2006 on Gateway MX6912 and Works 8.5 on Sony Vaio VGN-SZ220.
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