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| Main Components | |||
| Processor | 2.0 GHz
Pentium 4-M 1.7 GHz Celeron mobile 2200+ Athlon XP mobile |
1.7 GHz
Pentium 4-M 1.5 GHz Celeron mobile 1900+ Athlon XP mobile |
AMD laptops Celeron laptops Centrino laptops P4 laptops P4-M laptops iBooks PowerBooks All laptops CPU prices |
| Battery | Lithium Ion battery | Lithium Ion battery | Laptop Batteries |
| Memory | 512 MB PC2100 DDR | 256 MB PC133 SDRAM | PC133 SO-DIMMs PC2100 SO-DIMMs PC2700 SO-DIMMs |
| Storage Devices | |||
| Hard Drive | 40 GB hard drive | 20 GB hard drive | 2.5" Hard Drives PC Card Drives |
| CD / DVD | CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo drive internally | DVD-ROM or CD-RW drive internally | USB CD/DVD drives FireWire CD/DVD |
| Floppy | modular floppy drive | no floppy | USB Floppy drives |
| Graphics & Imaging | |||
| Video | NVidia GeForce4 4200 Go ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 NVidia GeForce4 4x0 Go ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 with composite video output jack |
ATI Mobility Radeon or Graphics chip with at least 8 MB of video memory |
Video cards |
| Screen | 15" or 16" Active Matrix (TFT) LCD screen | 14.1" Active Matrix (TFT) LCD screen | CRT
monitors LCD monitors |
| Printer | color inkjet printer | not required | Printers |
| Sound | |||
| Sound | built-in sound with microphone, line inputs, and outputs | built-in sound with microphone | Sound cards |
| Speakers | built-in stereo speakers | built-in stereo speakers | Computer Speakers |
| Peripherals | |||
| Networking | Built-in 10/100 Ethernet | Built-in 10/100 Ethernet | PC Card NICs PC Card Wireless |
| Modem | Built in 56 Kbps V.92 modem | Built in 56 Kbps V.92 modem | External modems PC Card modems |
| Pointing Device | important - get what you like | important - get what you like | Mice Trackballs |
| Keyboard | full size | full size | Keyboards |
| Docking Station | get one if you need one | not necessary | Docking Stations |
| Port Replicator | get one if you need one | not necessary | Port Replicators |
| Other | |||
| Carrying Case | leather case | nylon case | Carrying Cases |
| Security | security cable or alarm/cable combo | not required | Security Locks |
| Operating System | Windows XP Pro | Windows XP Home Edition | Operating Systems |
| Software | Full office suite | Partial office suite | Office software |
| Expansion Ports | 1 serial, 1 parallel, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard, 1 PC-Card slot, 2 USB ports, security slot, RCA composite video output port (to TV), 1 FireWire (ieee 1394) port, external VGA port | 1 serial, 1 PS/2 mouse/keyboard port, 1 PC card slots, 2 USB ports, security slot | Cables and adapters |
| Warranty | 3-year on-site | 3-year, first year on-site | N/A |
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