| Brand | Toshiba | Compaq | IBM | Apple | GateWay |
| Model | Satellite 5105-S701 | Presario 1510US | Thinkpad T30 #92U | G4 1GHz Titanium PowerBook | 600X / XL |
| MSPR | $1,995.00 | $2,095.00 | $2,874.00 | $2,999.00 | $2,800.00 |
| Street | $1,749.00 | $1,895.00 | $2,874.00 | $2,999.00 | $2,658.00 |
| Dims WxDxH in. | 12.9 x 11.6 x 2.0 | 12.96 x 10.72 x 1.79 | 12 x 9.8 x 1.4 | 13.4 x 9.5 x 1.00 | 13.88 x 11.6 x 1.88 |
| Weight | 7.2 lbs. | 7.5 lbs | 5.51 lbs | 5.4 lbs | 8.89 lbs. |
| Processor brand | Intel | Intel | Intel | Motorola | Intel |
| Processor type | P4M | P4M | P4M | G4 Altivec Velocity / RISC | P4M |
| Processor speed | 1.8GHz | 2.2GHz | 1.8GHz | 1.0GHz | 2.0GHz or 2.2GHz |
| RAM | 512 MB DDR | 512 MB DDR | 256 MB DDR | 512 MB PC133 (1GB Max) | 512 MB DDR |
| HDD | 60GB | 40GB | 40GB | 30 GB | 40 GB |
| Removable Batt. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Battery test | 3 hr 20 min | 2 hr 8 min | 2 hr 23 min | 4 hr 42 min | 2 hr 35 min |
| Video card | Nvidia GeForce4 440 | ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB | ATI Radeon 7500 16 MB | ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, 64MB | ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB |
| Display size | 15" TFT | 15.0" TFT | 14.1" TFT | 15.2" TFT | 15.7" TFT |
| Native display | 1400x1050 | 1400x1050 | 1400x1050 | 1280x854 | 1280x1024 |
| Display modes | 800x600 - 1600x1200 | 800x600 - 1600x1200 | 800x600, 1024x768 | 720x480, 896x600, 1152x768 | 800x600, 1024x768 |
| Internal CD ROM | Yes | Yes | No, external optional | Yes, Slot loading | Modular |
| CD ROM type | CDR/CDRW/CD/DVD | CDR/CDRW/CD/DVD | DVD/CDRW or DVD/CD opt. | CDR/CDRW/CD/DVD-R | CDR/CDRW/CD/DVD |
| Speed W-RW-R-DVD | Not specified | 8x8x24x8x | Not specified, 8x DVD | 8x8x24x8x (8X recording DVD) | 8x8x24x8x |
| Internal FDD | No, optional external | Yes | No, optional external | No | Modular |
| PCMCIA number | 2 Type-2 | 1 Type-2 | 2 Type-2 | 1 Type-2 | 2 Type-2 |
| USB 1.1Ý # | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB 2.0Ý # | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powered Firewire # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I.Link Firewire # | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serial port | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Parallel port | ECP | Yes | Yes | 0 | Yes |
| PS2 port | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Built-in mouse | LCD cPad Touchpad | Touch-pad, scroll button | Touch-pad w/ Jog Dial | Trackpad | TouchPad + scroll |
| Monitor output | RGB | SVGA | VGA | SVGA + Digital Adaptor | SVGA |
| Ethernet type | 10/100 | 10/100 | 10/100 | 10/100 | 10/100 |
| Internal modem | V.90/56K | V.90/56K | V.90/56K | V.90/56K | V.92/56K |
| WiFi type | Internal 802.11b | "on-ternal", 802.11b opt. | Internal 802.11b & Bluetooth | Built-in antennas, 802.11b card | Internal, 802.11b |
| Stereo speakers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spkr Mfg. | Harmon-Kardon | JBL Pro audio | OEM | OEM | OEM |
| Quality 1-10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| TV output type | NTSC composite | S-Video | S-Video | S-Video and composite video | NTSC/PAL Compsite |
| Audio out type | Mini-stereo | Mini-stereo | Mini-stereo | None, use USB. | Mini-stereo |
| OS Version | Windows XP Home | Windows XP Home | Windows XP Pro | Mac OS X & Classic 9.2.2 | Windows XP Pro |