Originally posted by: Kovash
The difference is that the Mobile Suits were,

a) Harder to control, since ZAFT developed the technology only Coordinators could pilot them with any sort of efficiency, though later the EAF (Kira wrote one for Orb) created a 'Natural Friendly' version of the OS.
That only applies to the CE timeline. Not to any of the other Gundam time lines.


b) FAR more manouverable and can carry heavier armaments and armour, this is why one Mobile Suit is rougly equivelant to 10 Mobile Armours (which is why the Lucrasia Class Ship only carries 5-7 Ginns, where each EAF battle ship carried in excess of 40-50 Mobile armours.)
That depends on the design of the Mobile Armor. Obviously the Mobius MAs had very little, but built properly MAs can have a LOT more then and MS. Keep in mind that a MS is limited by it's shape, a MA can be in any shape/size etc. to accomodate any type of weapon in any number of them (though the ability to use them all depends on the pilot and/or computer's ability) and way more thrusters in any direction on the 3D form.