In Acer Aspire 3681WXMI we've found Celeron M410 1.46GHz cpu and in HP Pavilion dv9056ea we have a pleasure to find Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz CPU.
Monitor in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is 17" size, better than 14.1" screen in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Maximum declared screen resolution on Pavilion dv9056ea (1440x900) beats Aspire 3681WXMI (1280x800).
For users who likes more memory HP Pavilion dv9056ea with 2GB is better than Acer Aspire 3681WXMI with 0.5GB of memory.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Acer Aspire 3681WXMI can feel a bit more proud than HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
Graphic card inside Aspire 3681WXMI is Intel GMA900 and other laptop uses Nvidia Go 7600.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea had more capacity of hard drive (120GB, comparing to 40GB).
Bluetooth exists only on HP Pavilion dv9056ea model and you might need it for managing pictures on your camera or mobile phone.
There are no infrared embedded in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Only HP Pavilion dv9056ea have firewire needed for some camcorders.
PCMCIA on HP Pavilion dv9056ea unable them to connect to some TV cards .
Modem is built in both laptops.
Both notebooks have cardreaders.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Only Pavilion dv9056ea has TV output.
XP Home is operating system on both.
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