Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI went with Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz processor built in, and HP Pavilion dv9056ea with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz.
We like more HP Pavilion dv9056ea 17" inch screen than Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI's 15.4" size.
Maximum screen resulution on HP Pavilion dv9056ea is 1440x900, which might prefer graphic experts rather than 1280x800 on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea model we've tested had more RAM (2GB) than Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI (0.5GB).
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI can feel a bit more proud than HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
Video card in use in Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is Intel 950 and in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Nvidia Go 7600.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea had more hard disk space (120 GB) - definetly something which users who have habbit hold movies on it will certainly like.
Bluetooth dongle available only at HP Pavilion dv9056ea is usefull if one have bluetooth devices like some cameras, mobile phones, etc.
Infrared is missing on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
There are no firewire built-in on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
PCMCIA is available only on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI and it is needed by some TV cards and external modems.
Note that only Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI is able to take advantage of fast internet (1Gbit/s).
Both notebooks have cardreaders.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Both notebooks have TV output.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
These laptops aren't very suitable for video conferencing because they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system is XP Pro on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI and XP Home on HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
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