Gateway MX6931 went with Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz central processor unit built in, and HP Pavilion dv6108nr with Pentium M750 1.86GHz.
On both models screen size is 15.4".
More RAM on Gateway MX6931 means less swapping on hard drive. MX6931 had 2GB. HP Pavilion dv6108nr had only 0.5GB of RAM which might not suit users who wants to run many programs at once.
Both notebooks use same RAM memory (DDR2).
Gateway MX6931 is something lighter with its weight of 2.86kg, comparing to 3kg at other laptop.
Both laptops use Intel 950 video card.
Video cards on both laptops uses 128MB of shared RAM from mainboard.
More storage for multimedia (mpeg, avi) were available at Gateway MX6931 (more space on hard disk).
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 5400 rpm have both.
These laptops have firewire.
Modem is built in both laptops.
Fast network (1Gbit/s) cannot be used on its full speed on both .
Cardreader in Gateway MX6931 can read 4 different card types and in HP Pavilion dv6108nr can read 1 different card types.
None has DVI output so you cannot connect them to some new LCD monitors.
Gateway MX6931 only has TV input.
There are no web camera in both laptops which makes them bad for video conferencing .
Both came with XP Media Center operating system on them.
Software which came with HP Pavilion dv6108nr is Microsoft Works, Microsoft Money and with HP Pavilion dv6108nr is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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