In HP dv8301nr we've found Turion64 1.8GHz cpu and in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI we have a pleasure to find Celeron M410 1.46GHz CPU.
We prefere more 17" monitor on HP dv8301nr than 14.1" monitor on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
HP dv8301nr notebook have finer maximum screen resolution(1440x900) than other laptop(1280x800).
We've got both notebooks with 0.5GB of RAM memory.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
Both notebooks use same RAM memory (DDR2).
1 is number of free RAM slots on both of these models.
Travellers might find Acer Aspire 3681WXMI more suitable with weight of 2.35kg comparing to HP dv8301nr with its 3.63kg.
Graphic card inside dv8301nr is ATI Mobility 200M and other laptop uses Intel GMA900.
Graphic cards on HP dv8301nr have its own memory (128MB) and because of that mainboard's memory controller works faster.
HP dv8301nr had more capacity of hard drive (80GB, comparing to 40GB).
Bluetooth exists only on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI model and you might need it for managing pictures on your camera or mobile phone.
HP dv8301nr doesn't have infrared .
Firewire is available only on HP dv8301nr.
These laptops have PCMCIA.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this comparison.
Cardreaders are inside both of these notebooks.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
These laptops aren't really good for video conferencing because they haven't web camera inside.
Operating system on HP dv8301nr is XP Media Center and on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI is XP Home.
There are additional software only on HP dv8301nr and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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