HP dv8301nr came to us with Turion64 1.8GHz CPU inside and Acer TravelMate 4652LMi came to us with Pentium M740 1.73GHz central processor .
dv8301nr monitor screen with its 17 inch we like more than 15 inch screen at TravelMate 4652LMi.
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1440x900 on dv8301nr might be more preferable than 1400x1050 on TravelMate 4652LMi screen.
RAM memory was on both laptops 0.5GB.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both notebooks
Travellers might find Acer TravelMate 4652LMi more suitable with weight of 3kg comparing to HP dv8301nr with 3.63kg.
Graphic is built around ATI Mobility 200M on dv8301nr, but graphic on other laptop is GMA900.
We like that video card on HP dv8301nr have own video memory (128MB) and therefore its faster since it doesn't use main memory and mainboard controller is less loaded.
Acer TravelMate 4652LMi laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media information like music .
Same rotating speed (5400) is declared for their hard drives.
Bluetooth dongle available only at Acer TravelMate 4652LMi is usefull if one have bluetooth devices like some cameras, phones, etc.
HP dv8301nr have lack of infrared device.
Acer TravelMate 4652LMi doesn't support firewire connections.
1Gbit/s internet is supportable only by Acer TravelMate 4652LMi.
HP dv8301nr has cardreader which reads 6 different card types.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Advantage of Acer TravelMate 4652LMi is existance of TV output.
The number of USB ports is 4 on both.
These notebooks aren't really good for video conferencing since they haven't web camera embedded.
dv8301nr drives XP Media Center and TravelMate 4652LMi drives XP Pro operating system.
Only HP dv8301nr has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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