In HP dv9008nr we've found Turion64 X2 1.6GHz cpu and in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI we have a pleasure to find Celeron M410 1.46GHz CPU.
Monitor in HP dv9008nr is 17" size, better than 14.1" screen in Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Maximum declared screen resolution on dv9008nr (1440x900) beats Aspire 3681WXMI (1280x800).
If you want to run many programs at once 1GB of RAM on this HP dv9008nr is better than Acer Aspire 3681WXMI with 0.5GB.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both notebooks
Acer Aspire 3681WXMI weights 2.35kg, but HP dv9008nr is less suitable for travellers with its 3.54kg.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 6150 on dv9008nr, but graphic on other laptop is built using Intel GMA900.
Both notebooks suits more for business users since they use part of their mainboard memory for its video cards.
HP dv9008nr laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard disk for storing bunch of media files like music and movies.
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras and mobile phones, is available only on Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Infrared is missing on HP dv9008nr.
No firewire connection on model Acer Aspire 3681WXMI.
Both laptops have PCMCIA which allows to connect some TV cards for laptops.
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband connection, you don't have to worry since both laptops have internal modems.
Cardreader in both laptops can read 5 different card types.
These notebooks don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on some bigger modern monitors.
Only dv9008nr has TV output.
There are no web camera in both notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing .
Operating system on dv9008nr is XP Media Center and on Aspire 3681WXMI is XP Home.
Only HP dv9008nr has some additional software : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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