Laptop HP dv9008nr has Turion64 X2 1.6GHz CPU inside and notebook Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI has Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz CPU.
Screen size at HP dv9008nr is quite larger with its 17" than Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI with its 15.4".
For people who likes higher screen resolutions, 1440x900 on dv9008nr might be more preferable than 1280x800 on TravelMate 4202WLMI screen.
If you want to run many programs at once 1GB of RAM on this HP dv9008nr is better than Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI with 0.5GB.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
If you think to move laptop around frequently, Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI have weight only 3kg, but HP dv9008nr is much heavier - 3.54kg.
Graphic card inside dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and other laptop uses Intel 950.
These notebooks use part of main RAM memory for graphic cards.
HP dv9008nr laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard disk for storing large amounts of media information like music and movies.
We do not have preference on their hard disk speed - 5400 rpm have both.
Lack of bluetooth on HP dv9008nr might mean that you need to buy externall bluetooth dongle for downloading and uploading pictures from your mobile phone or camera.
HP dv9008nr doesn't have infrared .
Only HP dv9008nr have firewire needed for some camcorders.
Internal modem is available in both models which you will need it on some rare location without proper Internet connection.
Note that HP dv9008nr cannot perform 1Gbit/s connection on fast networks, it will work on those, but with speed of 100Mbit/s.
Both laptops have cardreader which supports 5 different card types.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see its screen on some bigger modern TFT monitors.
TV output exists on both.
Operating system is XP Media Center on HP dv9008nr and XP Pro on Acer TravelMate 4202WLMI.
Only HP dv9008nr has special software pack : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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