HP dv9008nr went with Turion64 X2 1.6GHz processor built in, and Asus Z 9274 VM with Pentium M745 1.8GHz.
We think 17 inch screen at dv9008nr is better than 15.4 inch screen wide at Z 9274 VM.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that HP dv9008nr is better with its 1440x900 than Asus Z 9274 VM with 1280x800.
The amount of RAM memory was 1GB on both notebooks.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
Both laptops use same RAM memory (DDR2).
Asus Z 9274 VM weights 2.9kg, but HP dv9008nr is less suitable for travellers with 3.54kg.
Graphic card in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in laptop Asus Z 9274 VM is Nvidia Geforce 7300.
We like that graphic card on Asus Z 9274 VM have own video memory (64MB) and therefore its faster since it doesn't use main memory and mainboard controller is less loaded.
100GB were on its hard disks.
Rotating speed of hard drives are the same - 5400 rpm.
If you need bluetooth don't forget that it is available only at Asus Z 9274 VM laptop.
Infrared, which is needed for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Asus Z 9274 VM.
Firewire is embedded in both allows them to communicate with other IEEE 1394 devices like some camcorders.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
Small advantage of HP dv9008nr is built-in cardreader which reads 5 card types.
They don't have DVI for new monitors.
Both notebooks have TV output.
Each laptop has 4 USB ports.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless connection.
dv9008nr drives XP Media Center and Z 9274 VM drives XP Home operating system.
Only HP dv9008nr has some additional software : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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