HP dv8301nr went with Turion64 1.8GHz central processor unit built in, and Gateway MX6446 with Turion64 2.0GHz.
We think that dv8301nr has better screen with its 17" inch size than MX6446 with its 15.4" large screen.
More RAM means less swapping when you run many programs at once and therefore Gateway MX6446 with 1GB RAM is better choise than HP dv8301nr with 0.5GB.
2GB is maximum supportable RAM memory on both laptops
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
If you think to move notebook around frequently, Gateway MX6446 have weight only 2.86kg, but HP dv8301nr is much heavier - 3.63kg.
Video card inside dv8301nr is ATI Mobility 200M and other laptop has ATI XPRESS 1150 inside.
Gamers might prefer HP dv8301nr since it seems it has quite better graphic card with 128MB of its memory.
Gateway MX6446 had more hard disk space (100 GB) - definetly something which users who plan to hold movies on it will like.
HP dv8301nr laptop have faster hard disk rotating on 5400rpm.
Firewire is embedded in both allows them to communicate with other IEEE 1394 devices like some camcorders.
These laptops have PCMCIA.
Cardreaders are inside both of these laptops.
It is bad that these laptops cannot be connected to some new monitors since they don't have DVI.
Both laptops have 4 USB ports each.
Laptops are able to use standard 54Mbit/s wireless .
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Both came with XP Media Center operating system on them.
Both laptops came with the following software : Works 8.5, Money 2006
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