HP Pavilion dv9056ea went with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz central processor unit built in, and Microstar 262B with Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz.
We prefere 17 inch wide screen size at model Pavilion dv9056ea than 12.1 built at model 262B.
With its declared 1440x900 maximum screen resolution HP Pavilion dv9056ea notebook beats Microstar 262B with its 1280x800.
More RAM on HP Pavilion dv9056ea means less swapping on hard drive. Pavilion dv9056ea had 2GB. Microstar 262B had only 0.5GB of RAM which might not suit users who wants to run many programs at once.
With maximum 2GB of RAM it can support Microstar 262B can feel a bit more proud than HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
On both laptops in use is DDR2 memory.
Video card in use in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Nvidia Go 7600 and in Microstar 262B is Intel 945GM.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea had more storage for multimedia files on hard drive.
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras , is available only on HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
Infrared is built-in just in HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
Both models have firewire built-in needed by some video devices.
Cardreader in Microstar 262B can read 4 different card types and in HP Pavilion dv9056ea can read 1 different card types.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea only has TV output.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Both of these came with XP Home operating system.
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