Processor in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz and in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 is Centrino 753 Ultra Low Voltage 1.2GHz.
Monitor in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is 17" size, better than 10.3" screen in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
Maximum screen resulution on HP Pavilion dv9056ea is 1440x900, which might prefer graphic experts rather than 1024x768 on Panasonic Toughbook CG-18.
For users who likes more memory HP Pavilion dv9056ea with 2GB is better than Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 with 0.5GB of memory.
Both HP Pavilion dv9056ea and Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - -1GB.
Video card inside Pavilion dv9056ea is Nvidia Go 7600 and other laptop has Intel 915GMS inside.
More storage for multimedia were available at HP Pavilion dv9056ea (greater space on hard disk).
For some devices like phones and cameras, you might need bluetooth communication which initially contains in only in HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
Infrared isn't built in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18, which is slightly disadvantage.
Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 doesn't support firewire connections.
There are no PCMCIA on HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
Both laptops have built-in modem which you need somewhere where broadband internet isn't available.
Small advantage of HP Pavilion dv9056ea is built-in cardreader which reads 1 card types.
We look to existence of floppy drive in Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 as a disadvantage since that technology is obsolete and unreliable and you shouldn't use it any longer.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern monitors.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea only has TV output.
There are no web camera in both laptops which is bad for video conferencing and Internet telephony.
Pavilion dv9056ea drives XP Home and Toughbook CG-18 drives XP Pro operating system.
Notable advantages of these laptops are : touch pad and touch screen for Panasonic Toughbook CG-18 and for HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
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