HP dv9008nr came to us with Turion64 X2 1.6GHz main CPU inside and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 came to us with Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz processor inside.
We think that dv9008nr has better screen with its 17" inch size than Toughbook CF-74 with its 13.3" large screen.
HP dv9008nr laptop have finer maximum screen resolution(1440x900) than other laptop(1024x768).
More RAM means less swapping when you run many programs at once and therefore HP dv9008nr with 1GB RAM is better choise than Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 with 0.5GB.
Both HP dv9008nr and Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 notebooks have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
Video card in use in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is Intel 915GM.
Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 laptop uses up to 64MB of main memory for video and other up to 128MB.
HP dv9008nr had more storage for files (like mp3, avi) on its hard disk.
Disadvantage of HP dv9008nr is lack of bluetooth connection which you need for some mobile phones and cameras.
Infrared, which is useful for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74.
Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 doesn't support firewire connections.
Only HP dv9008nr has PCMCIA.
Only model dv9008nr have cardreader inside.
Floppy drive is embedded in Panasonic Toughbook CF-74, but we see this as disadvantage since floppy disks are unreliable and obsolete.
They don't have DVI for new LCD monitors.
Only dv9008nr has TV output.
Both laptops are equipped with 54Mbit/s wireless.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system on HP dv9008nr is XP Media Center and on Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is XP Pro.
Only HP dv9008nr has some additional software : Works 8.5, Money 2006.
Notable advantages of these laptops are : protection on temperatures, touchpad and touchscreen for Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 and for HP dv9008nr.
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