Processor on our HP dv9008nr we've tested was Turion64 X2 1.6GHz, and on Samsung M700-1860 was Pentium M750 1.86GHz.
We like more Samsung M700-1860 19" inch screen than HP dv9008nr's 17" size.
Samsung M700-1860 notebook have finer maximum screen resolution(1680x1050) than other laptop(1440x900).
We've got both laptops with 1GB of RAM memory.
Graphic card inside dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and other laptop uses Nvidia Go 6600.
Samsung M700-1860 seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
HP dv9008nr laptop is more suitable with its 100GB hard drive for storing bunch of media files like music .
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 5400 rpm have both.
Mobile phones and cameras tends to use bluetooth for manipulating multimedia data and they can connect only with Samsung M700-1860 using built in bluetooth connection.
Infrared is built-in only in Samsung M700-1860.
Firewire useful for some video equipment communication is built-in both laptops.
On 1Gbit/s HP dv9008nr will work with speed of 100Mbit/s since it doesn't suport fast networks.
Both notebooks have cardreaders.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern monitors.
Advantage of HP dv9008nr is existance of TV output.
Both notebooks are equipped with stardard 54Mbit/s internal wireless.
Operating system on dv9008nr is XP Media Center and on M700-1860 is XP Home.
Additional software is MGI Video Wave, Nero Norton Antivirus (90Tage) Photo Suite,Power DVD 3.0 on Samsung M700-1860 and Works 8.5, Money 2006 on HP dv9008nr.
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