Laptop HP dv9008nr has Turion64 X2 1.6GHz CPU inside and notebook Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso has Core 2 Duo T5500 1.66Ghz CPU.
We prefere 17 inch wide screen size at model dv9008nr than 15.4 built at model R40-T500 Cinoso.
Graphic professionals might find HP dv9008nr model with its 1440x900 maximum screen resulution more preferable.
Both HP dv9008nr and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso on our test had same amount of RAM memory - 1GB.
Both HP dv9008nr and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Both HP dv9008nr and Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
If you think to move your notebook around frequently, Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso have weight only 2.1kg, but HP dv9008nr is quite heavier - 3.54kg.
Video card in use in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso is ATI Mobility 200M.
Video cards on both notebooks uses 128MB of shared RAM from mainboard.
Same rotating speed (5400) is declared for their hard drives.
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras , is available only on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
HP dv9008nr doesn't have infrared .
No firewire on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso unable them to connect to some camcorders.
Cardreaders are available in both laptops.
It is bad that these laptops cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
HP dv9008nr only has TV output.
These laptops aren't very suitable for Internet telephony since they haven't web camera.
Operating system is XP Media Center on HP dv9008nr and XP Home on Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
There are some special software suits and software packs with both : Works 8.5, Money 2006 with HP dv9008nr and Power DVD XP with Samsung R40-T500 Cinoso.
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