Laptop HP dv8301nr has Turion64 1.8GHz central processor unit inside and laptop Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B has Centrino Duo T2300 1.66Ghz CPU.
We think 17 inch screen at dv8301nr is better than 15.4 inch screen wide at Vaio VGN-FE28B.
Graphic professionals might find HP dv8301nr model with its 1440x900 maximum screen resulution more preferable.
Although memory could easily be expanded, 1GB on Vaio VGN-FE28B versus 0.5GB on dv8301nr might be significant difference.
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
There are 1 free RAM slots on dv8301nr rather than 0.
If you have to move laptop around frequently, Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B have weight only 2.95kg, but HP dv8301nr is quite heavier - 3.63kg.
Graphic card in use in HP dv8301nr is ATI Mobility 200M and in Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is Nvidia Go 7400.
HP dv8301nr seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard drive space were available at Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B (100GB is contast to 80GB).
Both laptops have same rotating speed (5400rpm) of their hard disks.
Bluetooth connection, useful for sharing multimedia data with cameras , is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B.
There are no infrared embedded in HP dv8301nr.
There are firewire built-in only on HP dv8301nr.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this rating.
Cardreader in HP dv8301nr can read 6 different card types and in Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B can read 1 different card types.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern monitors.
Both notebooks are equipped with stardard 54Mbit/s internal wireless.
The lack of webcamera in both models makes them bad in video conferencing.
Operating system is XP Media Center on both.
Software which came with Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0 and with Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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