Turion64 X2 1.6GHz was built in HP dv9008nr laptop comparing to Centrino Duo T2300 1.66Ghz in Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B.
We prefere more 17" monitor on HP dv9008nr than 15.4" monitor on Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B.
Graphic professionals might find HP dv9008nr model with its 1440x900 maximum screen resulution more preferable.
Inside both HP dv9008nr and Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B we've found 1GB of memory.
Both HP dv9008nr and Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B on our test use same type of RAM memory - DDR2.
Travellers should note that Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is only 2.95kg in weight, but HP dv9008nr is much heavier with 3.54kg.
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 6150 on dv9008nr, but graphic on other laptop is Nvidia Go 7400.
We do not have preference on their hard drive speed - 5400 rpm have both.
Lack of bluetooth on HP dv9008nr might mean that you need to buy externall bluetooth dongle for manipulating pictures from mobile phone or camera.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B is able to communicate with some other small devices using infrared connection.
No firewire connection on model Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
For some rare location without proper Internet connection, you might need modem which is available in both laptops in this rating.
Cardreaders are inside both of these notebooks.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
Advantage of HP dv9008nr is existance of TV output.
These notebooks aren't very suitable for video conferencing since they haven't web camera inside.
Both came with XP Media Center operating system on them.
There are some special software suits and software packs with both : Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0 with Sony Vaio VGN-FE28B and Works 8.5, Money 2006 with HP dv9008nr.
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