Central processor unit on our HP dv9008nr we've tested was Turion64 X2 1.6GHz, and on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z was Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz.
We like more HP dv9008nr 17" inch screen than Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z's 15.4" size.
If you like higher screen resolutions than you might decide that HP dv9008nr is better with its 1440x900 than Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z with 1280x800.
More RAM means less swapping when you run many programs at once and therefore Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z with 2GB RAM is better choise than HP dv9008nr with 1GB.
Both HP dv9008nr and Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z on our test had same amount of maximum RAM memory they can support - 2GB.
Travellers might find Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z more suitable with weight of 2.82kg comparing to HP dv9008nr with its 3.54kg.
Video card in use in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Nvidia Go 7600.
More hard drive space were at Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z (200GB is contast to 100GB).
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 device for downloading and uploading pictures from your handy or camera.
Infrared, which is useful for communication with some mobile phones is available only on Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z.
Both laptops have firewire which some camcorders use.
Both models have PCMCIA built-in needed by some TV cards .
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband internet connection, you don't have to worry since both laptops have internal modems.
Both notebooks have cardreaders.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new TFT monitors since they don't have DVI.
HP dv9008nr only has TV output.
Each laptop has 54Mbit/s wireless
Web camera is built in Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z (the another notebook hasn't any) and it is useful for video conferencing.
Operating system is XP Media Center on both.
Software which came with Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0, Works, Photshop Elements, DV Gate Plus, WinDVD, Roxio Digital Media SE7, Norton Internet Security 2006, Skype 2,0 and with Sony Vaio VGN-FE31Z is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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