Processor on our HP Pavilion dv9056ea we've tested was Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz, and on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 was Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz.
The same 17" screen size is on both HP Pavilion dv9056ea and Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722.
On both Pavilion dv9056ea and Satellite P105-S9722 there is maximum screen resolution of 1440x900.
Inside both notebooks were 2GB of memory.
Satellite P105-S9722 allows maximum 4GB RAM - higher than Pavilion dv9056ea (-1GB RAM).
Graphic is built around Nvidia Go 7600 on Pavilion dv9056ea, but graphic on other is Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GS.
More hard disk space were at Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 (200GB is contast to 120GB).
If you have some bluetooth devices if you buy Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 you will need external bluetooth which is not excellent idea.
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 have lack of infrared communication device.
Firewire is embedded in both allows them to communicate with other IEEE 1394 devices like some camcorders.
PCMCIA isn't built in HP Pavilion dv9056ea.
If you sometimes travel to destination without broadband connection, you don't have to worry since both laptops have internal modems.
Note that only Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is able to take advantage of fast internet (1Gbit/s).
Only HP Pavilion dv9056ea have cardreader inside.
Since screen size on laptops is always smaller than desktop monitors, DVI output which has Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is advantage.
Both notebooks have TV output.
There are no web camera in notebooks which makes them bad for video conferencing .
Operating system on HP Pavilion dv9056ea is XP Home and on Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 is XP Pro.
Only Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722 has special software pack : Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Works 8.5.
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