HP dv9008nr went with Turion64 X2 1.6GHz CPU built in, and HP Pavilion dv9056ea with Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz.
Screen size on both models(HP dv9008nr and HP Pavilion dv9056ea) is 17".
Both of compared laptops : HP dv9008nr and HP Pavilion dv9056ea have the same maximum screen resolution (1440x900).
More RAM on HP Pavilion dv9056ea means less swapping on hard drive. Pavilion dv9056ea had 2GB. HP dv9008nr had only 1GB of RAM which might not suit users who wants to run many programs at once.
HP dv9008nr supports more maximum amount of RAM (2) than HP Pavilion dv9056ea (-1GB).
The RAM memory in use on both laptops is DDR2.
Graphic card in use in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in laptop HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Nvidia Go 7600.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea had more hard drive space (120 GB) - definetly something which users who hold movies on it will like.
Lack of bluetooth on HP dv9008nr might mean that you need to buy externall bluetooth device for downloading and uploading pictures from your mobile phone or camera.
There are no infrared embedded in HP dv9008nr.
Firewire is embedded in both allows them to communicate with other IEEE 1394 devices like some camcorders.
Only HP dv9008nr has PCMCIA.
Cardreaders are available in both notebooks.
They don't have DVI for new TFT monitors.
Both have TV output.
Quite disadvantage of both models is lack of web camera which is needed for Internet telephony.
dv9008nr drives XP Media Center and Pavilion dv9056ea drives XP Home operating system.
There are additional software only on HP dv9008nr and it is Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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