Laptop HP dv9008nr uses Turion64 X2 1.6GHz central processor unit, and notebook HP dv9008nr uses Turion64 1.8GHz processor.
The same 17" screen size is on both HP dv9008nr and HP dv8301nr.
Maximum screen resolution (1440x900) is same on both laptops.
More RAM memory we've got in HP dv9008nr - 1GB. HP dv8301nr came with 0.5GB.
Both HP dv9008nr and HP dv8301nr laptops have same amount of maximum supportable RAM memory - 2GB.
We must say that HP dv9008nr is less in weight with its 3.54kg, comparing to 3.63kg which .
Graphic card in HP dv9008nr is Nvidia Go 6150 and in laptop HP dv8301nr is ATI Mobility 200M.
HP dv8301nr seems to be better for gamers with 128MB of dedicated video memory.
More hard disk space were at HP dv9008nr (100GB is contast to 80GB).
Same rotating speed (5400) is declared for their hard drives.
These models have firewire (IEEE 1394) communication device embedded.
PCMCIA useful for some TV card for laptops is built in both laptops.
Both notebooks have cardreader. At HP dv8301nr it reads 6 different card types and cardreader in HP dv9008nr supports 5 different card types.
It is bad that these notebooks cannot be connected to some new LCD monitors since they don't have DVI.
Only dv9008nr has TV output.
Each notebook has 4 USB ports.
Internet telephony is better with web camera but any of these laptops hasn't one inside.
Both of these laptops came with XP Media Center operating system.
Software which came with both laptops are Works 8.5, Money 2006.
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