Processor in Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G is Core 2 Duo T5600 1.83GHz and in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz.
Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G and HP Pavilion dv9056ea have same 17" screen size.
Maximum declared screen resolution (1440x900) is on both laptops in this comparison.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea came with more RAM memory - 2GB comparing to 1GB on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G.
Video card inside Vaio VGN-AR230G is Nvidia Go 7400 and other laptop has Nvidia Go 7600 inside.
More storage for multimedia were available at Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G (more conforable space on hard drive).
Lack of bluetooth on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G might mean that you need to buy externall bluetooth device for manipulating pictures from mobile phone or camera.
Infrared is missing on Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G.
These laptops have firewire.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has PCMCIA.
Both notebooks have cardreader.
These laptops don't have DVI output to allow you to see screen on bigger modern monitors.
TV output exists on both.
Both notebooks are equipped with stardard 54Mbit/s wireless.
Operating system on Vaio VGN-AR230G is XP Media Center and on Pavilion dv9056ea is XP Home.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-AR230G has some additional software : Works 8.3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0, Premiere Elements 2.0.
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