Processor in Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G is Core Duo T2300 1.6GHz, and in notebook HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Turion X2 Dual 1.6GHz.
We like more HP Pavilion dv9056ea 17" inch screen than Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G's 15.4" size.
Maximum screen resulution on HP Pavilion dv9056ea is 1440x900, which might prefer graphic experts rather than 1280x800 on Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G.
You should expirience less swapping on HP Pavilion dv9056ea than on Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G when you run many programs, since HP Pavilion dv9056ea has 2GB of RAM, comparing to 1GB on other model.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G supports more maximum amount of RAM (2) than HP Pavilion dv9056ea (-1GB).
Video card in use in Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G is Intel 950 and in HP Pavilion dv9056ea is Nvidia Go 7600.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea had more hard disk space (120 GB) - definetly something which users who plan to hold movies on it will certainly like.
Lack of bluetooth on Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G might mean that you will have to buy externall bluetooth dongle for downloading and uploading pictures from handy or camera.
Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G have lack of infrared communication device.
No PCMCIA on model HP Pavilion dv9056ea. It is needed by some TV cards for laptops.
There are internal modem in these models.
Cardreaders are inside both of these laptops.
Disadvantage of both is lack of DVI output for connection to some modern TFT monitors.
HP Pavilion dv9056ea only has TV output.
Operating system on Vaio VGN-FE660G is XP Media Center and on Pavilion dv9056ea is XP Home.
Only Sony Vaio VGN-FE660G has some additional software : Works 8.5.
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