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HP Pavilion 14.1" Laptop featuring AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core QL-64 (DV4-1308CA) It costs $650 CDN I going to use it for homework, run somewhat heavy resource programs and do light gaming. I also care about the screen size (weight) and battery life because I'll be using this on the go. Product Details Base Features Approximate Battery Life Dependent On Usage Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 250GB SATA 5400 RPM LED Backlit Display No Optical Drive 8X Super Multi LightScribe DVD+/-R/RW DL Processor Speed 2.1 GHz Processor Type AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core QL-64 RAM 3 GB DDR2 (Exp. To 8 GB) Screen Size 14.1" Graphics Discrete Video Memory No Expandable Video Memory No Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 3200 RS780M Integrated Video Memory No Native Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Upgradable Video System No Video Memory 1406 MB Audio Audio Chipset Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound Audio Output No Digital Input No Digital Output No Hardware Volume Control No Integrated Amplifier No Integrated Microphone Yes Microphone Input Yes Speaker Wattage Information Not Available Speakers Yes Inputs/Outputs Card Reader Yes Card Reader - Compatible Memory Types SD; MMC; MS; MS PRO; xD Composite Output No ExpressCard/34 Input Yes ExpressCard/54 Input Yes HDCP Compliant Yes HDMI Port Yes IEEE 1394 Input/Output No IR Receiver Yes Number of Touchpad Buttons 1 PC Card Input No S-Video Output No Type of Keyboard 101-Key Compatible Type of Modem 56K Type of Pointing Device Touchpad USB 2.0 3 VGA Output 1 Webcam YES Networking Ethernet Port 10/100BASE-T Integrated Bluetooth No Integrated WiFi 802.11 b/g WLAN Power Battery - Capacity Information Not Available Battery - Number of Cells 6-Cell Battery Type Lithium-Ion Computing Features Processor Cache 1 MB L2 System Bus 1800 MHz Software Loaded Software 1 HP Help & Support Loaded Software 2 Microsoft Works Loaded Software 3 HP MediaSmart Loaded Software 4 Cyberlink DVD Suite Operating System Language Bilingual Pre-loaded Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium With SP1 Accessories Headphones No Remote Yes Product Features Notebook Depth 33.4 cm Notebook Thickness (closed) 4.0 cm Notebook Weight (including Battery) 2.3 kg Notebook Width 24.0 cm Warranty Labour 1 Year Limited Warranty Parts 1 Year Limited

Public Comments

1. yes, sounds about right.
2. idk, i hate hp,no offense, but i love acer
3. yea i think it's worth it w/ all that
4. ya thats a really good price ware at i need a labtop
5. It's not an unreasonable price.
6. yea, i'd say that's a good price on it, seeing as it has some pretty decent specs. I think if you're allowed to customize this, add another backup battery, and make the primary one a 12 cell, for longer life.
7. yea just know that at some point it is going to slow down when u are playing games and stuff cuz of the 250 GB. try going for something more like 350 or 400
8. Money in exchange for an HP computer isn't reasonable. when they bought Compaq they learned how to make computers with no regard for quality or after-purchase support of the customer. (After many years of buying nothing but HP, I wouldn't take one for free unless I needed a doorstop.) Acer (and their Gateway line, in particular, if you want a laptop) is good. So is Toshiba. (That HP has less than 2GB of system RAM in it right now [3GB - 1406MB], making it just barely usable with Vista, no Bluetooth and only b/g wifi. Not exactly state-of-the-art.).