HP Notebooks

Black Friday: HP G50 for $429 at Office Max

Office Max is only advertising a single notebook for Black Friday and unfortunately it's not worth lining up for. While the $429 price tag is attractive, the HP Pavilion G50 notebook has an AMD Sempron processor. There are several other Black Friday notebooks with much more powerful AMD Turion or Intel Core 2 Duo processor for just a few bucks more.

Black Frday: HP Pavilion G50 for $399 at Circuit City

Circuit City is another retailer that will be selling the HP Pavilion G50 budget notebook on Black Friday. Circuit City will be selling a Pavilion G50 with 2GB of memory, 160GB hard drive and Windows Home Premium for $399.99 after $250 in savings.
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Black Friday: dv5 1150us for $849 at Staples

Staples will sell a version of the HP Pavilion dv5 for $849 on Black Friday. The dv5 1150us is discounted $200, which is not a substantial discount for what is one of HP's most popular notebooks.
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HP Mini 1000 Mobile Internet Experience Video Demo

HP's built an interface called Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) for the Mini 1000. MIE is designed to make it easy for people to do the most common Internet-related tasks on the Mini 1000 and make it possible for them to use Linux without having to actually learn a thing about Linux.
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HP Mini 1000 Unboxing

Here's a brief unboxing of a HP Mini 1000. One thing that's cool about the HP Mini 1000's packaging is that it's actually better looking than most of HP's Pavilion notebook lineup.
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HP Mini-Note 2133 Will See Update in 2009

There's been a lot of discussion around the HP Mini 1000 over the past couple of days, but the introduction of the Mini 1000 has caused some confusion over the fate of the HP Mini Note 2133. Earlier this week, several people pointed out that the Mini Note 2133 is selling for as low as $299 on Amazon.com, signalling the immenent release of a replacement.
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Vivienne Tam Edition HP Mini 1000

HP's officially announced the Mini 1000 series and at the high end of the spectrum is the Vivieen Tam edition. Clearly targeted towards fashion-conscious women, this netbook was recently carried down a runway at New York's Fashion Week as a "digital clutch."
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HP Mini 1000 Netbook (video demos, specs and details)

HP is finally getting into the consumer netbook game with the Pavilion Mini 1000, an Atom-powered computer that runs Windows XP or Ubuntu with an HP customized user interface. I got a chance to sit down with HP's Kevin Wentzel last week and shot a bunch of video and photos.
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HP Coupon: 30% off HP Pavilion Notebooks

HP's offering 30% off most of its consumer notebooks with coupon code "NB5440" through 10/28/08 or while supplies last. This coupon coffers massive discounts on HP Pavilion dv4, dv5, dv7 and tx2500z series notebooks priced at $999 or more.
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"Blue Label Laptops" at Best Buy

. Best Buy's kicked off its Blue Label Laptops program to offer premium consumer notebooks in-store and online. To qualify for the Blue Label Laptops program, models must be thin and light, be optimized for long battery life and have a 13.3-inch to 14.1-inch display. The first two Blue Label Laptops are the Toshiba Satellite E105 and the HP dv3510nr.
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HP Pavilion dv3500t: HP's First 13.3-inch Notebook

HP's introduced the Pavilion dv3500t, the company's first 13.3-inch notebook. HP was nice enough to give me an early preview of the dv3500t about a month ago and I liked what I saw. The Pavilion dv3500t is very similar to its bigger brothers, the dv4 and dv5, but it has a couple of features that I really like.
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HP Fashion Netbook Spotted

HP introduced the Mini-note 2133 a few months ago, but has yet to introduce a consumer friendly netbook. James from jkOnTheRun spotted what may be HP's answer to the Dell Inspiron N, Lenovo S10 and the smattering of other netbooks that seem to be hitting the market on a daily basis.
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HP EliteBook 6930p: 24-Hours of Battery Life on a Single Charge

HP's announced that its EliteBook 6930p business notebook will have up to a 24-hour runtime thanks to energy saving components and a 12-cell ultracapacity battery. I spoke with Jeremy Brody from HP, who filled me in on exactly how this is accomplished.
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HP EliteBook 2530p Announced (video)

HP's introduced the EliteBook 2530p, a thin and light 12-inch business notebook that can be configured with dual hard drives and either ULV or LV processors. I sat down with HP's Kyle Thorton to take a close look at the 2530p last week.
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HP 2730p: HP Tablet Updated (video)

HP's officially introduced the 2730p business tablet in the U.S. The 2730p improves on the 2710p, with faster processors and more friendly user controls. HP's Kyle Thorton gives a quick demo of the 2730p in the following video.
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HP EliteBook 8730w: DreamColor Goes Mobile (video)

HP's new EliteBook 8730w is a performance powerhouse with a drop-dead gorgeous 17-inch display. The DreamColor display (optional) is capable of 16,000,000 colors and is incredibly life-like compared to standard business notebook fare.