While on special assignment this weekend, I’ve been to the future. Well, only one day in advance, but we’re on a tight travel budget, and each day costs us extra. I’m sure you understand. Get out your “That Was Easy” button and be prepared to press it tomorrow, because Staples will be offering the HP dv2 for $599. The normal price is $799, but Staples has two offers to offset the cost of the 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo-powered notebook: a $150 instant savings and a $50 easy rebate.
This dv2 package includes 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, an external DVD drive, 512MB of dedicated graphics memory for the ATI Radeon 3410, and the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. The device is thin for a 12.1-inch notebook and weighs around 3.8-pounds. It’s bigger than a breadbox netbook but not a behemoth that you’d opt to leave at home. Check my first impressions, the benchmarks and the battery testing that I’ve done on a loaner dv2 before hitting up Staples. While you do that, I’m firing up the time machine for another trip. I have some rebates in-process that I don’t feel like waiting for. ;)
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