Comments on: Get a 16-inch HP notebook for $499.99

If the Pavilion GX-235DX looks familiar, that's because its refurbished counterpart just made an appearance here. But for only a few bucks more, you can get it new with a one-year warranty.

[Nychocolips]

Todays Woot also has an HP Laptop. $649.99. It is larger and has greater memory and hard drive space as well as a firewire port. It's also a refurb, so I don't know if it is worth it.

HP Pavilion dv7-1279wm 2GHz Core 2 Duo 4GB DDR2 500GB HD Gigabit LAN eSATA Vista Home Prem 64 bit http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=8314

I like the NEW one you brought out Rick. I'm just so anti-sales tax this week. :)

Thanks

[xZero2007x]

From the older post:
"For example, the Pavilion has a 2GHz dual-core processor, as opposed to the Dell's 2GHz Core 2 Duo processor. Real-world difference? Not much."

Uh, there IS a real-world difference between the Pentium D processors and the C2D processors. You'll notice the difference with basic and advanced usage alike including email, web browsing, office applications to audio/video management/creation.

For $80 more, I'd definitely look for something more in line with the Dell deal. It's not that hard to find a C2D spec, especially on a desktop replacement (smaller = more money) at a low price. If anything, that's what consumers SHOULD be looking for instead of buying 4+ year old tech.

Again, this is an OK deal, but there are definitely better ones to be had.

[xelanmetallium]

Not a Pentium D. According to the specs., it is Pentium Dual-Core which is essentially a Core 2 chip with a slower front side bus, less L2 cache and a slightly slower clock speed. So in this case, a Pentium Dual-Core != Dual Core Pentium D. Good thing too - those netburst Pentium D chips were like ovens.

[lelapin]

Staples has this the same price as an IN STORE purchase after a rebate. I was lucky enough to snag one of these from Staples last month (April) for only $449!!! I love it. Have an AMD dual core laptop, also, but this one is much better. Didn't like the widescreen at first as it requires a lot of vertical scrolling for reading documents, but is wide enough to have 2 documents opened side by side, which is a good tradeoff. Be careful, BestBuy also has an HP G60 235 (not a 230) for slightly more money but it is the IDENTICAL machine but without 80211 G. The HP G60 235 has wireless "G", so it's strange that Best Buy is charging MORE for it when otherwise, it is identical as far as I can see.