HP Pavilion DV5Z-AMD Athlon(TM) X2 Dual-Core QL-60 (1.9GHz), 2GB DDR2 System Memory , 160GB SATA HD, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support , ATI Radeon(TM) , HD 3200 Graphics , 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800), HP Imprint Finish (Mesh) + Microphone + Webcam , 802.11b/g WLAN , Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 , Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought essentially this model mainly to use as a PVR (to record/play TV/videos/media).
Note the CPU is the older AMD Athlon, you can get this laptop with the newer Tiburon. The surface is glossy, a finger print magnet. The screen is also glossy, and the reflections may be an issue for some. Weight wise, not light, but a typical "midsize" laptop. The lid has no clasp, it just folds shut.
More unique features are an eSATA port for fast external hardrive connections, and HDMI out. ExpressCard and media card reader ports are present. Ports are on either side of the computer, with few in the back or front of the device.
Start-up is about 30 seconds. The main issue with this notebook is the low battery life. 2 hours is quoted in reviews and this is what I have experienced. If you plan not to be plugged in for much of the day, you should buy the larger, 12 cell, battery.
Software is the typical Vista/PC mixture. There's not much "bloatware". HP includes it's "Quickplay" media program, a reasonable alternative to WMC. A small IR remote is included, to use as a media remote.
HP documentation is pretty minimal, so if this is your first computer, you may need some assistance setting-it up. I haven't had any technical issues running the computer-it worked without problems immediately out of the box.
I bought this laptop from the HP website, for about $550. For less that $700, it's a reasonable everyday PC for web browsing, email, word processing, and less graphic intensive games.

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HP Pavilion DV5Z-AMD Athlon(TM) X2 Dual-Core QL-60 (1.9GHz), 2GB DDR2 System Memory , 160GB SATA HD, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support , ATI Radeon(TM) , HD 3200 Graphics , 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800), HP Imprint Finish (Mesh) + Microphone + Webcam , 802.11b/g WLAN , Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 , Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

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