HP G70-460US 17 Widescreen Notebook

320GB hard drive stores thousands of songs, photos and documents. Large 3GB memory lets you run demanding programs. High-performance Intel Core Duo processor lets you handle todays complex software. Wireless-N for high-performance, cable-free networking. Lets you access wireless networks to share files, surf the Web and exchange email. Can provide improved range and speed within a Wireless-N network, and is also compatible with 802. 11a/b/g networks. Wired networking is supported, too. 17 diagonal widescreen BriteView LCD. There is also a full-size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad. Play and burn CDs and DVDs. Plus, built-in LightScribe technology lets you create and burn your own labels right onto your discs. (LightScribe media is required, sold separately. )Memory card reader for fast, easy photo transfers. Transfer your digital photos, music and other files from 5 types of memory cards. Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1.

HP G60-440US 16" Widescreen Notebook

If you are a budget minded home user who wants a laptop for usual tasks, e-mail/surfing, tunes/photos, basic file creation/editing; you can't do much better than this:

- 320GB hard drive stores thousands of songs, photos and documents- Large 3GB memory lets you run demanding programs

- Wireless-N for high

-performance, cable-free networking. Lets you access wireless networks to share files, surf the Web and exchange email. Can provide improved range and speed within a Wireless-N network, and is also compatible with 802.11a/b/g networks. Wired networking is supported, too

- 16" diagonal widescreen BriteView LCD

- Plays and burn CDs and DVDs. Plus, built-in LightScribe™ technology lets you create and burn your own labels right onto your discs(LightScribe media is required, sold separately)

- Memory card reader for fast, easy photo transfers. Transfer your digital photos, music and other files from 5 types of memory cards

- Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1

HP Widescreen Notebook Reviews

HP Pavilion DV4-1465DX Widescreen Notebook

HP latest widescreen notebook for the back-to-school set is basically a beefed-up but lower-priced ($750, as of August 10, 2009) version of its earlier Pavilion dv3: You get a 14-inch display (up from 13.3 inches on the dv3), more battery life (thanks to a huge 12-cell battery); and a lot more horsepower.

The glossy (and therefore glare-prone) screen offers a 1280-by-800-pixel image, for a nonstandard 16:10 aspect ratio--just as the dv3's screen did. By comparison, the 1366-by-768-pixel screens on some other 14-inch notebooks. yield a true widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, so you avoid the narrow letterbox bars that are visible above and below video images on the dv4-1465dx. Still, the dv4's display reproduces color well.

Measuring 13.2 by 9.4 by 1.5 inches and weighing 6 pounds, this laptop is no ultraportable. Much of its heft is due to its 12-cell battery, which sits below the rig, propping up the unit at a more ergonomic angle and delivering good battery life.
For power, the dv4-1465dx relies on a 2.1-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive.

The dv4's coating certainly gives fingers the sensation that they're dancing over the supple keys--and it may resist abrasion from Cheetos grit, too.

The HP dv4-1465dx widescreen notebook offering gigabit ethernet ports, three USB ports (one of them a hybrid eSATA port that's perfect for high-speed data), a flash card reader, a PC card slot, a DVD-RW, an old time modem, two headphone jacks, a mic, and a touch-inductive shortcut panel above the keyboard that provide quick access to audio controls and to the onboard 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.

The HP dv4-1465dx widescreen notebook is a serious step up from the dv3 of earlier this year. And at $750, this machine looks to be a good option, though not the best one around.

HP Widescreen Notebook