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HP Pavilion dv4100 Notebook PC series

A 15.4-inch widescreen notebook, the HP Pavilion dv4100 Notebook will give you a decent mobile computing experience thanks to its good features and adequate performance.

Running on Windows XP operating system, this notebook has nice entertainment features like music and videos courtesy the 15.4-inch widescreen display with BrightView technology for bright colours and also nice entertainment software like HP Image Zone.

Some of the impressive inclusions are the 802.11b/g WLAN connectivity option, a 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader (xD, SD, Smart Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Multimedia Card) for simple and speedy file transfer and the ExpressCard 54/34 slot.

The Intel Celeron or Intel Pentium Processor with the SpeedStep technology is used. Processor speed is either 1.40 GHz, 1.50 GHz or 1.73 GHz. Cache utilized is either Level 2 cache of 1 or 2 MB. System bus has a speed of either 400 or 533 MHz. As per the model selected, the standard memory will be 1024 or 512 MB. Maximum upgradeable limit of the memory is 2 GB.

Internal hard disk drive capacity is 100 GB/ 40 GB/ 80 GB with the speed being 4200 rpm.

Optical drive features the DVD Writer Dual Format (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support. Or else you will find the LightScribe Direct Disc Labelling technology available on a few models, you can burn stylish labels onto CDs and DVDs. This is done by burning the content, reversing the disc and then burning the personalized label on this side.

Integrated 10/100 LAN Ethernet is the network interface.

External I/O ports feature USB 2.0, 1 VGA, headphone-out; 1 microphone-in, 1 S-video TV-Out etc. There is an optional Remote control infrared port.

IEEE 1394 is the video capture interface.

One type I or II PC card slot. CardBus-enabled are the expansion slots.

The 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen has a resolution of 1280 x 800.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 is the video adapter which has the capability of sharing 128 MB of video memory.

For audio features, there is the 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated and Altec Lansing speakers.

Power features include the 65 W AC Power Adapter and 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery.

The notebook’s software collection is highly impressive. Among the plethora of them, you will find Microsoft Works Suite 2005, Microsoft Word 2002,Microsoft Picture It!, Photo Premium 10, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 etc.

Optical drive software include InterVideo WinDVD 5.0, Sonic Digital MediaPlus 7.0, Microsoft Windows Media Player 10; Apple iTunes and HP Image Zone Plus.

Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005 with 60-day liveupdate is the security software.

HP Pavilion dv4100 weighs 2.97 kg (6.45 lbs) and has dimensions of 35.84 cm (W) x 25.80 cm (L) x 3.35 cm (H).

The notebook has a 1 year warranty, pick-up and return, parts and labour.