I would assume the 99 HP is this-
Pavilion A1100y Desktop - Customizable (2.8GHz Celeron D 336, 256MB DDR2, 40GB, CD, Windows XP)
Here is the HP page with it
I had actually considered the Acer 3204XMi which was only 4.8 lbs with a better GPU, however its screen was only 1024 x 768 which was enough to kill it for me. Although it had the slightly older Pentium M 745, their were reports that it was highly overclockable.
I did briefly even romance...
I am looking for a college laptop, right around 5 lbs with a 14.1 SXGA+ screen, at least x300 and under $2000. I thought that I had narrowed it down, but I have reached a bit of an impass. I have four laptops that I have found to fit the bill, and here they are:
IBM T43 2686DGU $1690.05 (IBM...
Later this month I am leaving on vacation I am looking at borrowing wifi from a friend as I usually do, however I am looking for very long range USB wifi adapters or PC Card.
All the top notch PC cards I have looked at (Senao, SMC) are still of course the B-standard, although that is still...