I think I would like the matte screen and extra 1GB of ram on the thinkpad over the consumer friendly look and feel of the HP (with glossy screen.. yuck!). I also don't want to wait a month for the HP to ship (can get the x120e to ship right away for $530). The only HP DM1 I can find ready to ship is $100 more than the HP store $550 (newegg). Seems like the thinkpad is an easy choice, no?