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End of last year I went to BestBuy and bought this very cool laptop, the HP Compaq Pavilion ZT3280US.

In the beginning I wanted to get one of those Sony Vaio laptops, but did not like what I saw there so I decided on this HP. It cost me about $2500 with tax back then, but it is well worth the money when you see the features it has at its disposal.


DESIGN :
This particular laptop is much thinner and lighter than regular (older) one’s because it uses this new Mobile Centrino Technology (by Intel); it also provides longer battery life. Mobile Centrino is a processor that has wireless capabilities built-in so you will not have to purchase separate hardware (wireless internet/file transfer/etc via Bluetooth technology). Just turn on the wireless adapter by pressing an external button on the front of the laptop and you will be able to connect to the Internet wirelessly in Hot Spots (such as hotels/motels, cyber cafe's, schools, or libraries).

This unit has a 15.4 inch XGA (Extended Video Graphics Array) TFT (Thin Film Transistor) LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen that has a maximum resolution of 1280 X 800 pixels. This LCD screen is great for watching widescreen DVD movies because it is a widescreen display (most of the movies are not widescreen). Now even though, this laptop is thinner and lighter than most other regular laptops out there, it is still not the lightest and the thinnest. I have seen some Apple and Sony laptops that are about an inch in thickness and a third in size of this unit. For me this was perfect because I was going to use this mostly for school (taking notes and stuff). The size and the weight did not bother me that much because I have a backpack that is specially designed for this and I also do carry my notebooks and textbooks in the same backpack. I have been taking this unit to school for two semesters and I have not hurt my back; I can proudly say that I will not hurt my back ever with this; maybe with the big textbooks, but not this laptop.


INSTALLATION :
No installation is required because it is a laptop. All you need to do the first time you open the package is to fully charge the battery. Basically that is all of the installation and you are ready to be on your way.

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