hp Notebook Computers

Work faster and more productively with the special edition HP L2105NR notebook PC. You'll also be helping to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). With your purchase, $50 from each HP L2105NR notebook goes to the LAF. The LAF provides the practical tools and information that people living with cancer need to live strong. Jointly developed by HP and processor manufacturer AMD, the L2105NR features the LIVESTRONG message on the cover and a reproduction of Lance Armstrong's autograph. Each purchase includes a yellow LIVESTRONG wristband and yellow stereo ear bud headphones with in-line volume control. LIVESTRONG wristbands represent unity in the battle against cancer and hope for all those who are living with cancer.

The HP L2105NR features the AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-32, which will handle all you can throw at it today and will be ready for the coming onslaught of applications that will take advantage of 64-bit processing technology tomorrow. Supremely mobile, it weighs just over 5 pounds and has a BrightView 14-inch display--which provides improved viewing in direct sunlight. Other features include an 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), dual-layer, multiformat DVD writer, built-in 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM SpeedBooster, 128 MB of shared video RAM, and Windows XP Professional.

In addition to the $50 that the LAF will receive from each notebook, AMD and HP plan to donate notebooks for use in LAF-funded cancer survivorship centers throughout the United States. The two companies are inviting you to join them in the support of the Lance Armstrong Foundation by matching or exceeding the $50 per unit for the LAF.

AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology

Combining strong performance with efficient usage of power, AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ML-32 is uniquely optimized to power today's thinnest notebooks. It's also built for tomorrow's 64-bit applications, which will require a processor with significant power. It includes such AMD technology features as HyperTransport (which increases the communication between integrated circuits), PowerNow! (which enables longer battery life and reduced heat generation), and Enhanced Virus Protection (which works with Windows XP Service Pack 2 to better withstand attacks from certain classes of viruses). It also features a 512 KB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance.)

You will not regret purchasing this notebook from HP. The display is very sharp (movies look great on it, especially those in widescreen format). It is easily upgraded as well, as there is easy access to the RAM, HDD, and Wi-Fi card. Even the DVD drive can be upgraded by removing a single screw, although this is pointless unless you want to install one of the new lightscribe drives as I have done. The bezels on notebook disc drives are interchangeable, so any replacement drive you install will still look factory. The final upgrade point I would like to make is that the processor can be upgraded! I took a Turion ML-40 (2.2gHz 1MB L2 cache) and put it in this notebook in place of the factory installed ML-32. If this is a thought anyone else is having, I just wanted to confirm for you that it CAN be done. That upgrade made this very good notebook a GREAT notebook.