I treated myself to HP ZE5170
Its ok, gets me from point A to point B
Microprocessor Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 2.0GHz Front-side Bus 400MHz Memory
512MB DDR SDRAM at 266MHz (2x256MB) Max memory 1024MB (2x512MB)
Hard Drive 40GB ATA 100 (Gigabyte (GB) is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary) Multimedia Drive DVD+CD-RW combo drive (24x8x8x8x) Video Graphics ATI MOBILITY? RADEON? (M6P AGP-4X 3D Graphics) Sound 16-bit Soundblaster Pro Compatible with dual built-in stereo speakers Network Card Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Connectivity - Wireless Optional 802.11b card available Keyboard 87 key, full size, spill resistant keyboard Controls 4 User programmable buttons; Power/suspend Pointing Device Touch pad on palm rest with On/Off button and Up/Down easy scroll pad PC Card Slots 2 type II PCMCIA card slots Total External Notebook Ports (2)USB, (1)parallel, (1)RJ-45, (1)Port Rep, (1)RJ-11 modem port, (1)microphone, (1)headphone, (1)Lock, (1) S-TV out,(1) PCI Dock connector, (1)VGA, (1)IEEE1394 Display 15.0\" XGA-TFT (1024x768) Video Memory 32MB DDR RAM dedicated Processor Cache 512K (L2) on die Power Universal AC adapter, built-in 8-Cell Lithium Ion battery. Low battery warning. Notebook Dimensions 12.96\" x 10.72\" x 1.79\" (Thickness may vary at different points on the system) Weight - Notebook 7.5lbs; Weight may vary due to vendor component changes and manufacturing process Security Systems diagnostics by HP-Kensington lock slot, user and system passwords Warranty 1 year limited warranty, 90 days software support; 24-hour/7-day a week phone support (2nd & 3rd year warranty options available for upgrade) Diskette Drive 3.5\" 1.44MB Floppy disk drive Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition (including Microsoft® Outlook Express 6.0, Microsoft® Fax Services, Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft® Firewall) Internet Solutions Easy Internet Sign Up
CompuServe®2000
AOL® 6.0
EarthLink® 5.0 lite
MSN® 6.0 Multimedia Arcsoft® (photo editing), Funhouse, Photo impressions4, Greeting cards
HP Memories Disc
InterVideo? WinDVD (DVD playback)
HP RecordNow? (CDRW recording)
Cyberlink® PowerDirector? Pro VE; (video editing)
MusicMatch Jukebox 7.0 (CD and MP3 Playback)
Wild Tangent My Games (3D Games) Post-purchase Promotion DVD Rentals - Netflix
OnLine Print center - mimeo.com
Data Migration - Smart Clone Productivity and Finance Quicken® Financial Center by Intuit® including Quicken® New Users Edition 2002
Encyclopedia Britannica Ready Reference
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader? 5.0
HP ToolKit
Corel® WordPerfect 9 (word processing)
Corel® Quattro Pro 9 (spreadsheets) Security and Support Symantec? Norton AntiVirus 2002? (90 days live update)
Electronic registration
HP Instant Support
e-diagnostics for Windows (diagnostic software)
OnLine users handbook
Zone Alarm (Firewall)
I love it!