| HP refurbished laptops can be found on their website | | | | powerful, long-lasting batteries, interchangeable media |
| Just enter "refurbished laptop" into their search field | | | | bays, and ultra slim design - usually less than 4 |
| and browse through the current selections. (Note | | | | pounds. These can cost as little as $1200 refurbished. |
| that Hewlett-Packard also owns and distributes | | | | The 20-30% savings is immense. They come with |
| Compaq computers.) There you can purchase a | | | | Intel Pentium 3, 4, or M processors. The most |
| quality refurbished laptop for up to 30% off the new | | | | common lines are the 6100, 6200, and 4100 models. |
| retail price. | | | | Ask the manufacturer or private refurbished laptops |
| The HP lines are named Pavilion and Omnibook; the | | | | dealer for details on which Omnibook would fit you. |
| Compaq brand offers the Presario laptop at | | | | The Compaq Presario line is perfect for the |
| refurbished rates. | | | | money-conscience laptop user. One Presario model |
| The Pavilion line is by far the most popular. They are | | | | utilizes an Intel Celeron M processor to power the |
| most suited to replace your home desktop | | | | amazing graphics capabilities. It features 512MB of |
| computer, or assist any student in creating the | | | | RAM and a jaw-dropping 40GB of hard drive space. |
| perfect reports and multimedia presentations. They | | | | It includes a DVD/CD-RW, which allows you to both |
| are slim, sleek, and very mobile - usually under 5 | | | | play and record any DVD or CD that you wish. You |
| pounds. In order of performance, the most common | | | | can get all of these features for only $800, making it |
| Pavilion notebooks are the ze4000, ze5000, and | | | | not the least expensive of refurbished laptops, but |
| ze1200. They come as cheap as $1000 from the | | | | certainly a great deal. |
| manufacturer. | | | | As with most other manufacturers who offer |
| The Omnibook line is more suited to the serious | | | | refurbished laptops, HP offers a 90-day warranty. |
| home user and businessperson. They feature | | | | |