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View a selection of Windows laptops with the Laptop Comparison tool. You can filter your results on price, processing power and storage (hard drive), which recent Australian research* has shown to be the most important factors when buying a computer.

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Product Price Processor Memory Hard Drive Battery Graphics Display Size Weight Availability Ends Website Link
HP Pavillion dv2-1000 $1199 RRP 1.6 GHhz
AMD Athlon NEO		 2GB 250GB Choice of a 4 or 6-cell Li-Ion battery ATI Radeon™ X1250 Graphics with 64MB Display Cache Memory 12.1 1280 x 800 240 x 240 x 237/327 1.64 - More details on the HP site
HP Pavilion dv6 -1128TX $1499 RRP 2 GHhz
AMD Athlon X2		 2GB 320GB 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery ATI Radeon HD 4350 15.6 1366 x 768 378.5 x 258 x 340/410 2.94 - More details on the HP site
Aspire 5738G $1598 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor		 4GB 320GB-400GB 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery NVIDIA GeForce G105M 15.6 1366 x 768 383 x 250 x 26/37 2.8 - More details on the Acer site
Presario CQ61-117TU $1399 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400		 2GB 320GB 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD 15.6 1366 x 768 378 x 252 x 35/44 2.75 - More details on the Compaq site
Sony Vaio NS $1499 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400		 2GB 250GB VGP-BPS13B/B Lithium-ion battery (Up to 2 hours) Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD 15.4 1280 x 800 360 x 270 x 31/38 2.9 - More details on the Sony site
Satellite Pro L300 $852 RRP 2.16 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T4200		 2GB 250GB 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GL40 4500MHD 15.4 - 362 x 267 x 33/37.7 2.6 - More details on the Toshiba site
ASUS F6A $1599 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (2.0 GHz - 1.83 GHz, 667MHz, 2MB On-Die L2 Cache)		 2GB 250GB (5400 RPM) 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Intel® GMA X4500HD with upto 512MB VRAM 13.3 1280 x800 31.6 x 23.2 x 2.7/3.5 1.99 - More details on the Asus site
A350/07G $2399 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600		 4GB DDR2 (2GB +2GB) (800Mhz) 640GB (320GB + 320GB) 6 cell ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 (512MB discrete video memory and up to 2302MB video memory with 4GB system RAM) 16 1366 x 768 38.3 x 26.7 x 3.5/3.8 2.94 - More details on the Toshiba site
Dell Studio XPS 13 $1899 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 3MB Cache)		 4GB DDR3 500GB 7200 rpm 6 cell 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9500M-GE with Hybrid SLI® Technology 13.3 Widescreen WXGA (1280x800) WLED WLED Display 31.9 x 23.5 x 1.3/3.4 2.2 - More details on the Dell site
ASUS N51VF $2199 RRP 2.53 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo		 2GB 320GB 6 Cell NVidia GeForce GT 130M with 1GB VRAM 15.6 1366 x 768 36.9 x 27.6 x 2.9/4.3 2.95 - More details on the Asus site
Portégé A600 $2310 RRP 1.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor ULV SU9400 (1.4GHz, 800MHz FSB, 3MB L2 Cache)		 2GB DDR2 (1GB OnBoard + 1GB) (800MHz) 250GB HDD (5400rpm) SATA 6 cell Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator GS45 12.1 1280 x 800 28.6 x 22.3 x 2.9/2.9 1.46 - More details on the Toshiba site
Aspire 6935G $2599 RRP 2.53 GHhz
Intel Centrino 2		 4GB DDR3 500GB 2.5 hours NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 9600M (1GB Dedicated VRAM) 16 1920 x 1080 38.5 x 27.7 x 4.3 3.4 - More details on the Acer site
Dell Studio XPS 16 $2549 RRP 2.53 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 3MB Cache)		 6GB DDR3 500GB 7200 rpm 6 cell 56 WHr Li-Ion Battery 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670 16 720p WXGA (1366x768) WLED HD Display 38.4 x 25.4 x 2.4/3.3 2.94 - More details on the Dell site
Satellite Pro P300 $2750 RRP 2.66 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache)		 4GB DDR2 (2GB +2GB) (800Mhz) 800GB (400GB +400GB) 5400rpm 2.5” SATA HhDD 6 cell ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 (512MB discrete video memory and up to 2302MB video memory with 4GB system RAM) 17 1440 x 900 39.8 x 28.8 x 3.4/ 3.9 3.25 - More details on the Toshiba site
Dell Studio 17 $2499 RRP 2.66 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66GHz/ 1066 MHz FBs/ 6MB Cache)		 6GB DDR2 500GB SATA 6-cell 56WHr Li-Ion Battery 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 17 Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ 39.2 x 30 x 3/ 4.3 3.57 - More details on the Dell site
ASUS N50VN $2799 RRP 2.66 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo		 4GB 500GB 6Cell Nvidia GeForce 9650M GT, 1GB VGAM 15.4 ( LED) 1280 x 800 36.9 x 27.6 x 2.9/4.3 2.95 - More details on the Asus site
ASUS N70Sv $2999 RRP 2.66 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo		 4GB 500GB 8 Cell NVidia GeForce GT 130M with 1GB VRAM 17.3 (HD+ LED) 1600 x 900 45.8 x 30.9 x 3.9/4.7 4.1 - More details on the Asus site
HP DV7-2014TX $2799 RRP 2.696 GHhz
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66 GHz , 6 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB)		 8GB DDR2 1000GB 5400rpm 8-Cell ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 1GB dedicated graphics 17.3 1600 x 900 39.6x 28.5x 3.34/4.21 3.46 - More details on the HP site
HP DV3-2002TX $1599 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)		 2GB 320GB (5400 RPM) 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Intel GMA 4500HD Shared Graphics 13.4 1366 x 768 32.0 x 22.8 x 3.17 2.02 - More details on the HP site
Satellite U400/08W $1699 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400		 4GB DDR2 (2GB +2GB) (800Mhz) 320GB (5400 RPM) SATA 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Mobile Intel® GMA 4500M (128MB system memory and up to 286MB video memory with 2GB system RAM) 13.3 1280 x 800 31.4 x 22.9 x 2.7/3.5 1.9 - More details on the Toshiba site
Sony Vaio FW (VGNFW33GW ) $1799 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6400		 2GB DDR2 250GB Up to 2 hrs (VGP-BPS13/S Lithium-ion battery) ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3470 16.4 1600 x 900 38.4 x 26.1 x 2.9 -3.7 3.1 - More details on the Sony site
HP DV3-2002TX $1999 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz , 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB) 		4GB DDR2 320GB (5400 RPM) 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Nvidia Geforce G105M with 512Mb dedicated graphics 13.4 1366 x 768 32.0 x 22.8 x 3.17 2.02 - More details on the HP site
Portégé M800/08S $1999 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8600		 4GB DDR2 (GB+2GB)(800MHz) 320GB (5400 rpm) SATA 6 cell 4800 mAh Llithium-Ion battery (up to 4 hours) Mobile Intel® GMA 4500M (128MB system memory and up to 286MB video memory with 2GB system RAM) 13.3 1280 x 800 31.4 x 22.9 x 2.7/3.5 1.9 - More details on the Toshiba site
Studio XPS 13 (S540306AU1) $1699 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.4GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 3MB Cache)		 3Gb DDR3 320GB 7200rpm SATA 6 cell 56 WHr Li-Ion Battery Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M graphics 13.3 1280 x 800 31.9 x 23.6 x 2.3/3.4 2.2 - More details on the Dell site
ASUS F6Ve $2199 RRP 2 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo		 3GB 320GB 3 Cell ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 13.3 1280 x 800 31.2 x 23.2 x 2.7-3.5 1.99 - More details on the Asus site
HP DV6-1143TX $2299 RRP 2.4 GHhz
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo		 4GB 500GB 6 Cell ATI Mobility Radeon HD4650 1GB dedicated graphics 16 1366 x 768 35.7 x 25.9 x 3.49 2.65 - More details on the HP site

Whilst this information is current at 23 June 2009, this is intended for general information and should not be relied upon without making your own independent enquiries. In making the above comparisons we have compared only some functionality, and in no way assert that this list is conclusive or will influence a consumer when they are purchasing a notebook. For further details on the key features of each notebook, visit the source information websites identified in the tables. All data, including the RRP, is obtained from the source info set out in the table above at the date indicated. The RRP is only a recommended price, in Australian dollars and inclusive of GST. Price is set by individual retailers.

*5th Dimension Research and Consulting, January 2009. Research commissioned by Microsoft® Australia. Further details contained at the end of this document.