In our previous interview, we asked Massimo Valle, Consumer Notebooks Category Manager, Personal Systems Group, HP where he planned to distribute a model with 13-inch display. Valle stressed that the models with 12 and 14 inches could serve both the niche market for ultraportable, but had left an opening for the introduction of an intermediate model, with 13-inch display "does not exclude, however, that in 2008 may be no news in this. "

And here's the news: HP Pavilion dv3000, a new series of consumer notebooks with a 13.3-inch panoramic display, and a budget notebook hardware worth far more cumbersome. In fact, the technical characteristics are very similar to those of the HP Pavilion dv2700 notebook, which the new model looks like a scaled down version.

The graphic industry is taken by a video card Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS, which in a laptop of this size is a welcome surprise. The Pavilion dv3000 is also equipped with an HDMI port and the usual mini remote control that can be stored in the ExpressCard slot, to emphasize the use of this multimedia notebook.

Security is entrusted to a fingerprint reader and HP 3D Drive Guard, while the allocation of ports includes a little surprise: one eSATA / USB, which could prove useful to expand the storage capacity for data, connecting an external drive . HP Pavilion dv3000 will be available in Asia in May, at a base price of $ 1399.

Thank you CNet for pictures of this news.

General Specifications:
Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS
Display: 13.3-inch widescreen
Audio: Altec Lansing
Ports: HDMI, eSATA / USB
Security: Fingerprint reader
Other: Mini-remote control, webcam