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he 11.6-inch HP Pavilion dm1 offers good looks, easy portability, and solid performance for less than $500.

The HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr is a fine computing solution for business workers and other users who spend at least as much time traveling as they do chained to a desk.

At the time of this writing (January 2011) consumers will have a hard time finding an Intel-based ultraportable notebook or netbook that delivers better real world performance and battery life across the board for the same price ... and that's saying a lot.

Overall, the HP Pavilion dm1 isn’t the fastest notebook around ... But it’s one of the few laptops in its price range that weighs less than 3.5 pounds, has an 11.6 inch display, gets around 5 hours of battery life, and offers decent performance for everyday computing tasks.

If you want a light laptop for watching movies on, the HP Pavilion dm1-4027ea does what you want it to do. However, if you want to use it to work on, editing digital photos or anything more strenuous, then you're going to be disappointed.