Starting out at $999.99, because that one cent makes a big difference, the 13.3-inch HP dv3500t notebook packs an Intel C2D (four to choose from: T5800 2.0GHz; P7350 2.0GHz; P8400 2.26GHz; T9400 2.53GHz), Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS graphics card, up to a 400GB HDD (smallest being 160GB) and a handful of other customizable features. You can also get the HD screen with LED backlighting. Not too shabby, me thinks.
Nice – I’ve been waiting for a nice compact laptop with a 512MB video card, and this looks like it does everything I want at a decent price. I had been inclined to get a Dell XPS M1330, but the vid card on those is still maxing out at 128MB, though I’m sure that will change shortly.