Whats the latest trend in the redesigning of the laptops? Yes, you got it right. It is the inclusion of the HD-DVD drive to the machine. While Asus and Samsung has already stuffed HD-DVD drive into their machines, HP also announced the upgrade to its 17-incher Pavilion dv9000t with the integrated HD DVD ROM for additional $450.

The integrated HD DVD includes a HDMI port for playing the HD content on the large displays. Along with the HDMi port, it also comes with a DVD dual layer burner. You can even opt for the HPs Ultra BrightView display with dual-lamp technology for a screen resolution of 1440900 at extra $125.

Other salient features of the HP Pavillion dv9000t are NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics card with 256MB or 512MB of video memory, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG, Bluetooth, a Gigabit Ethernet LAN and a 56K modem.

The cheapest configuration for a HP Pavilion dv9000t with HD DVD inclusion will set you back $1550.

Via: Laptoping