Fully loaded Intel Core i5 laptops from Dell and Hewlett-Packard are on sale for a few days for as little as $649. Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer ...

Performance: Overall this laptop's performance was Good, below that of many other models but still powerful enough for tasks such as email, word processing, web browsing, and streaming movies.

Performance: Overall this laptop's performance was good, below that of many other models but still powerful enough for tasks such as email, word processing, web browsing, and streaming movies.

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