The HP NC-2400 is an ultraportable from HP that stands out from most notebooks of this size by including an integrated optical drive. Despite the inclusion on an optical drive, HP has managed to keep the weight at 2.8 pounds or roughly 3 pounds with the 6 cell battery which gives a very handy battery life (4 to 6 hours). However when notebooks come at this size and weight there must be a trade off somewhere. Lenovo in its X60 abandons the optical drive in favor of performance, packing a Core 2 Duo CPU. For those of us who need an optical drive built in, Sony and HP have saved space by including only a Core Solo CPU. (At the time of writing the nc-2400 has just become available with a Core Duo).



Link: Notebookreview