New notebook

Got a HP dm1z! (or just pavilion dm1)

Now, personal grudge against HP still holds, but for this little and worthy fella, it's an exception.

It just ticks all the boxes especially if you're a student, looking for a value laptop on the go.

Forgive me for this, but this is going to sound like an advertisement, which isn't intended!

As a computer science student, I needed a portable machine with a screen larger than 10'', lightweight, good battery life, relatively affordable, and not a mac(too expensive, compatibility issues for some programs).
Specific criteria I went by:
- >= 11.6'' screen w/ 13xx*7xx min res
- under 400/500 bucks
- wireless net
- ~1.5kg
- snappy processor
- stirdly built

After weeks and weeks of research and contemplation, it boiled down to the Lenovo thinkpad 120e, and the HP dm1z.

Online reviews for both had me hanging for a few weeks, but after finding a coupon for dm1z, it was clear.
So far it's doing great - the AMD fusion is behaving well, display is sharp, lag hasn't appeared yet.

My expectations for this machine is just to be able to compile and run code without problems, and work remotely off the uni machines, and have a large enough screen to scroll through many many lines of code. (i.e. not a 10 incher)
No gaming, no fancy HD video watching, no surround sound, nothing that requires horsepower.

The keyboard on it is nice, very much resembles the mac keyboards. It doesn't feel plastic or flimsy.
Some complain about the trackpad; I can tell you it's better than the one on my 16'' Asus K61IC(which is overly sensitive). The left/right click buttons are indeed joined to the tracking area, but it's very obvious - by touch - when you've reached the buttons.
Its glossy screen and the thinkpad's matte were hard to pick from. I would've definitely gone for matte, but the dm1z won me over with the price + promising fusion processor.

So it's perfect for students who are looking for decent battery life, a sufficient screen size, low cost/good dollar for power, and don't need beastly performance.
All under 400 bucks directly from HP (USA/USD), even cheaper with a coupon.
Including the shipping cost to Australia, it still costs much less(> 100 bucks) than what you'd have to pay from retail stores.

On a side note, I; did my research, know a bit about hardware, and have a keen eye for perfection + precision in graphics. Still, no complains from me for this machine yet.. EXCEPT! the slightly badly located ethernet slot - it's like those flaps on mobile phones that you have to pop out, and is attached by a short piece of plastic/rubber. But considering the machine will use wifi 90% of the time, it's not really much.
Maybe there will be an update after a week/month.