HP cuts notebook prices
Hewlett-Packard slashes prices as much as 21 percent on its OmniBook 5500 notebook PC line.
Brooke Crothers Former CNET contributor
Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an editor at large at CNET News and a contributing reporter to The New York Times' Bits and Technology sections. His interest in things small began when living in Tokyo in a very small apartment for a very long time.
Hewlett-Packard (HWP) has slashed prices as much as 21 percent on its OmniBook 5500 notebook PC line.
| "helvetica"="" size="-1"> Prices will start at as low as $2,200 for the HP OmniBook 5500CS. |
| "helvetica"="" size="-1" color="#CC0000"> HP OmniBook 5500CS 5/100 PC model 810 |
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- 100-MHz Pentium processor - 810MB hard disk drive - 11.3-inch dual-scan LCD screen New price: $2,200 and up |
| "helvetica"="" size="-1">Other price reductions include the 5500 CS model. |
| "helvetica"="" size="-1" color="#CC0000"> HP OmniBook 5500CS |
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- 100-MHz Pentium processor - 1.35GB hard disk drive - 11.3-inch dual-scan LCD screen - Old price: $3,130 New price: $2,565 |
| "helvetica"="" size="-1">High-end models will receive more conservative price cuts. |
| "helvetica"="" size="-1" color="#CC0000"> HP OmniBook 5500CT |
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- 133-MHz Pentium processor - 16MB RAM - 2GB hard disk drive - 12.1-inch SVGA active-matrix LCD TFT - Old price: $4,950 New price: $4,700 |