HP Notebook w/Athlon XP 2500+ for $699 at Circuit City

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Richard,

I read the specs and reviews and note two "issues".

1) The USB ports are 1.1 .

2) Apparently it won't read DVD+RW discs. Reads DVD+R discs. Reads/writes CD+RW OK.

What is your view of the lack of USB 2.0?

The DVD issue is of less importance to me.

As a bad joke, apparently the units manufactured before October 2003 come with the Blaster worm factory-installed!!

Thanks,

sc