HP Pavilion dv3500t - Company’s First 13.3″ Laptop

Hewlett-Packard has launched the HP Pavilion dv3500t, the company’s first 13.3-inch notebook for the US market.

The 4.12-pound HP Pavilion dv3500t features the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS 512MB video card, up to 8GB of DDR2 system memory, up to 400GB of hard drive space, and a DVD burner. Its display has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and optional LED backlight.

Other features of this consumer oriented laptop include a built-in web camera and fingerprint reader, a full size keyboard with optional backlit, 802.11n wireless, Ethernet LAN, and 56K modem connections, optional Bluetooth, HDMI and VGA outputs, three USB ports (3rd shared with eSATA port), an ExpressCard slot, and 5-in-1 media card reader.

The notebook has a new “liquid metallic” bronze finish and runs Windows Vista operating system.

The HP Pavilion dv3500t starts at $999.99.

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I know a 64-bit OS is required to utilize 4GB of RAM, but will the computer actually recognize/utilize 8GB of RAM?

With a 64-bit OS you should be able to utilize 8GB.