HP Pavilion g4t customizable Notebook PC

I was looking for a good lighter weight laptop for travel and work. The HP Pavilion g4t gives the power I need in a smaller but still functional size and at a reasonable price.

I ordered this for my niece and she is not PC person, so I had to install/unistall programs and so.

This is a good value. Nice that they offer the upgrade to the 7200rpm hard drive. The touch pad is the textured plastic type that is built into the casing. I would prefer a better touch pad, but otherwise no complaints. For basic computing and...

Product and features are good, speed of CPU and upgrade ability are good, separate video processor is a must. However, battery life is 2 hours or less on minor processing and with adjusted screen resolution set to optimal battery life settings. I would...

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My wife looked for months for a laptop that met her very narrow set of requirements. Seems like everyone is going either very big with the 15" or larger, or very small with the 13" thin notebooks with no built in DVD drive. She loves her HP g4t with...

I was disappointed in this laptop. I felt that it did not live up to its promise. Scrolling is very difficult if not impossible and the touch pad is difficult to work with. My biggest gripe is that after I purchased it, HP came out with a "sale" on a...

I ordered a new g-series and just received it via FedX, and....it doesn't work. HP says it has a dead CPU, before I even had a chance to use it. What happened to HP's quality control? I've owned many HP's and they have all been great, except this one....

what do you think about that new HP keyboard? it didn't like it

Excellent laptop, very fast, excellent performance. I don't like the shiny screen. I'm used to a matt finish and I don't like the glare.