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One of my more recent projects has been work on creating a series of videos for HP, providing education about key product features. In the first of these videos, I walk through features of their back-to-school lineup of notebook computers, including the Pavilion dv6, Pavilion dv2 and Mini 110 line. I do not currently own any of these units, although I do have a dv2 on loan from HP and love it. I spent enough time with each of the three notebooks to feel confident in recommending all three for a number of use cases as back-to-school options for college students. I have previously purchased Pavilion dv5 and HP Mini 1000 line computers and use both almost every day. Watch the video for a quick rundown of notebook features.

NVIDIA finally has Windows Vista certified 64-bit drivers. This feels like a long time coming as ATI had there's out when Vista shipped. I'm running Windows Vista 64-bit on an AMD 64-bit machine and one of my major frustrations is finding the right drivers and software. Plenty of the 32-bit stuff will run in some kind of compatibility mode, but there's a large chunk of my software functionality that's just plain broken. Having the right video drivers is essential, especially when you want to do something seemingly simple like playing HD-DVDs. Thanks to Ed Bott for the tip-off.