HP selling laptop in messenger bag at Walmart

It looks like HP is doing its part for the environment and, possibly, thieves with its new Pavilion dv6929wm laptop, which does away with the usual excessive packaging and will instead be sold simply in a specially designed "HP Protect" messenger bag. That idea actually came about through a Walmart initiative that asked companies to produce a product that would reduce environmental impact, which HP won, and has now resulted in the laptop being sold exclusively at Walmart stores and Sam's Club locations. Unfortunately, there's not much word on the specs for the laptop itself just yet but, at $798, we wouldn't exactly expect a powerhouse.

[Via Reddit]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 8:21PM]

Do you mean these specs?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01532288&lc=en&dlc=es&cc=es&lang=es&product=3757122

2.00 GHz AMD Turion X2 TL-60 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
4096 MB
250 GB (5400 rpm)
etc?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 8:24PM]

Ha, I sent this ages ago but never confirmed the e-mail account :| Now I'm -5 redundant :|

[generide Posted Sep 3rd 2008 4:57PM]

It still is shipped with the Box though right, I mean how would they ship it safely without the box?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:07PM]

seriously?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:00PM]

Wouldn't expect a powerhouse @ $800? My sister just got a HP for college from Circuit City with 3gb of RAM and a 2ghz Core2Duo processor for $650.

[Deyanimay Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:16PM]

You call that a powerhouse check your gpu Ati 1250 express right?

[ethana2 Posted Sep 3rd 2008 6:08PM]

..and I just got a machine with 1 GB of RAM for $870.
...you have to be careful to look at the right things. For mine, I went with screen res, gpu, webcam, and cpu speed. I'm not a graphic designer; I don't need more than 1 GB, it'd be ridiculous overkill.

[Jonny Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:14PM]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01532288&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3757122

Theres the specs.

Very simple to look up, type the model number on their support site. Boom, hay, theres the specs doods!

[phate Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:17PM]

These things are already out in the wild:
http://www.slashgear.com/hp-sustainable-packaging-dv6929wm-b-laptop-bag-bundle-0215158.php

[phate Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:19PM]

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=408087&pCatg=5680

This site needs an edit button, sorry for the double post