nw8240 available NOW on HP US

Do you think it is worth the money?
I want to use it for general tasks as well as digital content creation and gaming.
I have looked at the zd8000, but I would like to have something a little more portable.

Thanks Tommi.
When I originally was looking the zd8000 looked like what I wanted to buy, but when I saw the nw8240 it had a smaller screen, but had the AT FireGL v5000, it was lighter, had way better battery life, and also has the option of a docking station. The nw8xxx also uses the Multibay II which gives some options.

I will keep you posted with what I end up buying. I could get the nw8240 within a few days once I place the order. I will eventually buy a 60 GB 7200 rpm drive when the become a little more available and the price drops a little, but I can live with the 80 GB 5400 rpm drive.

I would like to know if the nw8240 will generate significantly more heat because of the FireGL graphics relative to the Radeon X600 graphics chipset in the nc8230.

At work I am looking at the nc8230 and I am hoping to get the nw8240 in the next couple of weeks. I will update you when I order it.

Scott, what's your impression of the nc8230? What configuration do you have?

how will this do on battery life? Gaming?

Today, I loaded HL2 and I was very impressed. I was able to run it in 16:10 mode and it was smooth and graphics alooked great. The 2W speakers put out a lot of sound as well, more than I was expecting. Heat was not bad either. Of course I am comparing it to my Pro-Star 2200C which gets very hot. Anyway, It did better than I was expecting. At my work we are probably going to look at the nw8240 configurations (Probably the lower end of the 2) and the one I am looking at buying. I will post with more information when I have it.

Here are the specs of the nc8230 that I was using:

nc8230
PV406AW#ABA
Processor Intel Pentium M processor 750* (1.86-GHz, 533-MHz FSB, 2-MB L2 cache)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
System Memory 512-MB 400-MHz DDR2 SDRAM (512-MB SODIMM in slot 1)
Hard Drive 60-GB 5400 rpm
Display 15.4-inch color TFT WSXGA+ with wide-viewing angle and (1680 x 1050) resolution (up to 16.7 M colors internal)
Graphics ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
Video Memory 64 MB
Audio ADI AC '97 CODEC, Line out/headphone and microphone jacks
Optical Drive 9.5-mm DVD/CD-RW Combo
Communications 56K Fax Modem,
Integrated NetXtreme Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet Controller
(10/100/1000 NIC)
Integrated Wireless Intel PRO Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g WLAN
Bluetooth
TPM Embedded Security Chip Yes
Integrated Smart Card Reader Yes
Pointing Device Dual pointing devices (both Pointstick and Touchpad)
Battery 8-cell high capacity Lithium-Ion (69Wh)
Power External 90W adapter
Warranty 3/3/0

At the suggestion of another, I looked at zipzoomfly.com and found a 512MB stick of RAM for $80 with free second day shipping. Just passing it along.

Corsair VS512SDS533D2 SODIMM 512MB DDR2-533 PC4200 Value Select Memory Retail ***Free 2nd Day***
Lifetime Warranty (For Notebooks and Laptops)