Intel already demonstrated it will retake ground quickly in "light-and-thin" notebooks by unveiling its cheap, low-voltage chips. Nonetheless, AMD is getting praise for a sounder strategy than in years past -- focusing on areas where it can compete with its larger rival, rather than chasing it across the PC world.

Along with the Athlon Neo MV-40, The Pavilion DV2 will now be available with the Athlon Neo X2 L335 for $25 extra, or the Turion Neo X2 L625 for $75 extra. Both CPUs run at 1.6GHz, however, the Turion has twice as much L2 cache.

You can grab the HP dv2 here starting at $699.

This laptop is available at Buy.com for $750 with free shipping.

The dual-core Neo chip used in the updated HP dv2 (which is exclusive to HP) will be followed by AMD's Congo technology, due in the third quarter, which integrates AMD's HD3200 graphics, an improvement over the current "Yukon" platform. The all-important power envelope--that, after all, is what sets the technology apart from mainstream mobile silicon--of the whole package including the graphics is expected to be about the same as the first-generation Neo, according to AMD.

You can grab the current HP dv2 here starting at $699.99

Specs posted by an Italian E-tailer for the upcoming Eee PC 1000HV, claim the machine sports a standard Intel Atom N280 processor coupled with an ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics processor with 256MB of dedicated memory. Now, this could simply be a case of human error on the vendor's part, but it could also be an innovative move on Asus's part. Especially while Nvidia and Intel grapple over IGP vs Ion, it would make it that much more entertaining to see AMD sneak into the netbook market through the back door.