It was back at CES in January that AMD unveiled its Yukon platform as part of HP's $699 Pavilion dv2 notebook- a system comprising of a low-power Athlon Neo CPU and 690G chipset, making it a tangible competitor to Intel's CULV.
However, with just the one Yukon-based notebook available, the platform has struggled to make an impact in a market quickly flooding with Intel CULV-based machines. Hoping to stem the tide, HP's on course to revamp its Yukon system as the Pavilion dv2z - a notebook that launches tomorrow with a lower-than-ever starting price of $599.
HP's specification remains a little cloudy, but we're led to believe the $599 base system will be practically identical to the existing $699 dv2, making the Yukon-based machine somewhat more appealing.
The system packs a 12.1in display, a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo processor, and up to 500GB of storage capacity. Upgrade options will be plentiful, with the ability to add discrete Radeon HD graphics, Blu-ray, and a dual-core Neo processor - all, of course, at an additional cost.
We reckon Yukon has some way to go before it really threatens Intel's CULV, but lower pricing is certainly a step in the right direction. To find out more about HP's Pavilion dv2 notebook, check out our hands-on preview below.
