HP’s lineup of portable computers has had an interesting mix of features and design elements that have made them a popular choice. Their HDX18-1005ea brings in an 18.4″ LCD screen and Nvidia 9600M GT on the graphics front for some above average gaming performance. TrustedReviews has a thorough look at the machine and share their thoughts:

Connectivity, meanwhile, is just as thorough as the rest of the feature
set. You get four USB ports in all, one of which is a combined eSATA
and USB port, there’s an HDMI output (as you would expect), as well
dual-headphone outputs and a microphone input. One slight annoyance is
how the IR receiver is hidden beneath the trim at the front, which can
make line of sight awkward when standing up, but otherwise there’s
little to complain about.

On the inside the HDX18-1005ea features largely the same components
seen in the HDX16 with the same model designation. Processing is
handled by an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 running at 2.26GHz, there’s 4GB of
800MHz DDR2 RAM and all the basics, such as Gigabit Ethernet, Draft-N
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, are present and correct. Graphics are handled by
an nVidia 9600M GT with 512MB of dedicated memory, which is enough to
handle some light gaming duties if you turn the effects down and
perhaps the resolution, and there’s the added bonus of 64-bit Windows
Vista Home Premium, so all that system memory doesn’t go to waste.

It’s not the most portable of laptops but its impressive feature set makes it quite tempting.