We bought an HP Pavilion notebook from Future Shop about 15 months ago.  At the time of purchase, it was the right notebook without costing an arm and a leg.  Smallish footprint, bright screen, 250GB hard drive and a decent CPU makes it an attractive package for less than $800.  After 15 months’ usage, the notebook hard drive is starting to make some ticking noise.  Time to look into finding a replacement hard drive.

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