question before buy

[pherekudes]

I'm about buying a new computer. You can see my desktops specs in my signiture. Please write your opinion or experiances about the following notebook:

Product Number: NG575EA
Microprocessor: 2.40 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600
Microprocessor Cache: Level 2 cache 3 MB
Memory: 4096 MB (2 x 2048 MB)
Memory Max: Up to 8 GB DDR2
Video Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Video Memory: Up to 1791 MB
Hard Drive: 320 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Multimedia Drive: Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Display: 17" WXGA+ High Definition BrightView Widescreen (1440 x 900)
Network Card:Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity: Intel WiFi Link 5100, Bluetooth
Sound: Altec Lansing speakers, 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated

PC Card Slots

• One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)

External Ports

• 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
• 4 USB 2.0
• 1 HDMI connector
• 1 eSata connector
• 1 VGA port
• 1 RJ45 ethernet connector
• 2 headphones-out
• 1 mic-in
• 1 IEEE 1394
• remote control infrared port
• cable docking connector

Dimensions39.6 cm (W) x 28.5 cm (D) x 4.5 cm (H)Weight3.46 kgPower

• 90 W AC Power Adapter
• 8-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery

I would like to install osx 10.6 on this too, but does not really know if it will works.
As I see the main specs are equal to macbook, but i'm not sure that osx installation would be working on this HP Pavilion.

I'm not really know that an i3 cpu configuration how much better...

Please help me if you can. Any comments are wellcome.