Lots of core i5's and i7's in Asus ultraportables, check out the u30jc/u33jc/u36jc, etc. No phenom's but you get turion ii neo and athlon ii neo from AMD for ultraportables
Practically...I've seen that 80% of the HP laptops show problems either in motherboard or in powersupply or in web cam or in one or more components within their warrenty period. I don't now why, but it actually does....including my HP pavillion laptop...