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3.0 stars
"HP IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT AMD?"
Pros: BEAUTIFUL SCREEN, LAPTOP BODY LOOKS AWESOME!
Cons: PUTS OFF A LOT OF HEAT AND BATTERY LIFE IS LESS THAN AVERAGE
Summary: I've only had this laptop for about a week. I ordered it direct from HP. I ordered mine with the AMD Turion2 TL-50 processor, a gig of ram, the Nvidia graphics card, and the optional web-cam. First of all, I'll start by saying that this laptop looks absolutely beautiful. Dare I say, it looks, sexy! The inlaid pattern and the blue quickplay lights look really cool!
HP-Keep up the good work on design!!!! A+ Perfect10! However, on the performance side of it, I'm not at all impressed with the AMD Turion processor. I've never been a big fan of AMD processors, but I thought that surely they must have come a long way in the quality of their processors. I don't know, maybe their older processors were better, but this new AMD Turionx2 gets extremely hot! Just run your hand underneath this laptop and you can sure feel all of the heat that is coming off of it. That make me worry about long-term reliability. The scroll feature on the mouse pad is really nice and convenient.
This laptop also allows you to store the remote control in the express card slot.
Handy so as not to lose the remote. Some people have had a hard time trying to pry the remote out of the slot, but that's because you have to push in on it to release the catch, easy if you know what you're doing.
I can't tell you how absolutely stunning the display looks on this laptop. It's capable of high-definition display. Way to go HP!
As a matter of fact, I've never been a real big fan of HP, but I've got to hand it to them on the new design of this laptop. I absolutely love the touch-sensitive volume controls. They're really cool! The Altec Lansing speakers sound great! The keyboard keys do however feel like they lack a more proper groove for you fingers to fit into them more comfortably. Not, too bad, but I like the keys on Toshiba laptops more. Also, the last drawback is the terrible battery life that you get with this laptop. I ordered it with the standard 6-cell battery and even after I calibrated it like HP recommends I have only been able to make it last for 1 hour and 40 minutes. And that's just been using it to browse the web and NOT using the wi-fi. If I were to do it all over again, I would definately go with an Intel Duo Core processor. I hear that they run cooler and that they have better battery life. Overall this is a nice laptop loaded with great features, but I would highly recommend that you order it with the 12-cell battery instead of the 6-cell and that you also order it with an Intel processor. But, again, my hat's off to HP! And the only reason that I'm giving this laptop a 6 instead of a 10 is strictly because of the AMD processor.Updated
I forgot to mention, but the fan also turns on and off about every minute to minute and a half. Also, the computer freezes up after it gets hot. Sometimes it takes about an hour, sometimes it takes about 2 hours. I think that it's because of the AMD processor. And one last thing about the right and left click buttons, one of them is higher than the other. They should be the same height. The ones that I looked at in the store weren't like this.Updated
One last added note to clarify: again, I am commenting on the DV6000Z and not the DV6000T. The "Z"means that it has an AMD processor. I believe that the DV6000T which has the Intel line of processors is a far better machine. It's a little more costly, but well worth the difference!
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I agree to the battery life mentioned, plus there are times when I turn it on, it takes a while to for the lcd monitor to comply thou it already has power on the keyboard. I have to turn it off again and try 3 times at least. I was planning to bring this unit over to a technician.
