HP Pavilion Media Center dv9646em Entertainment - Turion 64 X2 TL-58 - 17" TFT

Advantages: High Specs, Low Price, Great Graphics, Dual Core CPU, Two 120gb Hard Drives
Disadvantages: None i Can think of

....56 kg (7.8 lbs) Power: 90 W AC Power Adapter, 8-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) What's In The Box: HP Pavilion Media Center dv9341eu (of course) HP Mobile Remote Control Power/Charger Cable Manual Graphics Card specs: Pipeline: 8 pixel-pipelines and 5 vertex-pipelines Clock: chip: 450 MHz, memory: 500 MHz Memory: GDDR3, GDDR2, GDDR1, maximal upgrade: 256 MB, bus: 128/64 bit, partially TurboCache DirectX: 9c, Shader Model 3.0 Features: PureVideo Application area: notebooks with medium weight and size Other info: 90nm, 177 millions of transistors, PCI-E, 8 raster operation units (ROP), 8 texture mapping units (TMU) The 17” screen is crystal clear and of superb quality for all you movies, games and other activities. The screen is also High Definition which adds to the overall quality of this already great laptop... Read review

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Advantages: the look, 2gb ram, dual core, media designs, dvd rw, lightscribe
Disadvantages: vista, no backwards support to XP, graphics chip, no boot disc but rather partitioned harddrive

...Ok so where do I start...The good. This laptop looks incredibly nice, it is one of the best looking laptops around I would say, the specs look really good for what you pay for it, 2gb RAM, 150gb hard drive, nVidia graphics (up to 559mb apprently), the display is amazing all in all a really nice looking laptop. The HP remote is really useful, i'm not entirely sure on the range of it but it works on IR usage so, so long as your are kinda close and pointing it at the right area it should do what you want it to. The remote also slides into the laptop next to the DVD drive so you won't lose it. The 5 in 1 card reader is also really useful, I use a variety of memory cards and they all work (i did have to get an adapter for my Memory stick duo however). The HP 'QuickPlay' software is much like Windows Media Center, but it works better... Read review

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Advantages: great laptop
Disadvantages: none

...HP Pavilion Media Center tx1250ea is a great laptop and is recommended for home use. The dimensions of this laptop are (WxDxH) 30.6cm x 22.4cm x 3.9cm. The weight of this laptop is 1.9kg and therefore is very light and easy for portable use. The built in devices include stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial and a bluetooth aerial. The processor is AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile technology TL-56 ( Dual-Core ). The cache memory is 1mb - l2 cache. The RAM on this laptop is great as it has a whopping 1gb of it. The hard drive is an amazing 120gb which is perfect for storing almost anything! The display is 12.1" TFT active matrix 1280 x 800 (WXGA). The operating system is windows vista home premium. I would definately recommend this laptop to anyone who is looking for a fast reliable laptop!... Read review

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