Advantages: Looks slick and is comparably cheap Disadvantages: Nasty surprises for just after warranty expiry date...
...I say this as an HP employee myself, having used numerous laptops before; Toshiba, Sony, Acer, Lenevo and a variety of Pavilion and Compaq flavors.
Battery life reduces as you use it and in one years time, just around the time when the warranty expires your batter life will have come down to around 5-10 minutes.
Many graphic cards in this model are faulty, see below links.
It's due to a notorious NVIDIA graphic card that was used and HP did not ... ...ell-laptop-owners.aspx Mouse pad is too sensitive, so when you type along you'll notice your cursor having changed location. This means you have to disable the mouse pad you are using apps like Word... and they have kindly provided a button to enable you do just that.
Similar problem with the finger print signature. You will notice more often than is bearable, that you accidentally touch the finger print scanner popping a message each time. This ...
asogut 10.12.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of HP Pavilion Media Center Dv2535ea
Advantages: Good solid home machine Disadvantages: Terrible trackpad
I've now had this laptop since mid November 2007 and have found it a good powerful laptop for general home use.
This machine is aimed at home users and has a multimedia element and great - fingerprint attracting - design. I chose to go for a 14.1" laptop for its combination of low weight and good screen visibility. It is a lot lighter than my old 17" Packard Bell and even a previous 15.4" Vaio.
The battery power is satisfactory and runs for about ... ...on. This goes up if you have the wi-fi switched off and are just using it for word processing.
The display is good when looked at head-on. However, looking at it from an angle is something that should definitely be avoided.
My only major gripe with it is the trackpad. I actually bought it after having a play around with a dv1xxx series machine and had very high expectations. It is absolutely horrendous and skips everywhere except where you want ...
SaeedM 07.05.2008
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Advantages: Great look, speed and value for money Disadvantages: Nothing yet
...the built in web cam. Mi kids play games regularly on the HP Laptop, I am shocked to see it does not get tired quickly. The Laptop is also very quiet and cool, does not heat up quickly. I hav egot no complaints about his Latop at the moment. ...
Jay536 30.09.2009
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