HP Pavilion dv5

Advantages: Good quality laptop, great appearance
Disadvantages: Games are a no-no.

...A well designed, high quality affordable laptop, the HP pavilion dv5 doesn't fail to please in looks, performance or price. In terms of look and design, flashy is a good word for it. It has a glossy black case which shines in the light, then you open it. The keyboard-surround is split horizontally: the bottom half is very light silver with a white check pattern, and the upper half perforated silver plastic. Around the edge of the laptop, there is a chrome-effect strip which sparkles and shimmers. Even the mouse pad has a finish that is so reflective you can see your face in it. This is the 'bling-bling' of the laptop world. It also feels pretty solid, I don't think you would be able to break it easily and I have faith in it's durability and robustness. It is also quite light, weighing 2.65kg, not bad for a laptop it's size. Ok...

anakha6 08.12.2008 · Read review
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about hp dv5 1104tu

Advantages: wi-fi,remote control,finger frint sensor,sound qualityof thespeakers.
Disadvantages: display size is too big,getting heated soon.

...really a valuable product for paying such a amount to buy it,because everything is satisfied except for the thing its screen size is too big to scroll the page.in my point of view its better than go for other brands .its finger print feature is very nice.but one thing they forgot add is veriface recognition.the steel look is vey excellent in stylish.colour finishing is too good. one more thing to say is that two headphone outlets .remote control provided is very useful in presenting seminars in our organisation.sound effect is excellent.the touch pads are very sensitive to use friendly.memory card slot provided is too usefull to use it with many things.lan and bluetooth are very good features added in it.its display is very good to view without any stress to our eyes.keypads also designed very good.battery back is also very good...

biosreeni 12.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of HP Pavilion dv5

Great budget laptop for all your needs

Advantages: Fast, Reliable, Great customer support, Looks fantastic, Exellent features
Disadvantages: Occasional Heat issues

...I first purchased a DV5 about a year ago, and even now it competes with some of the high end laptops out on the market. With the new DV6 range out their cheaper than ever! Whatever your needs, the DV5 has it whether it be word processing, gaming, internet, business etc. With its dual core processor and massive amount of ram (anywhere between 2 GB and 4 GB depending on which model you purchase) it?s guaranteed to be fast and handle most tasks you throw at it. The support available for this product is an added bonus, with HP battery check and HP health check, you can easily locate and solve any problems with your laptop whether you?re a technophobe or not. The laptop may also include Norton Internet Security trial for added safety, whether you choose to keep it or not is up to you. In the unlikely even your DV5 ever does go wrong, HP...

shmokeh 25.10.2009 · Read review
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Solid performing laptop crippled by Windows

Advantages: Solid build, clear display, can run Linux
Disadvantages: Windows Vista, average battery life

...After spending a number of weeks looking for a mid range laptop that I could run Linux on, I decided on this one (specifically the £530 PC World DV5-1110em variant) not because it's specification particularly stood out but because its a HP (reputable brand) and it's nice and shiny. By this time I'd resigned myself to having to pay for the bundled Windows Vista install which to be fair has some uses, for example updating my Tom Tom and well....probably some other things. Despite carrying out a fair amount of research into Linux compatible laptops I'd actually thrown caution to the wind as I didn't actually find anything about this model, so in the spirit of exploration I'd taken a gamble. Despite working in IT I'd managed to avoid Vista since release so this was my first real exposure and I can now say that Vista is not quick on this...

Choppit 25.03.2009 (07.06.2009) · Read review
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My essential travelling companion -my hp pavilion 2000x laptop

Advantages: Small and powerful , tablet form and touch screen, speedy, two batteries
Disadvantages: a bit heavy for travelling

...Hewlett Packard Pavilion tx 2000 I have had this little laptop for over a year now. I feel it was quite expensive compared to what is available now; I think I paid about £600 from Staples for the laptop and three year warranty. It is not exactly a net book but it is a small laptop. The screen size is 12.5? diagonally and the keyboard is a decent size with a laptop type mouse pad in the middle front. I have weighed this (very important when travelling) and it weighs just under 2kg with one battery and just over that with the larger battery. The CD drive is also removable and can be replaced with an empty plastic cover which also reduces weight when travelling. It is small, neat, shiny black with rounded corners and silver keyboard. The screen swivels round completely and will lie flat as a tablet style over the keyboard. TABLET...

catsholiday 25.09.2009 (26.09.2009) · Read review
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the HP Pavilion entertainment.

Advantages: great entertainment laptop
Disadvantages: portability

...This laptop is the HP Pavilion dv9820ea Entertainment. The Hp Pavilion models are made mainly for gaiming, watching movies on and various other entertainment needs whilst not compromising the ability to od serious work on these as well. One thing that is compromised though is the portability, entertainment laptops are made to keep at home and not really to carry about with you all the time, so whilst the specification may look good, don?t expect one of these to be very portable. The Pavilion dv9820ea combines two colours, silver and black in order to make it look very up to date and futuristic even. It appears nice and rounded, and its shell makes the laptop feel very stable and robust. The installed ram on this laptop is great, it has a massive 3gb which is the main reason this laptop runs so fast, also the AMD Turion 64 X2 mobile...

techno_man_37 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Will HP be waiting on the Pavilion?

Advantages: Speedy, solid, reliable, HP
Disadvantages: A budget laptop

...Well the Acer packed in and with the warranty the store gave us credit (apparently the Acer that we had had become obselete and there was none in stock). So with the £400 or so store credit my mother wisely (and under her own guidance as far as I know) picked the HP Pavilion DV6000 (as far as I'm aware theirs no difference between this and the T model though if there is, I'm sorry). Quite why My mother (darling mother of mine) decided to ever get the pile of fecial matter that Acer claimed was a laptop I was never quite to sure, as everything in it came to peices, the keys flew off, the screen was...well dead, the AV charge wire was..erm..well dead too. Why couldn't she have gone after a real solid, well worked peice of kit like this first time round Im not sure. So HP's...what do I think of them? Well I'd basically take a bricky out...

iamasadlittleboy 21.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of HP Pavilion dv6000t

Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv7z

Advantages: Cool design, fairly easy to transport, fast.
Disadvantages: Expensive.

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anakha6 26.11.2008 · Read review
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HP Pavilion a810uk reliable Computer

Advantages: Good value for money
Disadvantages: The heatsink and fan

...Versatile computer, long lasting, reliable. Bought from John Lewis and came with a two year guarantee. I paid four hundred Pounds for this Computer two years ago. It contained windows x.p Home Edition now that is likely to be sold using the new Vista Operating System. Type: Value Processor Family: Intel 5 Series (pentium four) RAM: 256 MB Storage Capacity: 80 GB RAID: No Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 GM Primary Optical Drive: dvd-rom/Compact Disc Re Writer Secondary Optical Drive: None Monitor Type: CRT Screen Size: 17 inches The time it takes to boot up and load the computer from the power switch is very fast. It takes less than thirty seconds from power on, until the start screen can be seen. With time if adding files and other game programs the memory will become slower. A two...

costas1234 02.02.2008 (26.05.2009) · Read review
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The HP Pavilion Slimline s3821 Media Box

Advantages: Fast, built in WI-FI, Nice HD Graphics, 15 in 1 memory card reader and portable media bay.
Disadvantages: Too much like a PC and not enougth like a media device

...The HP Paviion Slimline s3821 uk-p is a very competitively priced HTPC and very good value for money. The HP Pavilion s3821 is powered by a Dual ? Core processer giving it the higher clock speed needed by HTPC?s. The higher clock speed allows programs like Photoshop and I-Tunes to run correctly without lag and generally giving it a media heart. It?s not the smallest in its range but that allows it to have a nice sized graphics card init. It also has a HDMI port provided by its nice sized graphics card, allowing it to plug straight into your HDTV. This does appear to be an added extra which is absent in the other PC?s of its range. It has a 15 in 1 memory card reader on the front along with the usual HP Pocket Media Drive bay (which is sold seperatly0, but is again one of those features that just aren?t seen in others of its range. It...

CruelRevival 08.08.2009 (22.08.2009) · Read review
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