Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion dv1440us 14" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1024 MB RAM, 100 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive)

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I finally bought this computer 4 months ago for college, after sampling and returning two different compaqs. Overall, I was very happy with it. I am not a gamer, but I had few problems with it. Occasionally the feature intended to run a DVD without turning on the hard drive (very handy) would freeze up, but other than that, wonderful! Good battery life, good graphics, nice screen, handy remote, pretty good speakers, nice keyboard, held up well when transported, and not too heavy. However, 4 months after purchase, it died. The monitor turned off in the middle of operation, and it would not turn back on for longer than 30 seconds. Still under factory warranty, I sent it in to Hp, but despite numerous phonecalls, no one even got back to me to give me a time estimate for its return for over two and a half weeks. Overall, I would recommend a more reliable brand of computer. (I had ZERO problems with my last laptop, a dell, in 3 years of heavy use.)

I just purchased this computer and i really like it. The screen quality is excellent and the sound system is also above average for a laptop. I love the remote control feature for watching movies and dvd's. The only problem I have encountered in the week that I've had it is that sometimes it will freeze-up when I try to start a game or even when I start up the computer. I am really happy with my purchase and would recommend it to anyone.

If these machines would work consistently as promised they would be great. It's very fragile and best used as a small desk top.

Worse, if you have to deal with HP support, you will end up with a poor VOIP connection to India and may have support denied because HP tracks it's warranties based on when they sent the machine to the retailer, not when you bought it.

Even then HP support is, in a word, terrible.