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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a HOT notebook that runs cool!, August 6, 2008
This notebook rocks! It is powerful, runs really cool and will likely be an excellent choice for many. Setup was a snap and I had no problem connecting the unit to a wireless network. However, I must say, I wish HP provided more documentation with the computer or at least had a complete user manual available online. I generally know my way around computers, yet it took me some time to figure out what made everything work.
If you are considering a notebook in the $600 - $700 range, I would recommend you check this system out. For a few more dollars, you get a lot more technology. This is a computer you can easily keep for several years.
While I like doing business with Amazon, I found the laptop for 849.99 at another retailer. Often you will find chain retailers offering hefty discounts on computers. Of course, they are hoping you purchase other product along with your computer.
Bottom-line is this, I think the DV5-1000 is an excellent computer, Well, worth taking a close look at!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Purchased for my fiance's daughter....tempted to keep it or buy another one for myself., October 5, 2008
Purchased this laptop for my fiance's daughter. I will be taking it back to Puerto Rico with me on 10/10 so here is my problem. I love this laptop so much I almost want to keep it(which I know I can't because she truly needs it for school)or purchase another one. I currently own a Dell Inspiron. I honestly feel like selling my Dell and purchasing another DV5-1000US. From the dual-core processor the list goes on....4gb memory, 3mb cache, 250gb hard drive and to boot....a built-in webcam/microphone. Before receiving this laptop, I told my fiance not to expect much from the built-in webcam. I had to eat my words as I used it that same night while we chatted on instant messenger. Not only that but I called her computer and spoke with her just as well as if I was on the telephone. I will support another reviewer who stated there were many updates to download and install for Windows. I believe there were about 25 or 26 updates which took some time to download and install. That would be the only complaint I had which to me is not much of a complaint. The laptop itself is simply beautiful!!!! I look at my Dell now in disgust. Another reviewer mentioned experiencing trouble with his volume control. I tested the volume control on this one and it worked flawlessly...even the mute button worked at the touch of my finger. Another kudos I will give to HP....the memory card reader on the left side of the pc not only excepts SD cards but also Memory Stick cards. That is a huge plus in my book. There is an HDMI out on the left side of the pc. Another issue for some people will be the fact this little sucker does not come with any supporting software. You have to create your own recovery discs and I highly advise using dvd and not cds. When you go into creating your recovery discs it tells you how many discs you will need. I used dvd-r and only needed three discs. Obviously if one uses cd-r you will be needing many more discs due to the lack of storage available in comparison to dvd. $899.99 minus a $50.00 rebate...what a steal!!!! I would have purchased it even without the rebate. Amazon had a list price of $1375...not sure how accurate that is but with all the features on this pc....it would easily list over $1000.00 most places you look. I know my future step-daughter is going to love this laptop. She is excited and cannot wait to see it. I hate to part with it and I have only played around with it for a couple of days. I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone. Selected one day shipping on a weekend purchase and it was shipped that Monday and delivered Tuesday. The one day shipping rate thru Amazon was very reasonable at $18.00 or so. Anyone purchasing this laptop will not regret it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It looks better than it is!!!, October 31, 2008
To be completely honest with you, this Notebook looks awesome, from the liquid metal finish to the white lighted buttons and HP logo on the top monitor cover, the only bad thing about the look of this notebook is that it gets really dusty real quick and the fingerprint marks will fill every inch.
Some other reviewer mention that the quickplay buttons are buggy and don't work, all I can say about mine is that after I press it takes a second or two to execute the action require.
The battery gets very hot when charging even when the notebook is barely warm. I also notice that the battery life is very short, I only get a couple hours running on the power saver option.
The screen is really bright, with great picture quality, and high definition. the integrated web cam is the best I have seen so far and it came with a software that allow you to use some simple but fun effects in your videos.
Keyboard and touch pad and very good. But beware "this model does not come with the fingerprint reader" the product description never say it does but amazon put a picture of this notebook with the fingerprint reader. I think this is an omission and is not in bad faith but you can easily be misled by it.
As the performance of this notebook I'm not very impress because it took me a couple hours of fine tuning to get similar performance as my 1 year old HP Pavilion DV6660SE AMD Turion 64X2 TL 58 1.9GHZ, 2GB Ram. HP as usual sell this PC's loaded with useless software that takes tons of space and resources form you machine, my advice is to google by name every software install in you PC and then uninstall the ones you don't need or use.
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