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| I purchased a HP Pavilion dv6000 to replace my | | | | |
| dying Toshiba Satellite P35 notebook. The dv6000 | | | | HP Pavilion dv6000 underside |
| seemed to be a good candidate as it came with an | | | | |
| ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphics card and other | | | | HP Pavilion dv6000 back view |
| options that provided for a great desktop | | | | |
| replacement style notebook. | | | | HP dv6000 (top) versus the Toshiba P35 |
| HP Pavilion DV6000 New Notebook Specs: | | | | (bottom)hp pavilion dv6000 battery |
| - Processor: Available with Mobile AMD Turion 64 X2 | | | | I have heard of many problems others had with the |
| dual-core and Mobile AMD Sempron processors | | | | older design, and have myself experienced problems |
| - Screen: 15.4" widescreen with HP BrightView | | | | of loose power adapter connections on my old HP |
| - Graphics: Optional NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 | | | | dv2000. The new connector on the HP dv6000 |
| discrete graphics. Standard NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 | | | | looks to solve this problem, however this means you |
| graphics and NVIDIA nForce Go 430 chipset with | | | | won't be able to use 3rd party power adapters |
| AMD processors. | | | | anymore. |
| - Wireless: Integrated wireless support for 802.11 b/g, | | | | |
| configurable 802.11 a/b/g, Wireless LAN and | | | | HP dv6000 Power Connector |
| Bluetooth technologies on select models | | | | Size and Weight: |
| - Media Card: 5-in-1 media card | | | | This laptop is one of the biggest out there. Weighing |
| - IEEE1394 / FireWire port | | | | in at a hefty 9.5 pounds, it is probably in the top 5% |
| - Three USB 2.0 ports on select models, ExpressCard | | | | of the weight bracket for notebooks. The dimensions |
| 54 slot | | | | measure 16.5" L x 11.5" W x 1.57/1.85" H. The AC |
| - Speakers: Integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers | | | | adapter adds another pound and 3 ounces to overall |
| - OS Options: Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 or | | | | weight. That means that you'll be carrying well |
| Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2. | | | | over 10 pounds of computer related stuff, so this |
| - Battery: Standard 6-cell or optional 12-cell battery | | | | titan is not for the faint of heart! |
| available for additional battery life | | | | Screen: |
| - Weight: weight starting at 6.5 lbs | | | | The screen is gorgeous. It is wonderfully bright and |
| - Two omni-directional microphones on select models | | | | clear, and provides a respectable 1280×800 |
| with integrated camera | | | | resolution in a widescreen format. Yes, there certainly |
| - Optional dual stereo headphone jacks -- one with | | | | are notebooks with higher resolution. It really comes |
| high-definition digital audio support (S/PDIF capable) | | | | down to preference. While other units may give you |
| - Optional HP Pavilion WebCam | | | | higher resolution, some may find it hard to read on |
| Design: | | | | small screens. For me, I thought 1280×800 was a |
| The dv6000 has a slightly modified look from its | | | | good resolution to use for a 15.4? screen. My only |
| previous generation model. Most notable is the cooling | | | | complaint with the screen is that the glare is really |
| system. It is totally redesigned. Is it better now? | | | | bad when trying to use the unit outside. It gets so |
| Unfortunately that's a negative. There is an extra fan | | | | bad that it’s more like looking in a mirror than |
| now, probably for making sure the machine can keep | | | | into a computer screen. Inside, however, the screen |
| cool with the new ATI Mobility X600 graphics card. | | | | is beautiful. |
| The entire rear of the notebook is dedicated to | | | | Speakers: |
| having vents for cooling, thereby sacrificing the | | | | The speakers are Harman/Kardon brand and relative |
| parallel port from the previous generation. Even with | | | | to the size of the laptop are tiny. The speakers on |
| a number of vents, the computer still gets very hot | | | | this laptop face outward which is nice if you would |
| and the fans spin up all the time and they are loud. | | | | like to play something with the lid closed. The |
| | | | performance of the speakers isn't so good though. |
| The keyboard area and wrist rest below the | | | | You begin to hear sound distortion at about 80% |
| keyboard still gets very hot to the touch, though not | | | | max volume. Bass is virtually nonexistent with this set |
| as bad as the dv2000 I used to own did. The | | | | of speakers. For games the speakers seemed to |
| touchpad area is thankfully improved and more usable | | | | perform decently, but they lack the virtual |
| now than before. I wish they had focused more on | | | | spacialization found in the Toshiba P35 speakers. |
| improving the cooling and reducing heat build-up | | | | |
| around the keyboard rather than improving the | | | | HP Pavilion dv6000 Memory |
| touchpad though. The heat around the keyboard | | | | Input: |
| can make it uncomfortable to type after 10 | | | | The keyboard is a very standard layout with built in |
| minutes of typing on this laptop. The cooling system | | | | numpad, which is certainly a nice addition. If anything |
| simply needs a lot more reworking, my use of | | | | will drive you to this laptop, the numpad is it. It no |
| the Toshiba Satellite P35 proved that a large | | | | longer gets dreadfully hot and is sunken in. This helps |
| desktop replacement notebook with a Pentium 4 | | | | alleviate the problem of it being accidentally tripped |
| processor doesn't have necessarily have to be | | | | when typing. But due to its large size it still does not |
| a giant heat synch. Toshiba somehow managed to | | | | totally prevent this problem, even with small hands. |