Considering this laptop... thoughts? :)

twolves90 · 10-07-2006, 06:58 AM

I am thinking of buying this laptop soon. I would like it for word processing and a bit of gaming... mostly AoE 3...

HP Pav dv9000t
XP Home
Intel Core Duo 2 T5600 1.83 GHz
256MB nVidia Geforce Go 7600
1 Gig DDR2
100 GB HD
Wireless LAN
17" Widescreen, 1440x900 (is this good??)
Some other goodies...

all for $1348.98

good? bad? need upgrade?
thx

**The_Other_One** · 10-07-2006, 07:36 AM

Over all it seems pretty good, but I've not kept up with current prices... Plus you didn't post the RAM speed. Probably wouldn't make a huge difference, but it would be nice to know.

The screen resolution isn't the greatest... I mean it's a good widescreen resolution, but unless you plan to watch a ton of movies or play lots of games that can actually use widescreen, things usally get thrown off. Some people don't mind it, I guess it's more of a personal preference.

TEKKA · 10-07-2006, 10:47 AM

sounds good for what you want it to do.

chrisalviola · 10-07-2006, 11:58 AM

laptops are good for remote processings if your out of town. for gaming nothing can beat a good desktop pc and its a lot fun to upgrade and fix a desktop pc.

all new laptops sold these days are preety much ok.. you should check its website for forums and ask for people who bought them

twolves90 · 10-08-2006, 04:53 AM

sweet.... im gonna upgrade to 2 gigs of ram too....

another question is:

the graphics card is gefore go 7600, 256 mb.
i can upgrade to 512 for $100....

should i if i want to play aoe 3 at full settings?

SirKenin · 10-08-2006, 05:47 AM

HP has absolutely horrendous customer service. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole, but it's up to you. The specs look good, that's for sure.

10-07-2006, 06:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
twolves90 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Age: 21 Posts: 379	Considering this laptop... thoughts? :) I am thinking of buying this laptop soon. I would like it for word processing and a bit of gaming... mostly AoE 3... HP Pav dv9000t XP Home Intel Core Duo 2 T5600 1.83 GHz 256MB nVidia Geforce Go 7600 1 Gig DDR2 100 GB HD Wireless LAN 17" Widescreen, 1440x900 (is this good??) Some other goodies... all for $1348.98 good? bad? need upgrade? thx __________________ Current: Intel Core 2 Duo e6400 ASUS P5B Deluxe / Wifi (Socket 775) Mobo + ZALMAN CNPS9500 Corsair XMS2 3 GB ddr2 800 (2 x 512MB) + (2 x 1GB) PC2 6400 eVGA 8800 GTS 320MB & Antec 500W PSU Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1 Channels Seagate 120 GB 7200 rpm HDD 3 GB/sec Windows XP Home Ed Cooler Master Centurion 5 Blue/Black+Window Case LG Dual Layer DVD RW & LiteOn DVD R - - - I've finished 5 builds so far! P.S. XP > Vista

10-07-2006, 07:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Over all it seems pretty good, but I've not kept up with current prices... Plus you didn't post the RAM speed. Probably wouldn't make a huge difference, but it would be nice to know. The screen resolution isn't the greatest... I mean it's a good widescreen resolution, but unless you plan to watch a ton of movies or play lots of games that can actually use widescreen, things usally get thrown off. Some people don't mind it, I guess it's more of a personal preference. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

10-07-2006, 10:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
TEKKA Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 737	sounds good for what you want it to do. __________________ Benq R45 CPU-Intel Core2Duo T8100 2.1Ghz 3MB cache GPU-Nvidia GeForce 8400M G RAM-2.5GB DDR2 667 HDD-250GB SATA LCD-14.1" WXGA OS-Vista Home premium

10-08-2006, 04:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
twolves90 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Age: 21 Posts: 379	sweet.... im gonna upgrade to 2 gigs of ram too.... another question is: the graphics card is gefore go 7600, 256 mb. i can upgrade to 512 for $100.... should i if i want to play aoe 3 at full settings? __________________ Current: Intel Core 2 Duo e6400 ASUS P5B Deluxe / Wifi (Socket 775) Mobo + ZALMAN CNPS9500 Corsair XMS2 3 GB ddr2 800 (2 x 512MB) + (2 x 1GB) PC2 6400 eVGA 8800 GTS 320MB & Antec 500W PSU Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 7.1 Channels Seagate 120 GB 7200 rpm HDD 3 GB/sec Windows XP Home Ed Cooler Master Centurion 5 Blue/Black+Window Case LG Dual Layer DVD RW & LiteOn DVD R - - - I've finished 5 builds so far! P.S. XP > Vista

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10-07-2006, 11:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
chrisalviola Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 866	laptops are good for remote processings if your out of town. for gaming nothing can beat a good desktop pc and its a lot fun to upgrade and fix a desktop pc. all new laptops sold these days are preety much ok.. you should check its website for forums and ask for people who bought them

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SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	HP has absolutely horrendous customer service. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole, but it's up to you. The specs look good, that's for sure.

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