Here are the specs
HP Pavilion dv2000z customizable Notebook PC
FREE Upgrade to Genuine Windows XP Media Center!!
AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-50(1.6GHz/512KB)
FREE Upgrade to 14.1" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!!
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150
HP Imprint Finish + Microphone + Webcam
1024MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
FREE Upgrade: 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support
802.11b/g WLAN
FREE Upgrade to HP ExpressCard Analog TV Tuner!!
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Microsoft(R) Works/Money
I still have time to change anything on it till Feb 1.
I mostly surf do projects on word, play games like warcraft 3, and carry it with me most of the time. Did I make the right choice in these specs?
I'm also getting the free vista upgrade, its the premium edition but its 32 bit?
Let me know if I should change anything or something I don't need.
Thanks!
total came out to $1k after rebates
I also watch video and convert video. I could get a core 2 duo but its $100 more, I think its not worth it for laptops.
The cpu looks good (turion x2), I would reconsider the wireless options more, a seperate memory upgrade instead of HP (relatively hefty upgrade $), and finally I don't know about that big 12 cell battery. I have a small battery on my laptop (14.1 inch Dell e1405: centrino duo "yonah" ) and it works fine for ~3.5 hours.
Again, I am not sure about the battery, but my 14.1 in laptop runs well.
the only other wireless option was for a/b/g and I realy dont need more then b/g on my home network and wireless at college. I also paid $75 for 2x512mb from standard 256. This was also required by HP is I want to get the vista premium home upgrade :? . If I wanted to get 2gb of ram it would be 75+125 from 256mb for a total of $200.
Yes, I am also a univ. student and I meant to take a strategy of configuring a one dimm 512 mb memory module and get another module seperate through newegg for instance. (save as much $ as possible)
As for 64 bit vista--I do not know but have been interested in 64 computing (i.e. Windows xp64) until I realized student editions of MATLAB are 32 bit only.
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I also paid $75 for 2x512mb from standard 256. This was also required by HP is I want to get the vista premium home upgrade :? . If I wanted to get 2gb of ram it would be 75+125 from 256mb for a total of $200.
I suppose this is a good deal however, but it appears typical for vendors to overcharge for configuration of memory.
Make sure they put in a 1 gig stick of RAM and not 2 little sticks.
Maybe get a better gfx card ortherwise its fine.
They had no option of getting 1GB in 1 DIMM and the gfx card is only that one.
BC this is a 14.1" laptop it apperently goes under a few rules. The only comparable laptops I found ie. acer for the same price are heavier(5.3lbs vs 6.3lbs) and are 15.4".
I'm thinking about selling 1 stick of 512 ram on ebay and purchasing a 1gb stick from newegg.
I dont care much for MS works, I use openoffice anyways.
tuner was free, go figure
excellent!
I was worried it wont do a good job because my intergrated sis vpu on my old sempron laptop only pulled off 800x600 medium low setting for war3
yeah, i wouldn't worry about a 6150 if your just going for a mild game like wc3. sis shouldn't even count as a gpu anymore its so bad.. your better off w/ an old school ati rage.
i always had fps of 10 when playing 1024 res no matter what settings. sis m760gx was the intergrated card. Played on sempron 1.8ghz and 512 pc 2700 ddr
I just cancled the order for the laptop and placed a new one
here are the newer specs( no more windows vista upgrade cd ^^)
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo T5200(1.60GHz/2MB L2Cache)
15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
HP Imprint Finish + Microphone + Webcam
1024MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) (godamn I hate the 2 DIMM, ordered 1gb from newegg)
60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
FREE Upgrade: 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support
802.11b/g WLAN
No TV Tuner w/remote control
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Microsoft(R) Works 8.0
System Recovery DVD w/Windows Vista Home Premium
only $60 more too then the previous however it is 15.4 inches instead of 14.1 and weighs 6 lbs instead of 5.3
Much better looking lappy. Any way you can upgrade that HD to 7200? Without it costing you and arm & a lef from HP. !2 cell Batt nice. Better then my 6 cell on this Compaq.
the newer one hit me for $1100 old one $999. So i only go $1100. So far I'm only playing warcraft 3, watching dvd, anime, converting video. I dont know if I'll play anything other then war 3. geforce 7400 should be good enough? maybe 6150 was enough to play war 3 on high res?
I just got the first notebook and even though Im returning it I got to test it out.
HP sure does instal garbage software and lots of it. Will have some deleting to later .
The laptop is realy well made and the heat issue is so much different then my old acer sempron laptop. I got to play war 3, the highest settings the 6150 offers is 1024(everything on high). Game play was realy smooth, desktop smooth but I can't wait to play it on the geforce 7400go on even higher resolution.
Start up had 51 tasks running, I know there is crap to clear and I can lower that to 40. They instal crapy software like VONGO! CMON!
There is also 11gb of my HDD left for recovery so I had about 62GB free.
Im glad I ordered a recovery DVD for my other laptop.
The webcam is so sharp too
Over all I love the new laptop(even though I'm not gona use this one). I know what to expect.
BTW 12cell batteries weigh a lot LOL.
Also when I unpluged it from the AC power the laptop meter didn't show the time remaining but %. Is that normal? shouldnt it show the time remaining also?
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