I decided to go with this 13.3" HP Laptop for school/business and I think it was the right decision. This laptop comes with a powerful AMD Turion chip @2.1GHz with 4GB RAM (standard) vs. the Intel Atom @1.6GHz with 512 MB RAM (typical in any netbook, currently); a huge benefit if you are using large applications like MS Office software, Open Office, etc. Also, you have 3" of additional screen room for the application windows. The keyboard is awesome, great tactile quality. Wireless connectivity is a snap and it comes with the 802.11n standard for much faster access. Ethernet is 10/100/1000 capable.
All in all, a great buy and a solid mobile laptop computer. I was really hard pressed to find a better deal in the market today that comes pre-loaded with this many features and performance.
I used it on a plane trip last week and it's easily the best performing and least invasive laptop I've used on a trip.
Positives:
-Great mobility, light
-Plenty of ports (3 USB), outputs (HDMI), and jacks(headphone/micro)
-Plenty of space with 320GB hard drive
-Speedy performance (ran MS Access, MapPoint, and Excel simultaneously without a hitch)
-Excellent new look and not overbearing (bronze/chrome vs. black or white)
-Superb sound, not a tin can speaker
Downsides:
-Would rather have Vista Business or Ultimate instead of Home Premium
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I have had this laptop for a little over a month and it has finally been optimized for stable solid performance. If it weren't for all the trouble I've gone through, I would give it 5 star. I was almost ready to return it because it froze on me sometimes and was dropping internet connection every few minutes. Then I found out almost all the trouble during the first 2 weeks was caused by software or OS. I never needed to call HP support. After some tweaking, uninstalling and reinstalling, now it is working like a good old little workhorse.The keyboard has a butter smooth finish to the touch and doesn't seem to have any compromise for its 13.3" small footprint. However, there is no backlit feature on this keyboard. I went to the Keyboard folder in control panel and couldn't find any option for backlit. It is well designed, very modern and sleek. There are some nice little features, such as the HP logo lighting up when the laptop is on... All indicators are well positioned and easy to see and one doesn't have to struggle to go back or under to find the switches or sockets...
I noticed this HP is quieter than any other laptop I used before. I have to really listen to hear it. As far as heat goes, it has been mostly lukewarm around the fan. It mostly sits on a glass surface or wood surface in airy location. In my recent 2 day trip, I forgot to take the AC adaptor with me so it totally relied on battery. I was careful to preserve battery power and didn't test its limits so I don't have much to testify about its battery life. I was able to check my emails, weather and news with no problems at all. I am most happy about the wireless internet connection stability at home and hotel. It got fired up effortlessly and stays on. It works perfectly with my dual-N band wireless router, a major improvement over my old retired laptop. It seems like they all deteriate after 2 or 3 years of daily use.
I conneted this laptop to a large Samsung monitor for home use with HDMI cable. Using a DVI cable to hook it up with the same monitor I was not able to achieve a full screen picture. There was about 2" wide blank band on each side of the monitor. The HDMI connection enabled me to have a full screen image. This HDMI was a major selling point to me because it allows me to use the technology available from larger monitors.
That being said, with 4 GB ram and 2.10 GHz AMD dual-core processor, I honestly don't feel a significant difference in speed of streaming or loading performed by my old (now retired) laptops of smaller specs in their prime times. Maybe it's our old DSL or the giant Vista?
Another gripe is that the pictures above depict the CD/DVD drive as a pop-out tray (tray loading) whereas what I received from Amazon is a CD/DVD insertion slot (slot loading) like that in an iMac, which works just fine except sometimes it ejects the CD/DVD faster than I can catch it. The remote I received in the box is also different from the picture above. It is a simple 2.25" x 1.25" rectangular piece with a dozen buttons on. Too tiny to hold and press with one hand comfortably.
Anyway this HP has been working like it's supposed to for days. I will give an update if there is major change.
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I purchased this on HP shopping site for less than 800 with discount (150 instant + 250 coupon).The specs is a lot better:
AMD Turion(TM) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-86 (2.4 GHz)
With Bluetooth
Full Size Backlit Keyboard
9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Update:
I'm using now the notebook for more than 2 weeks and compare to the 3 previous notebook I had, this is far better.
Positive:
Vibrant LCD even under sun light
Tactile Keyboard feeling is impressive
My 9 cell battery last for 5 hours (the amazon model only has 6 cell)
Colder compare to my old tx1000 which also has AMD Turion X2.
Price
Negative:
If you have DVD slot loading, its noisy during disc loading and ejecting.
I upgraded my hard drive to 60 Gig SSD and currently running Windows 7 RC. Everything works fine.
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Great computer. Works great with no glitches at all. The fingerprint reader and webcam work perfectly. It is light and very portable. Priced right.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for HP Pavilion DV3-1075US 13.3-Inch Laptop (2.10 GHz AMD Turion X2
Got the HP laptop for my wife's birthday. Express mail in. Turned it on, a window's massage showed up saying that windows has encountered a problem and Needs to be reinstalled. Called HP. Wasted an hour on the phone. Was told to insert the installation CD. I told them there's no installation CD came with the laptop! HP said they'll sent one to me. Got tired of waiting. Call Amazon and asked for an exchange. Got the new laptop in in two days. Turned it on, another windows error msg pupped up! Called HP again and was told I'll have to purchase a installation CD! Laughed out laud and called Amazon and returned the laptop.I'll have to say that the Amazon service and support were superb!
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