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HP Pavilion dv9000t

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Pros
Bundled ExpressCard TV tuner
High-definition screen and DVD burner
Cons
Screen a little too reflective
Integrated WWAN not an option

Performance: Very Good: 89
Features: Very Good: 83
Design: Very Good: 89

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
Adobe Photoshop CS2	559
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	458
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	818
Battery Life (Video Playback in hh:mm)	2:32:49 AM
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	76.2
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	79
Firefox 2	341
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	394
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	282
Multitasking	427
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	1106
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	254
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	412
World Bench 5 Word Score	Superior
WorldBench 6 Score	74
WorldBench 6 Word Score	Superior

What You Should Know about the Pavilion dv9000t

Multitask and Not Bog Down

The more memory a PC has, the faster your programs run and the more windows you can work in simultaneously. Equipped with memory between 1GB and 3GB, this laptop should be able to handle just about any task you can throw at it without bogging down too much. For instance, if you're a multitasker and you'd like to burn a music CD in one window while watching your favorite DVD movie (for the umpteenth time) in another--while flipping between your inbox and your browser to work on your blog during the movie's boring parts--this laptop can manage it all without a hiccup.

Reviewed by: denverjohn

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Fairly rapid boot for Vista. The screen and the vibrancy are sensational.

Weaknesses: Took hours to suppress the trial ware. The unit is large and fairly heavy (over 7 lbs). Plan on using it only sparingly as a travel laptop. Depending on where you're sitting and the plane, it may be too large to use on a plane.

Overall Evaluation: Sorry to read Billt2222's review of his experience. My experience has not been like that at all. This unit repalced a Dell, that replaced an IBM, that replaced an Apple. I like this one the best. I use it only occassionally as a traveling laptop (usually on this occasions when I'm making a one-on-one presentation at a prospect's office and I really want the display to knock their socks off). This unit is great for that and a very reliable workhorse computer in my business. Highly recommended. No service issues experienced so far.
Reviewed by: Billt2222

Duration of ownership: 6 Months

Strengths: none

Weaknesses: operating system

Overall Evaluation: This is the worst pc I have eveer owned, and I have had pc's from the beginning. Right now, I can't even shut the computer down. I go to shut windows down, and it does, only it immediately turns on again. The only way to shut down this pc is the button, which is not good, but I am between a rock and a hard place. Please people, buy any other pc brand!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, I have also been a long time purchaser of hp printers, but the latest is also a piece of junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Steer clear of HP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!