HP Pavilion hd2000

HP Pavilion HDX

Pavilion hd2000 Review, by Carla Thornton July 25, 2007

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• Reviewed by: parker39

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: Very Fast Large Memory HUGE Screen Full Keyboard

  Weaknesses: Weight No Computer Bag Made

  Overall: This is the BEST computer I have ever had. When you look at it, one may think "I dont need all of that", but you do. The full keyboard is very nice. With the 20.1 inch wide screen, you can fit 2 web pages on one screen. The finger reader is very handy so that you only have to put in a username and password once, and it is very secure. The price is very overwhelming, but so is the weight. This computer is worth the $2500+ you will spend on it. If this is going to be your only computer, that is fine. It is more powerful then most desktops. The only downfall of the computer is that there is NO computer bag big enough to hold it. You have to have a small suitcase to carry it around. I would recomend this computer to anyone who wants to have the nicest computer in the office.

• Reviewed by: Mason Storm

  Strengths: Speed, screen, media buttons, remote control, touchpad, keyboard, silence

  Weaknesses: Expensive; screen often suddenly becomes very hazy and only a restart can fix it

  Overall: Have really been enjoying the speed (handles Vista Ultimate 64 without a hitch), the beautiful screen, responsive touchpad and buttons, HD-DVD, & fullsize keyboard. The hardware is fantastic, but I'm supposed to find some flaws to mention here; for the machine itself, that could only be its expense and short battery life (and weight for anyone who was thinking of actually transporting this around like a smaller laptop). The only flies in the ointment really come from the software; e.g. HP's media center, called QuickPlay, has an unintuitive DVD fast-forward-and-return-to-play button arrangement. When you've reached the point where you want to resume playback after fast forwarding, you want to press play (naturally); however, that enters a mode of choppy freeze-frame motion. To actually return to play, you have to keep pressing FF until it has cycled through all of its available FF speeds - and then it will return to regular playback. But that is a small annoyance in an otherwise fantastic machine that is probably powerful enough to be my principal laptop for 5-7 years.