HP dv5000t Notebook
The Hp dv500t design’s isn’t boring or plain like some notebooks, it stands out and looks good. The corners are rounded and the case is made of sturdy plastic. It’s not too heavy for 15.4″ widescreen notebook. The extended life battery has a large overhang of nearly 1-inch. It makes the notebook sit at an angle on any flat surface, which can be good for ergonomics and typing.
One negative note, the silver paint used on the back of the LCD easily scratches, it might be a good idea to get a sleeve to protect the notebook when being carried.
The LCD protection and built are solid. If you try to pull the LCD open with one hand it will pick the entire notebook up off the desk. If you lift the LCD up into the position for normal use and try to wobble it to see how firm the hinges are in the open position, the screen move a little bit, there is a slight bounce of about 4 times before it will stopped moving.
And the covers for both memory and the hard drive are located on the bottom of the laptop.
HP dv5000t Specs:
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor T2400 (1.83 GHz)
Display : 15.4″ WXGA Widescreen Matte
Graphic : 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
Memory : 256MB DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive: 40 GB 5400 RPM Serial ATA
Drive : 8x DVD+/-RW&CD-RW Combo w/Double Layer
Ports : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network w/Bluetooth
Battery : 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Systems : Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
The scren is nice. HP dv5000t have a matte screen, that’s mean no TruBrite. The LCD does not have any leaks or uneven backlight. It also has no dead pixels.
The speakers are plenty loud enough, they sound crisp and clean, unless you turn the volume up. The brand of speakers used is Altec Lansing. You can add some external speakers if you want a ton of bass.
The HP dv5000t’s following ports are Ethernet port, Modem port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, Firewire port, S-video, monitor out port, expansion port and PCMCIA slots.
The dv5000t’s processor is Intel T2400 Core Duo 1.83GHz. It’s fast.You can use to surf the web, check email, use office applications, photoshop, Dreamweaver, winamp, Unreal 2004, and Quake 4. The 12 cell Li-ion battery would have no problems getting well over 4 hours of usage but the dv5000t that claims about 6 hours of battery ife.
The operating systems of HP dv5000t is XP Home with SP2. It also have unwanted software installed. After you boot the system and register your copy of winxp, it prompts you to make your recovery DVDs or CDs. The only cd that came in the box was an AOL install CD.
HP customer service has always been below standard from everything. You could ever expect to get highly personable service and support from a large corporation like HP. They proved to be rather slow and not very knowledgeable of their products.
This notebook overall is haevy, with huge 12 cell battery. The graphics card choices could be better and HP should offer a Higher Resolution LCD. It also have no driver cd or restore DVDs included.
But it have very nice wide screen. The sound is very good. The CPU is very fast and you can upgrade memory or HD.
This notebook is a good buy if you’re looking for something with a 15.4-inch widescreen with lots of CPU power. At around $1,500, you have a good desktop replacement that plays pretty much every game. This is a good choice for you.
