what do yee think of this

mcowhey

im thiniking of getting this laptop its €1299...just wonderin what yee think?
just wonderin if this is a fast laptop cause i dont know too much about this stuff

HP Pavilion dv6095ea

Weight 2.99Kg

Micro Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56

Memory 2GB DDR2 SDRAM Memory 533MHz (2x1024MB)

Cache Memory 1Mb (2 x 512Kb)
Hard Disk(s) 100GB SATA Hard Disk Drive (5400 rpm)

Optical Drive(s) 8x DVD+-RW/+-R Dual Layer Writer

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 with 128MB of TurboCache Video Memory

Display 15.4" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen, 1280 x 800 Pixels
Multimedia 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader, Altec Lansing speakers, HP Remote Control

Interface(s) 1 VGA port

3 USB 2.0 ports

1 IEEE-1394
1 S-video TV out
1 ExpressCard/54 slot
Modem Integrated 56k V.90 data/fax modem
Networking 10/100 Ethernet LAN, 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN
Battery 6 Cell Li-Ion Battery
Average Run Time* Not specified
Features 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader, Altec Lansing speakers, HP Remote Control

smk135

hey,

i dont want to misguide you because i dont know a huge amount when it comes to computers but i have a HP and its shiiiite, and i know a few ppl who havebeen pretty unsatisfed with them... as in they tend to get very very slow very quickly and crash very often...
again, im pretty ignorant hen it comes to this kind of thing but from personal experience id stay away from HP...

mcowhey

yea..no i appreciate that..my sis got a hp alright a few months ago,and i was talkin to her the day and she said hers had gotten slow alright...

tonyboy247

In terms of overall speed, lets say when the traps go up you will be last out of the box.

mcowhey

you serious?? how fast would the Micro Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 compared to say a dell with Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology with Intel® CoreT Duo Processor T2250 (1.73GHx, 2MB L2 Cache 533Mhz FSB

tonyboy247

Well I have not been able to test it out in full but buy the time I opened the lid of it it was out of date, do you get me.

TerrorFirmer

It's not bad, but I hope you don't plan playing games - the 7200 turbocache is rubbish, and its a shame really because the rest of the spec is pretty good. I'd say battery life wouldn't be great though.

Also, regarding HP's, they don't have an overall great rep, but don't believe someone who says "They get slow" - that isn't the machine, thats the actual user getting themselves riddled with spyware and adware.

jimmycrackcorm

I bought myself a HP DV8000 with the turion 64 because I had a work HP laptop previously so I have a high opinion of them. My brother just got a new dell core duo which I don't rate as being largely better except that the core duo is outstanding in terms of battery performance.


As for getting slow - well it's hardly like the CPU will decay or anything but that windows slowsdown with disk degragmentation, registry over-use and newer versions of everything fromanti-virus to word processing so every machine will naturally slow down over time. A reinstall is good from time to time. Also people tend to compare against newer machines with faster processors and feel that theirs has gotten slower when it is the other machines that have gotten faster...

you serious?? how fast would the Micro Processor AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 compared to say a dell with Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology with Intel® CoreT Duo Processor T2250 (1.73GHx, 2MB L2 Cache 533Mhz FSB

I'd say unless you are doing serious video processing or the like you might not notice!

mcowhey

no i wont be playing games the only game i ever play on my comp is the sims.. i will mostly be for college pojects and stuff and just goin online so im thinkin it'll be grand for that....
i think im gonna go with it ive had two hp desktops and my brothers have had two and both have never had problems also im gettin the three year service thing just in case of any problems and that also covers accidental damage which is handy!