HP Pavilion dv. 60. Review (pics, specs)HP dv. Review. The HP dv. Overview. The HP Pavilion dv.
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It is designed to replace the dv. It comes with either the AMD Sempron or Turion. X2 Processors. It is a DTR that can occasionally travel aimed at multimedia notebook users with its glossy screen and lots of connection options.
It starts with a base price of $6. HP. com though preconfigured models are available at retailers. Specs of Notebook Under Review. Model: HP DV6. 00. CPU: AMD Turion 6. X2 Mobile TL- 5. 6 (1. GHz/5. 12. It is mostly dark in color with the lower keyboard area being silver.
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In this guide I will disassemble a HP Pavilion g6 laptop. In this particular case I'm taking apart a HP Pavilion g6-1c55nr but the guide should fit all models in.
The older dv. 50. It has the HP logo and wave pattern inlaid onto the top of the notebook using HP’s new Imprint Finish technique. It gives it a classy and elegant look in my opinion. The case is very curvy and smooth. Overall I would have to say it is very aesthetically pleasing, but I have a penchant for darker notebooks. The dv. 60. 00z is under the V3. T for size comparisions (view large image)The dv.
HP’s new Imprint Finish which HP claims is more durable and scratch resistant. It is a glossy coating similar to coatings found on cell phones and other consumer electronics. It has a mirror like quality to it. While I was snapping photos of it for this review, I often found myself in the picture, none of which you ever will see here. The coating likes fingerprints very much, but they are easily wiped away.
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The build quality is good for the class, but it is not a Think. Pad or even a Latitude for that matter. It feels pretty solid, but it does creak a bit when picked up the corner most likely due to its weight. The plastic lid does not offer a lot of screen protection if you were to drop or otherwise harm it. The screen is secured using plastic hinges.
It did not wobble at all when in use. I would have to say the scratch resistant claim is warranted. Every notebook I have reviewed went back with at least one scratch — most of those I only had for a couple weeks. So far this one does not have a mark on it.
My Compaq v. 30. 00t which has the Imprint Finish as well does not have any scratches either after two months of faithful service. One interesting choice is the dv. I didn’t have any issues with the screen suddenly opening, but it would not be my preferred way of securing the screen.
I do not think I am surprising anyone by telling them it is a bit heavy, tipping the scales at over seven pounds. It will work better as a DTR or around the house than a on the train every day kind of notebook. Screen. The dv. 60. WXGA (1. 28. 0. There is a matte screen option as well.
The fact there is no WSXGA+ option is a bit of a disappointment to me on such a large notebook screen. Two of HP’s biggest competitors in this class, the Lenovo N1. Dell e. 15. 05, both offer a WSXGA+ option. Despite the low resolution the screen quality is excellent. The screen is bright and colors are vivid. DVDs and photos looked fantastic on it. I was on occasion bothered by the glare from the glossy screen especially when the room was well lit.
On the left the HP dv. Compaq V3. 00. 0T (view large image)There was very minimal light leakage. There are ten brightness levels which can be adjusted via the keyboard controls. I found it usable even on the lowest setting.
Viewing angles were a bit narrower than I would have liked, but as long as I was looking at the screen directly, it looked good. Keyboard & Touchpad. The dv. 60. 00z has a full size keyboard.
The keyboard has a bit of flex to it particularly on the sides. The center is more firm. I typed the majority of this review on it using Open. Office. I found the keystrokes to be a bit shallow and typing a little noisy. Key travel was pretty good. Periodically I found my arm hitting the touchpad when typing.
It happened most often when hitting the space bar. The dv. 60. 00z keyboard (view large image)You can of course disable the touchpad, but that is not really a workable solution in my opinion. The touchpad is centered beneath the keyboard.
It is fairly large and rectangular. It is sunken into the palm rest. On the upper left rim of the touchpad sits an On/Off button. The touchpad uses an extremely smooth material. There was very little friction when using it. On the right side lies a scroll mechanism. I on occasion found it difficult to use as there is no tactile way of knowing where it is.
It feels like the rest of the touchpad. It was worst when the room was dark when I could not see where it was located. The touchpad’s buttons have a very good feel to them. They are very smooth and quiet, a rare treat on a less expensive notebook.
I did have some of the touchpad issue that have documented in the HP forums, though not as bad as my V3. T. When in use it would at times lock into only go up and down, but not right or left.
If you lift your finger or swirl it on the touchpad it would usually go away. I updated to the latest driver and bios, but it did not solve the issue. This dv. 60. 00z has the optional webcam and microphone.
They sit atop the screen. It is a 1. 3 megapixel camera. It is not the swivel type. When the webcam is turned on, a blue light also illuminates serving as a light source. As you can see from the picture I snapped below, image quality is OK. The photo was taken at night with the lights turned on.
You will probably get better images with improved lighting if that is what you want. Here is a picture of me showing off my new tattoo. It was either the skull and flames or Hello Kitty. I think I made the right choice (view large image)Drives & Storage. This dv. 60. 00z came with the LG GSA- 4. N Super- Multi DVD burner.
It burns CDs, DVDs and DVD- RAM discs. A full DVD burns in 1. That is very good for a laptop burner.
It was also impressive because I used a Verbatim disc which tend to not burn as fast in laptop drives like Taiyo Yuden discs. Burn quality was OK. I have definitely seen better quality. Nero’s CD- DVD Speed showing the disc quality (view large image)It burned a full CD in about five and half minutes. That is about average for a laptop burner.
On the positive side, I had no skipping issues with any of the discs I burned. The drive was a bit slow reading discs which is not uncommon for laptop drives. The drive also supports Lightscribe. Lightscribe uses the drive’s laser to burn a black and white image onto the top of the disc. You have to flip the disc over in the tray to burn it. The discs are kind of pricey, but the image quality is pretty decent. A Lightscribe burned disc (view large image)The down side of Lightscribe is that for a full disc on best quality it takes 2.
This particular disc took about 2. I did use the drive to make a gift for a friend, but as an everyday tool, I think a sharpie works better.(view large image)The dv. GB Seagate 5. 40. RPM. It offers plenty of space for video, photo or any other files you wish to accumulate. The drive has a restore partition which takes a little over nine GB of space. After taking space for Windows and all the other stuff there was about 9.
GB left on the drive. The drive seemed a little slow on boot up, but otherwise performed commendably. The dv. 60. 00z had a generous 2.
GB of PC5. 30. 0 memory installed it. The memory is easily accessed by removing one of the panels on the bottom of the notebook. Both slots are located underneath the panel so you won’t have to go looking for the other. The bottom of the dv. Sound. The dv. 60. Altec Lansing speakers located between the keyboard and the screen.
For the world of notebooks, I thought they were well above average. They got loud and even had a bit of base.
You would have no problem gathering around some friends to watch a DVD or listening to music. CPU & Performance. The dv. 60. 00z has the AMD Sempron and Turion. X2 CPUs. This specific model was furnished with the Turion. X2 ML- 5. 6. It is a 6. CPU with two processing cores and has 5.
It also has 2. GB of memory which helped iron out any performance hiccups. It offers good performance. In absolute terms it is probably not as fast as a similarly clocked Core Duo, but in everyday use where CPU load is typically not that high, it performs quite well. Multitasking on it ran efficiently.
I ran a virus scan, was burning a disk while working on my review. I noticed no lag or slowdown. When I did notice some delay it was usually due to the slower hard drive. CPU- Z (view large image)The dv.
MB Nvidia 7. 20. 0 go card. It has 6. 4MB of discrete memory and 1. MB taken from the system memory. For those who don’t game, HP offers the 6. I threw Half- Life 2: Episode One on it as you can see below. There are certainly better cards out there, but the 7. Getting some instructions before the action begins (view large image)HL2 ran at 1.
I experienced no lag or jerkiness while playing. Benchmarks. Super. Pi. Super. Pi measures CPU performance. The Turion. 64 X2 appears to lag behind the Core Duo at least by this measurement.
Notebook. Time to Calculate Pi to 2 Million Digits. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core Duo)1m 1. HP dv. 60. 00z (1.
GHz Turion. 64 X2 TL- 5. Compaq V3. 00. 0T(1. GHz Core Duo)1m 2. Dell Inspiron e. 15. GHz Core 2 Duo)1m 0.
Toshiba A1. 00(2. GHz Core Duo)1m 1. Acer Aspire 5. 10. WLMi(1. 6. GHz Turion.
X2 TL- 5. 02m 2. 2s. Gateway E- 1. 00. M(1. 2. GHz Core Solo ULV)2m 0. Dell Inspiron 6. 00m (1. GHz Dothan Pentium M)2m 1.
HP dv. 50. 00z(2. GHz Sempron 3. 30. PCMark. 05 — Turion. X2 ML- 5. 6 vs. Core Duo T2. My personal notebook at the moment is the Compaq V3. T with the 1. 6. GHz Core Duo.
I ran PCMark. 05 on both machines to show system performance for both machines. Perhaps it is not a fair test since my machine has the lowest Core Duo the T2. Turion. 64 ML- 5. Turions. The dv. 60. GB of memory while my V3.
T had only 1. GB of memory. Keep those factors in mind when considering the results.
Test. HP dv. 60. 00z 1. GHz Turion. 64 ML- 5. Compaq V3. 00. 0T 1. GHz Core Duo. Multithreaded Test 1 — File Compression.
MB/s. 6. 8. 0 MB/s. Multithreaded Test 1 — File Encryption.
MB/s. 39. 3. 7 MB/s. Multithreaded Test 2 — File Decompression. MB/s. 47. 4. 9 MB/s. Multithreaded Test 2 — File Decryption.