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HP Pavilion Entertainment PC dv2700

I’ve had 3 days with my new laptop and am impressed by the quality, performance and functionality of the new HP Pavilion dv2000 series. HP have always been a “sub-par” mass-producer of stock personal computers, worse even than Dell, ever since their acquisition of Compaq which incidentally was one of my first home computers. But, given a few years of development it seems evident HP have cleaned up their reputation having done extremely well out of the production of this and other high-end HP Pavilion models. My HP Pavilion dv2700 is a definite keeper!
For life on the go, you need a light, powerful notebook computer built with your media and mobility in mind.
HP hit the mark on this statement with the following features:
  • Vista Home Premium Get work done, and when you’re not doing that relax in style with the new Windows Media Center that comes packaged with Vista.
  • Fingerprint reader Great for identifying yourself (assign anyone of your four programmed fingers to log you in) and other users at start-up.
  • Media Center remote control Save your back the stress of changing the video or song playing by whipping out the included remote control, be up to 10m away and within line of sight to make best use of this little beast.
  • Dual-headphone jack Playing your favourite track on the train and want to share the tune with your best friend, plug in a second headphone and kick off your very own headphone party!
  • Touch-style media controls The media player buttons above the navigation are touch-based, just tap the surface to action the command. After experiments at the office you cannot change the track by flicking rubberbands at the next button, you actually have to ‘press’ it with your finger. Cool!
Overall, a sweet purchase for under $1800 AUD and one I can without reservation recommend for light-medium demand mobility users. Also, in case I missed anything here are a list of killer features from HP.
  • Dual-core processing with Intel’s® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology or AMD’s Turion™ 64 x2 Mobile Technology
  • Intel® wireless technology with WWAN
  • Built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam
  • HP QuickPlay
  • Optional fingerprint authentication technology
  • Optional broadband connectivity—without a hotspot—with the Verizon Wireless V740 1XEVDO PC ExpressCard.**