| This review is for the new
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| | dual core setup under Vista is
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| Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv6227cl, which
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| | noticeable, although the benefits will
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| is currently being billed as an
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| | get better slowly as more and more apps
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| "Entertainment Notebook" by HP. It's a
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| | start moving from single-threaded to
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| fairly new model in the dv6000 line, and
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| | multi-threaded. Still, the 2 cores help
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| is currently being sold by Wal-Mart and
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| | performance and make up for the lower
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| Sam's Club stores as well as their online
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| | clock speed setting. The boot up time
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| counterparts
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| | averaged around 40 seconds.
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| * AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 processor
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| | The hard drive on this system has plenty
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| running at 1.6 GHz.
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| | of storage for a laptop at 120 GB (105 GB
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| * 120 GB hard drive running at 5400RPM
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| | usable after formatting and HP Restore
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| (6.6 gigs used as a restore partition.)
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| | partition), but the speed is only 5400
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| * 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM (2 512MB sticks)
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| | RPM. While acceptable on a laptop, I
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| * NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics
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| | still wish they had put a 7200 RPM drive
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| chipset, up to 288MB shared video RAM.
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| | in this system. Sometimes it takes a few
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| * 15.4" WXGA Hi-Def Bright view
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| | extra seconds to access files on this
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| Widescreen display.
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| | system depending on how fragmented they
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| * 802.11 b/g WLAN
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| | are and how large they are.
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| * 8x DVD+ and DVD- R/RW with dual layer
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| | It comes with a gigabyte of RAM, which is
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| support
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| | adequate for running the included Windows
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| * 5 in 1 card reader
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| | Vista and normal programs. I would
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| * ExpressCard54 expansion slot
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| | recommend upgrading to two gigs of RAM
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| * Expansion Port 3 for docking stations
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| | down the road for the extra performance
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| * 6 Cell Lithium-Ion battery.
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| | and speed. Be aware if you do plan on
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| * Windows Vista Home Premium
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| | upgrading that HP uses 2 512MB sticks of
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| * HP Mobile Remote Control (plugs into
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| | RAM, so you will have to purchase two 1
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| Express card slot)
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| | GB sticks for the upgrade.
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| * Headphones
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| | The video chipset uses the GeForce Go
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| Comes with advanced word processing
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| | 6150. You can play some games on this
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| software; whether you regularly create
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| | system, but I recommend lowering the
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| tables of content, elaborate footnotes,
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| | resolution and graphics details before
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| or complex newsletters this software can
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| | loading the game so you can play at an
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| handle it all. Clean up your digital
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| | acceptable frame rate. Also, some games,
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| pictures with the photo editing software
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| | such as Oblivion, may not play at an
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| included with this computer. If you have
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| | acceptable speed even with all details
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| a wireless network at home, wirelessly
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| | are set down at their lowest. I
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| browse the Web from any room in your
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| | recommend going into your BIOS and
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| house with this Wi-Fi enabled notebook.
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| | setting your shared memory for your video
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| The screen on this system is a WXGA
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| | at the highest setting possible, 128 MB.
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| Hi-Def Bright view Widescreen display.
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| | If the video system needs more RAM than
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| It's 15.4 inches, and is easily bright
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| | 128, it pulls it automatically up to 288
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| enough to see clearly. There were no
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| | MB.
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| dead pixels on the unit I purchased, as
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| | Suggestions: (1) Given this device's
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| well as no discernable areas that were
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| | Wi-Fi capability, you may want to get a
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| leaking light. The lighting seems even
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| | wireless access point for your home, so
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| throughout the entire area of the screen,
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| | that you can browse the Web more
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| and the size is fine for a portable
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| | conveniently from any room. (2) This
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| system. The native resolution is 1280 by
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| | notebook supports USB 2.0, which allows
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| 800.
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| | speedy data transfer between peripherals.
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| This particular model uses the AMD Turion
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| | (3) For help in deciding if this is the
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| 64 X2 running at 1.6 GHz. Having the
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| | right laptop for you.
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