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