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  | HP Pavilion zd7010us Notebook PC (2.66-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)
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 Get a gym membership first... | |
| Pros: 1) Big Screen is great(obviously) 2) Keyboard has nice clicky feel. 3) 4 USB 2.0 ports is never too many 4) Nice overall design and looks 5) Sound from Harmon/Kardon speakers is excellent and rich 6) Built-in WiFi reception is exceptional and very convenient 7) Easy to change/upgrade memory and hard drive with simple access doors(great design) 8) Scrolling feature on trackpad works very well 9) I don't use my desktop anymore. Cons: 1) Silver laptop finish scratches off easily 2) No Serial port 3) Screen can be brighter, more vivid and have better control 4) Requires 120w. Currently computer cannot be powered on airplanes which limits supply power to transformers to 75w. 5) Fragile because of size and weight. 6) Customer phone system support is poor and can be improved. 7) Security slot does not accept new style APC studs. 8) Off-center trackpad location questionable. 9) Does not accept Compact flash cards directly (Accepts a number of other memory cards) 10) Fans are noisy and you really notice how quite it gets when you shut down the machine. 11) Exhaust fans (2 fans) are located at the bottom of the machine and may be blocked if laptop is not placed on a rigid and flat surface when machine is on. | |
 Get a Dell - Definitely! | |
| I bought a Pavilion 7015 thinking I got a great machine at a great price. What I got was an enormous headache with hardware and software problems within 2 weeks (e.g. I could NOT load Photoshop Version 7 on the machine or use my 19" Viewsonic monitor with the laptop. Their tech support is "beyond a joke." It's been 30 days and the new software they promised three times to send hasn't arrived. And their "Customer Advocate" was downright rude and unprofessional. In all my years of owning Apples and Dells, I NEVER experienced any thing approaching bad tech support as I have with HP. Buy a Dell, a Sony Vaio, an Apple.... or buy a machine put together (out of spare parts) by a pimply high school kid, but DON'T.. DON'T get an HP computer. I love their printers. Buy them. Also, when you put their bulky laptop next to my elegant Apple 17" Powerbook, it looks "cheesy" in design and quality (cheap plastic case on the HP versus the cool aluminum of my Apple. I made the worst buying decision and am angry at myself as much as I am at HP. | |
 Best 17" Laptop on Earth!!!! | |
| This is an excellent laptop, It is well worth the money. The Harmon/Kardon Speakers give a crisp clear sound with more bass than any other Laptop speaker i have ever heard before! The 17" screen is great for playing games, and the GForce FX 5600 w/ 128 MB of ram is excellent on mine!!! The 2.66 Ghz is enough to run any application or game flawlessly. and the thing i like most is how good the touchpad works. Hp has also incorporated a media card reader which unfortunatly does not support the "compact Flash" type cards. There are a couple of BAD things though that should be seriously considered before buying this laptop!!! The two Vacumme cleaner fans on the bottom are loud and can be blocked easily, but it does keep the laptop very cool. But back to the good things, there are 4 USB 2.0 ports and a built-in Firewire port. This laptop is not what you could consider "ultra portable" but it is usable on an airplane!!! all you need to so is buy an AMP, then you can easily get 300Watts of power from any 12 volt ciggerette lighter plug. I do not regret buying this laptop at all. | |
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