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HP Pavilion DV6000T Laptop Computer Review
Posted On: 10/13/2009 01:22:20
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A month ago, the HP Pavilion dv6000t made a soft entrance into the dual-core laptop market by going with AMD's dual-core processor, but that left people wondering where the Intel versions were. With Intel's processor launch this week, the Pavilion dv6000t will get the Intel Core 2 Duo (code-named "Merom") upgrade, skipping the previous Core Duo processors (code-named "Yonah"). You can think of the dv6000t as the larger version of the HP Pavilion dv2000z, except that the new model carries a much faster processor and a larger, 15.4-inch screen. It's aimed at media fanatics with a thirst for speed but who don't plan on taking the speed demon on the road—the dv6000t offers only meager hp pavilion dv6000t battery life.
HP dv6000t Specs:
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 (2.16 GHz/4MB L2 Cache)
- OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Hard Drive: 100 GB SATA @ 5400RPM
- Screen: 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800)
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400, 128 MB Dedicated + 128 MB Shared
- RAM: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM @667 MHz (2 x 512MB)
- Optical Drive: Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer
- Battery: 6-cell lithium ion
- Wireless: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/b/g
- Weight: 6.09 lbs.
- Dimensions: 1.0” - 1.69” (H) x 14.05” (W) x 10.12” (D)
Optionally available with the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, the dv6000t is one of the best entertainment notebooks out there. Its Altec Lansing stereo speakers are strong enough for you to enjoy soaring music and exciting action movies without headphones. For listening in private, the notebook comes with dual stereo headphone jacks for you and a friend.
HP's QuickPlay 2.1 wide-screen menu launches movies, CDs, personal videos, and photo slide shows without booting Windows. You start QuickPlay, and control the volume, by pressing a stylish touch-sensitive membrane located at the top of the keyboard. Prefer to sit back and relax? There's always HP's palm-size ExpressCard remote ($15 extra) for controlling your media from up to 10 feet away.
The dv6000t runs pretty quietly under normal circumstances. The single fan only spins up when it needs to, in order to keep noise levels at an absolute minimum. After installing some temperature monitoring software, I noted a respectable idle temperature of 34C (93 F).When the CPU starts getting stressed, the fan speeds up accordingly to counter the increase in temperature, and therefore noise increases dell latitude d830 battery. I noticed that after about a half hour of continuous use the wrist rests became pretty warm and made my left hand in particular feel somewhat clammy.
The thermal and noise testing got interesting when I ran an instance of Prime95 (a program that maximizes CPU heat and stress) on both CPU cores simultaneously. The jump in CPU temperature was enormous. In under a minute, the temperature doubled itself from its original idle temperature of 34C (93 F) to 68C (154F). My eyes bugged out of my head as I watched the temps climb ever higher. I had a perverse fascination watching this CPU burn hotter and hotter. Within four minutes, the laptop was running at a staggering 89C (192F)! Only 11C more and I would have reached the dell inspiron 1521 battery boiling point of water, which is pretty scary. Luckily it never came to that as the laptop hard crashed as it hit 90C (194F), emitting a loud, high pitched whine. In all my years of testing and Prime95ing PCs to iron out any thermal or stability issues that may have existed, I have never encountered a temperature this high, even on the most overclocked of rigs.
Now, I know what some of you are saying right now. When are you EVER going to be beating up a system to the degree that Prime95 does? The answer to that is probably never, but if youre like me, you want to know that your system is fully stable at stock speeds should you ever find yourself in the unlikely position where both of your cores were being taxed simultaneously at 100% utilization. I was a little uncomfortable with the fact that the dv6000t never even broke five minutes of Prime95 testing. I would have rested easier and been more confident in this product overall had this turned out differently. I just expect that a non-overclocked, stock part should be able to handle in excess of five minutes of Prime95 testing.
During the Prime testing, the exhaust pouring from the rear of the chassis was also incredibly hot, and I would not recommend it being on anyones lap during this time. The single fan, screaming to keep up, seemed ill prepared to dissipate all the excess heat, leading to the system crash.
This six-pound notebook features a 15.4-inch widescreen LCD with a comfortable 1280 x 800-pixel native resolution. DVDs looked great on this display, and we love HP’s QuickPlay feature for launching and controlling multimedia files without booting up Windows. Viewing-angle performance was typical for this class of panel: good from side to side, but images looked washed-out when viewed from above.
The full-sized keyboard has an excellent feel, and we appreciate the touch-sensitive multimedia control buttons above the Function keys. Our only gripe: The glossy touchpad creates a lot of friction on your fingertip, making precise cursor control difficult.
The Pavilion dv6000 excelled at the processor-intensive iTunes encoding test, completing the tasks noticeably faster than the PC Club Enpower ENP680 (also based on Core 2 Duo) and Dell Inspiron E1505 battery with a previous-generation Core Duo processor. The dv6000 didn't come out ahead on the multitasking and Photoshop tests, though, most likely because it has less RAM than its competitors. Even with half the RAM, we expected the dv6000 to best the Dell Inspiron E1505 on all three of Labs new benchmarks; that it took longer than the Dell to complete our Photoshop test shows that Core 2 Duo systems are not leaps and bounds ahead of older Core Duo laptops. When it comes to battery life, the Pavilion dv6000's 2 hour, 35 minute battery life is somewhat disappointing; we'd hoped for at least 3 hours. In short, the dv6000 should give you all the power you need (especially if you kick in a little extra to upgrade the RAM right away), but you aren't likely to get much time away from the wall socket with the standard-capacity battery. An optional 12-cell battery costs $40 (CNET did not test this battery).
Every Pavilion dv6000t battery is backed by an industry-standard one-year warranty; the cost to extend the term to three years is a reasonable $185. Toll-free telephone support is available 24/7 during your warranty period, and the HP support Web site includes one of our favorite support features: real-time chat with a tech rep. If you want to troubleshoot problems yourself, you can search the site's thorough FAQ database.
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