HP Pavilion dv7-2080ed (NQ562EA)

Yet for several years and attended many tweakers.net product reviews helped me in my choice. Considering myself never seen a product review've made ​​should be tried out. I have the notebook for about 3 weeks of use and disk only now the review, my choice is conscious because I did not subjectively likes to write while a comprehensive review I have a product just one or two days in use. 7-6-2009 19:37 Update: Added; Conclusion and information about my choice (Candidates) and some information about the noise of the fan. Overall I make much use of memory-intensive applications such as vmware and photoshop and turning over a VM was on my previous laptop with 2GB memory still very difficult, unfortunately memory was not possible and I had to look for a new notebook. When ordering my previous notebook, the supplier originally ordered my copy to 800 euros accidentally swapped for another notebook á 2100 euro (lucky me ), the performance of the notebook in question, an Asus W2PC ( specs ) liquors are then not and 1900x1200 TFT screen also had a lovely color. I must say that I have been reasonable. Spoiled course you want to book some progress with the purchase of a new product in terms of performance and does it all faster and better. That is, on the screen after fine-managed, you can say that it is perfectly in order with the price / performance ratio. 's notebook every day and dragged down into the train and / or car and used a lot at work and during the study. 's kanidaten (what are my requirements, and why now this?) The search for a successor for my Asus notebook running for a while, I have to hear that I'm too picky and I for an amount <already regularly 1000 euro really go my Asus costing 2100 euro could replace, find a notebook nothing is further from the truth! My new computer had to meet the following requirements; - 16 "or 17" monitor - Temperatures must be reasonable, he should be fine lap to use without a cooling pad or something - The specs should be superior to the Intel Core2Duo T7200 and ATI Radeon X1700. - There must be at least 4GB of RAM are present - 64bits version of windows vista media center (ie Home Premium or Ultimate) - Fast RMA handling by the manufacturer and / or supplier * Dell Studio 17 Dell XSP & M1530 Dell XPS 16 First I started looking for a laptop from Dell because I find it a huge plus that you do your own laptop if can compose it were. I also find it intresting that Dell is a next-business-day onsite warranty plan for consumer notebooks, the notebook is indispensable to me in my studies and I have little need for my notebook 4 weeks to miss (as was the case when my Asus it went the first week due to a break in the LCD cable.) Dell Studio 17 My eyes fell on the Dell Studio 17, a high to configure notebook that also looks very nice still. My configuration consisted of 4GB of memory, a Core2Duo P8600 and a 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650. But read like the Dell Studio 17 and Dell Studio 15 topics on GoT is these models many problems with the media bar. These are often replaced under warranty but 99 of the 100 cases, this does not solve the problem. Then you have nothing to guarantee plan dell if the problem is not solved , so i only go by. my nose Dell XPS M1530 Another kanidaat was the Dell XPS M1530. I have this notebook can see in action at some of my fellow students and I find the design very beautiful. However, one of the disadvantages that it is a 15 "notebook and was not a 17" as I'm used to. Sometimes I make eight hours a day using the notebook with the programming main activity, then you would still have a larger screen Incidentally, this notebook is now removed from the shelves. Dell Studio XPS 16 notebook is the successor of the above, the Studio XPS 16. The image screen size of this notebook was okay, 16inch, a beautiful middle aged between 15 and 17inch. However, as can be read in the GoT topic of this notebook, the device overheating problems because the cover the ventilation holes of the notebook covered when it is opened. Between normal Because of the heat production fell this notebook for me so off. * MSI GX720-022NL MSI GX720-022NL Given my experiences with MSI and having a notebook that not everyone has (after all, there are very few people who have a MSI notebook possession ) I decided to look or MSI did not stand. something nice on the shelves I then came out with the GX720. a 17 "notebook from MSI with a Core2Duo P8400 and Nvidia Geforce 9600M GT. however is the fan opening on the right side of the notebook so that there is constant hot air against your right hand blown is very annoying. they also have in this notebook keyboard literally been "stuffed" the buttons on the right are a lot smaller than the buttons on the left (see Review ), can not imagine that this tengoede ergonomics comes. * The HP Pavilion series There are many of my fellow students with an HP laptop walk around. I like the design of the laptop is very nice and there are very few people who really have problems with the reliability of the notebooks. I myself why but orientate a nice HP notebook, but that is against dirty! Most HP notebooks are equipped with a high-end CPU, but then again contain a Nvidia Geforce 9200M video card like (or vice versa) ... the combination of specifications I really upsetting. It should be a little fit together I always find in the beginning there were little HP notebooks that meet my criteria, only notebooks from HP HDX series were adequate but that went well over my budget. When I returned back to the HP website was surfing for three weeks, my eye fell on the new Pavilion series (dv7-2000). This was also the dv7-2080ed between where the specs are pretty balanced, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD4650 and Intel Core2Duo T6400. The resolution of my previous notebook, 1900x1200, I found occasionally just a little too small, sometimes the letters were really hard to read. The resolution of this HP, 1600x900 is a pretty mediocre and now works very well Mediamarkt offered the notebook that weekend with 16% discount for € 861.21. For that price I could not pass up this notebook really. These specifications Also thanks to the nice balanced mid-range specs, beautiful design and reasonable price, I bought this notebook. I have to buy for € 269.00 a warranty extension for three years because the standard factory warranty is only one year. I also now support accidental damage so I'm going with a calmer feeling with my notebook on the road. In the box In addition to the notebook, an 8-cell battery included, a 90W AC adapter, the well-known HP Remote Control and manuals. There are no CDs included, you must ensure that you make a backup of the recovery partition on the notebook itself. Supplied remote Exterior The case of the notebook is made ​​of plastic and is white with black. The housing feels solid and seems to already be noted that it is very susceptible to scratching. Take a beating Immediately after the first week of use, I have been able to discover. Few minor scratches The design is very nicely finished keyboard HP is very pleasant and the keys can be pressed with a little effort while still a very pleasant "feedback" when you press a key. The only drawback for me is the keyboard instead of the Fn key on the left. I would have preferred that they had the ctrl and fn key swapped I now often unintentionally the fn key press, maybe this is just a matter of getting used to, time will tell. Since The keyboard includes a numeric keypad Touchpad sees very futuristic and you can use it almost like a mirror, possibly useful for women who have their makeup box forgotten This is one of the design aspects that I what takes less convenient, you can see the glittering surface really any fingerprint. Also, the surface of the touchpad is very stiff compared to my previous notebook. Nevertheless, it works fine and after some getting used to the touchpad is very accurate. I also find it very convenient that you are above the touchpad touchpad to quickly and easily turn off. Flush with the button The touchpad looks nice, but really shines The HP also includes a very nice touch sensitive media bar that really works flawlessly. It gives the notebook an extra futuristic look and it works really well. The slightest touch is already registered without problems. The volume portion of the media bar requires some getting used to because you have to move over, as it were to turn the volume louder or softer sliding left and right scrolling is harder. The "Volume Mute" and "wireless on / off" button on the media bar, the status of the hardware. Also change color as The volume is muted, the button is orange, and otherwise it is white. Ditto Ditto for the button to turn on the wireless network. sees the media bar is very nice , and last but not least, HP also includes a webcam at the top of the screen, it makes the whole nicely. I do not use the webcam on so the quality of it, I can not judge. 's webcam Connectivity The connectivity options that the laptop offers me more than enough, though I lack a s-video output does take a loss. On the right the laptop has two USB 2.0 ports, the connection for the adapter and the possibility of adding a laptop lock. On the left are already a lot more connections, vga, hdmi, 1gbit LAN, eSATA, 1x USB 2.0, ExpressCard 54 and a card reader supporting SD, MS / Pro, MMC, and xs. At the front, two headphones are connected and a microphone. Very useful if you have someone else to listen to music and still want to keep your freedom. Also here is the eyelet for the supplied remote. 's audio inputs of the notebook Image Quality The 17.3 screen of the HP is an LED display, this display colors are intense and the screen would have to treat it with the battery economical. The screen has a native resolution of 1600x900. On this screen, I'm not so to speak, the shade of white beats through to yellow and there is a huge difference in color on the screen by viewing angle, the colors are even negative when a low position looking at the screen. The shade of white can be compensated by reducing to 85%. Contrast in the ATI Catalyst Control Center or right (click for magnification) If you look closely to the screen, the picture quality is adequate though there already a noticeable difference in color between the bottom and the top of the screen. For me, they could have spent some more. Attention to the display screen of the notebook is hard to read in bright sunlight or slightly better than a normal display without LED technology. The reflective surface of the screen is the biggest cause of this otherwise. Sound Quality The sound quality of the notebook is fine. The integrated Altec-lansingspeakers with subwoofer produce a pleasant sound with slight bass. Listening to a radio station also goes well and is pleasant to the ear. Also when you connect headphones or earphones on the notebook the sound is just fine, there is to discover. Absolutely no noise , the SRS logo Mobility As you would expect from a 17-inch notebook is not the lightest in its class. The HP weighs a whopping 3.52 kg. I take the laptop always with a special backpack and brand so basically little weight when you carry your laptop in a shoulder bag, you start really be felt after 5 minutes the shoulders. Regarding the battery life, which is certainly not particularly . I get an average of about 2 hours and 25 minutes on a full charge with moderate use (listening music and a bit of surfing / programming) to the default power scheme "recommended by HP." This is more than enough for me otherwise because I just used to move me. Space battery Software The laptop comes with a 64bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium, this system can fully utilize the 4GB RAM. This version of Windows includes Windows Media Center. Very convenient to the notebook, I find that there is not really much unnecessary software installed starting at the first time. The following software is included with the laptop and is already installed; - HP MediaSmart Suite - HP Battery Check - HP Health Check - HP Update - HP System Information - My HP Games - Recovery Manager - Lightscribe Control Panel - Microsoft ® Works - Microsoft ® Office Home and Student 2007 (60 day trial) - Adobe ® Reader - CyberLink DVD Suite - Symantec ™ Norton Internet Security ™ 2009 (60 days live update) Almost all the software I leave with the exception of the trial software, i is equal thrown back. Besides the HP Health Check is no HP software included with Windows startup that is why I find most software is not distracting and I just let it stand. Performance The performance of the notebook is fine. They are what you would expect from a mid-range notebook. The processor only needs to do to perform today's tasks little effort and playing games is fine, thanks to the integrated ATI Radeon HD 4650 with 1GB dedicated DDR3 memory. vista The score of the notebook 's score PCMark Vantage Suite ( x64) results are not bad to mention There, I have no gaming benchmarks run on the laptop should be able to be with the video card HP, please try our Advanced test is carried out with a P8600 CPU, the results of the following according notebookcheck.net FPS removed HP will probably be quite a bit lower, Crysis: 1024x768, high: 32 fps GTA 4: 800x600, min 46 fps Call of Duty 4: 1280x1024, high: 30 fps Race Driver GRID: 1280x1024, high, 2xAA: 40 fps FEAR 2 : 1024x768, medium, 2xAA: 50 fps Source: http://www.notebookcheck....deon-HD-4650.13883.0.html Temperatures (aka it is a laptop computer?) The temperatures are not bad for a notebook and the device is also great to keep on your lap. During a game of solid gaming you notice that the bottom of the notebook which gets warmer, but it certainly is not disturbing, it is an excellent device to sit back along cuddle on the couch Prima temperatures! By purchasing the notebook, the fan remained always run on a soft setting, ie he was always something audible. Now that's in the bios option "fan always on" and I've put on disabled. Since then jumps the fan occasionally (gently, not disturbing) 2 to 3 seconds (every 10 minutes or so) when I'm working. Example in Word The notebook is perfect for office use. Conclusion All in all I'm very happy with this notebook. The notebook is really fast and it is not boring to work. Hold the notebook Most of the criticisms that I mention are actually not even worth mentioning. The only real flaw I find the picture quality, especially since it is advertised with a "High Definition BrightView LCD screen." On the HP website But still I can not recommend this laptop wholeheartedly to anyone who is looking for a reliable notebook at a good price, unless you find the screen is very important, I would just continue your search I take the laptop always with a special backpack and brand so basically little weight when you carry your laptop in a shoulder bag, you start really be felt after 5 minutes the shoulders. Regarding the battery life, which is certainly not particularly . I get an average of about 2 hours and 25 minutes on a full charge with moderate use (listening music and a bit of surfing / programming) to the default power scheme "recommended by HP." This is more than enough for me otherwise because I just used to move me. Space battery Software The laptop comes with a 64bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium, this system can fully utilize the 4GB RAM. This version of Windows includes Windows Media Center. Very convenient to the notebook, I find that there is not really much unnecessary software installed starting at the first time. The following software is included with the laptop and is already installed; - HP MediaSmart Suite - HP Battery Check - HP Health Check - HP Update - HP System Information - My HP Games - Recovery Manager - Lightscribe Control Panel - Microsoft ® Works - Microsoft ® Office Home and Student 2007 (60 day trial) - Adobe ® Reader - CyberLink DVD Suite - Symantec ™ Norton Internet Security ™ 2009 (60 days live update) Almost all the software I leave with the exception of the trial software, i is equal thrown back. Besides the HP Health Check is no HP software included with Windows startup that is why I find most software is not distracting and I just let it stand. Performance The performance of the notebook is fine. They are what you would expect from a mid-range notebook. The processor only needs to do to perform today's tasks little effort and playing games is fine, thanks to the integrated ATI Radeon HD 4650 with 1GB dedicated DDR3 memory. vista The score of the notebook 's score PCMark Vantage Suite ( x64) results are not bad to mention There, I have no gaming benchmarks run on the laptop should be able to be with the video card HP, please try our Advanced test is carried out with a P8600 CPU, the results of the following according notebookcheck.net FPS removed HP will probably be quite a bit lower, Crysis: 1024x768, high: 32 fps GTA 4: 800x600, min 46 fps Call of Duty 4: 1280x1024, high: 30 fps Race Driver GRID: 1280x1024, high, 2xAA: 40 fps FEAR 2 : 1024x768, medium, 2xAA: 50 fps Source: http://www.notebookcheck....deon-HD-4650.13883.0.html Temperatures (aka it is a laptop computer?) The temperatures are not bad for a notebook and the device is also great to keep on your lap. During a game of solid gaming you notice that the bottom of the notebook which gets warmer, but it certainly is not disturbing, it is an excellent device to sit back along cuddle on the couch Prima temperatures! By purchasing the notebook, the fan remained always run on a soft setting, ie he was always something audible. Now that's in the bios option "fan always on" and I've put on disabled. Since then jumps the fan occasionally (gently, not disturbing) 2 to 3 seconds (every 10 minutes or so) when I'm working. Example in Word The notebook is perfect for office use. Conclusion All in all I'm very happy with this notebook. The notebook is really fast and it is not boring to work. Hold the notebook Most of the criticisms that I mention are actually not even worth mentioning. The only real flaw I find the picture quality, especially since it is advertised with a "High Definition BrightView LCD screen." On the HP website But still I can not recommend this laptop wholeheartedly to anyone who is looking for a reliable notebook at a good price, unless you find the screen is very important, I would just continue your search I take the laptop always with a special backpack and brand so basically little weight when you carry your laptop in a shoulder bag, you start really be felt after 5 minutes the shoulders. Regarding the battery life, which is certainly not particularly . I get an average of about 2 hours and 25 minutes on a full charge with moderate use (listening music and a bit of surfing / programming) to the default power scheme "recommended by HP." This is more than enough for me otherwise because I just used to move me. Space battery Software The laptop comes with a 64bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium, this system can fully utilize the 4GB RAM. This version of Windows includes Windows Media Center. Very convenient to the notebook, I find that there is not really much unnecessary software installed starting at the first time. The following software is included with the laptop and is already installed; - HP MediaSmart Suite - HP Battery Check - HP Health Check - HP Update - HP System Information - My HP Games - Recovery Manager - Lightscribe Control Panel - Microsoft ® Works - Microsoft ® Office Home and Student 2007 (60 day trial) - Adobe ® Reader - CyberLink DVD Suite - Symantec ™ Norton Internet Security ™ 2009 (60 days live update) Almost all the software I leave with the exception of the trial software, i is equal thrown back. Besides the HP Health Check is no HP software included with Windows startup that is why I find most software is not distracting and I just let it stand. Performance The performance of the notebook is fine. They are what you would expect from a mid-range notebook. The processor only needs to do to perform today's tasks little effort and playing games is fine, thanks to the integrated ATI Radeon HD 4650 with 1GB dedicated DDR3 memory. vista The score of the notebook 's score PCMark Vantage Suite ( x64) results are not bad to mention There, I have no gaming benchmarks run on the laptop should be able to be with the video card HP, please try our Advanced test is carried out with a P8600 CPU, the results of the following according notebookcheck.net FPS removed HP will probably be quite a bit lower, Crysis: 1024x768, high: 32 fps GTA 4: 800x600, min 46 fps Call of Duty 4: 1280x1024, high: 30 fps Race Driver GRID: 1280x1024, high, 2xAA: 40 fps FEAR 2 : 1024x768, medium, 2xAA: 50 fps Source: http://www.notebookcheck....deon-HD-4650.13883.0.html Temperatures (aka it is a laptop computer?) The temperatures are not bad for a notebook and the device is also great to keep on your lap. During a game of solid gaming you notice that the bottom of the notebook which gets warmer, but it certainly is not disturbing, it is an excellent device to sit back along cuddle on the couch Prima temperatures! By purchasing the notebook, the fan remained always run on a soft setting, ie he was always something audible. Now that's in the bios option "fan always on" and I've put on disabled. Since then jumps the fan occasionally (gently, not disturbing) 2 to 3 seconds (every 10 minutes or so) when I'm working. Example in Word The notebook is perfect for office use. Conclusion All in all I'm very happy with this notebook. The notebook is really fast and it is not boring to work. Hold the notebook Most of the criticisms that I mention are actually not even worth mentioning. The only real flaw I find the picture quality, especially since it is advertised with a "High Definition BrightView LCD screen." On the HP website But still I can not recommend this laptop wholeheartedly to anyone who is looking for a reliable notebook at a good price, unless you find the screen is very important, I would just continue your search