A good laptop serves a lot of purposes, ranging from basic business needs to wireless connectivity on the go, to the principle entertainment system for some families and households. One laptop that shines in all three of these roles is the HP Pavillion DV3-1075US.
When it came out, it was geared as a not-quite ultraportable with a solid, if not stunning, multimedia focus. Fast forward by nine months to the present, and it's still a capable machine, but rapidly moving down the price ladder, as netbooks eat the bottom of the market.
The HP Pavilion DV3-1075US has an impressive spec sheet. It is powered by dual-core 2.1 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-72 processors. It comes with 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, and can be upgraded to a maximum of 8 GB of RAM. It sports a fast 320 gigabyte SATA hard drive spinning a 5400 RPM, and is equipped with a dual-layer DVDRW drive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs.
Not to be left out on the gaming side, the video card is an ATI Radeon 3200 with 64 megs of RAM; this isn't as good as you'll find on a desktop gaming rig, but for a portable machine (particularly with the ability to overflow into system RAM), it's more than adequate, unless you're trying to play Crysis.
Other gaming touches include a three speaker audio system, which, surprisingly, for a laptop, aren't horribly tinny. It gets good bass response, though gaming is probably enhanced by using sound cancelling headphones plugged into the AV ports.
Speaking of ports, it comes with the usual array of three USB ports and a VGA out port for driving a separate monitor. Its inherent display is 13.3" WXGA LCD with 1280x800 resolution, and good color matching. We found the viewing angle more than adequate.
It sports the usual array of ports (three USB, an Ethernet port, VGA out), and has a battery that lasts a bit over two hours. You won't get all day computing from this machine, but it doesn't promise you that. This machine is light enough that bringing along the charging block isn't that much of a hassle in any case.
This is a very complete multimedia laptop with a lot of bells and whistles. A definite must buy for anyone who loves movies, music and games coupled with work. It's definitely not the best out there but for how much you fork out for it, it's actually a good deal.
When it came out, it was geared as a not-quite ultraportable with a solid, if not stunning, multimedia focus. Fast forward by nine months to the present, and it's still a capable machine, but rapidly moving down the price ladder, as netbooks eat the bottom of the market.
The HP Pavilion DV3-1075US has an impressive spec sheet. It is powered by dual-core 2.1 GHz AMD Turion X2 RM-72 processors. It comes with 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, and can be upgraded to a maximum of 8 GB of RAM. It sports a fast 320 gigabyte SATA hard drive spinning a 5400 RPM, and is equipped with a dual-layer DVDRW drive for playing and burning CDs and DVDs.
Not to be left out on the gaming side, the video card is an ATI Radeon 3200 with 64 megs of RAM; this isn't as good as you'll find on a desktop gaming rig, but for a portable machine (particularly with the ability to overflow into system RAM), it's more than adequate, unless you're trying to play Crysis.
Other gaming touches include a three speaker audio system, which, surprisingly, for a laptop, aren't horribly tinny. It gets good bass response, though gaming is probably enhanced by using sound cancelling headphones plugged into the AV ports.
Speaking of ports, it comes with the usual array of three USB ports and a VGA out port for driving a separate monitor. Its inherent display is 13.3" WXGA LCD with 1280x800 resolution, and good color matching. We found the viewing angle more than adequate.
It sports the usual array of ports (three USB, an Ethernet port, VGA out), and has a battery that lasts a bit over two hours. You won't get all day computing from this machine, but it doesn't promise you that. This machine is light enough that bringing along the charging block isn't that much of a hassle in any case.
This is a very complete multimedia laptop with a lot of bells and whistles. A definite must buy for anyone who loves movies, music and games coupled with work. It's definitely not the best out there but for how much you fork out for it, it's actually a good deal.
