Hewlett Packard Carries Over the DV9000 Series Laptops for 2007
I have been looking at the sales from the Hewlett-Packard TV 9000 laptops advertised at their website. I’m impressed that they are including both the Intel tool corps processors as well as the AMD equivalent tool core processor among their offerings. The HP Pavilion DV 9000 series has been a staple laptop for Hewlett-Packard for just over a year. I purchased mine in November of 2006 and I have been very impressed with its quality especially considering the low price I paid at the time of about $800.
I had Windows Media Center 2005 preloaded, but was given the opportunity to upgrade to Windows fists home edition. I received the CD for Windows Vista from Microsoft, but I am quite content with Windows XP, and do not plan to upgrade any time soon. My DV 9000 Model did not come with the TV tuner included, but this is something I added later simply by purchasing a pinnacle TV tuner which plugs into my USB port. I will review this TV tuner and a future posting, but I must say it it has been an excellent tuner for the low price that I paid for it. In fact, most of the electronics I have purchased recently within the past three months have had some wonderful discounts on them when purchased at Best Buy - even beating out the competition on the Internet.
My one complaint about the HP DV 9000, a bit of a disappointment, is that one side of my widescreen has started separating at the seam, which started at the hinge and progressed upward. I suppose if I allowed it, the seam would break all around the whole screen, but I have been careful to hold the seam together, each time I close or open the laptop. From my experience, this is the type of defect that most laptop companies such as Dell refuse to repair under warranty, citing that this type of of damage is not normal wear and tear. I half to disagree, especially since this is a heavily used laptop.
