HP adds budget-conscious G62m, dv7t notebooks

User Comments: 9

1. November 3, 2010 6:53 PM
   

   klepto12, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Nice laptop with nice specs but id rather not have a laptop with a celeron cpu this is 2010 not 2006 when the celeron basically died. If i buy a newer laptop anytime soon im getting one with a nice amd or intel cpu my current laptop that i bought for $150 used has a duel core core 2 duo clocked at 2.2Ghz amd 4Gb of 800Mhz DDR2 and a 320Gb hard drive id have to say that my $150 laptop is better than this one IMO.

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2. November 3, 2010 8:10 PM
   EDO219 said:

   Yikes ... this actually seems over-priced, in my opinion. The default processor is a single core and the integrated graphics chip is one of the worst still being sold in mid-sized laptops. o_o

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3. November 4, 2010 9:25 AM
   

   ---agissi---, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I could have bought a Core i3 /w 4GB of RAM, built in MIC and Webcam, 7200rpm 320gb hdd Gxx laptop for $510 + $20 shipping the other day. So I dont know why theyre offering a Celeron for more. A computer customer of mine just picked up a Celeron 2.20 Acer laptop from Walmart for $350 on sale, and this week or so it was reported on Techspot that you can pick up Celeron 2.20 Compaq's for $288. These are 15.6" laptops too.

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4. November 4, 2010 10:51 AM
   rizalp said:

   ---agissi--- said:

   I could have bought a Core i3 /w 4GB of RAM, built in MIC and Webcam, 7200rpm 320gb hdd Gxx laptop for $510 + $20 shipping the other day. So I dont know why theyre offering a Celeron for more. A computer customer of mine just picked up a Celeron 2.20 Acer laptop from Walmart for $350 on sale, and this week or so it was reported on Techspot that you can pick up Celeron 2.20 Compaq's for $288. These are 15.6" laptops too.

   Maybe HP got something, better battery life, great casing material, or great speaker?

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5. November 4, 2010 11:42 AM
   Uvindu said:

   rizalp said:

   Maybe HP got something, better battery life, great casing material, or great speaker?

   HP Pavillion is an entertainment notebook series. I have a dv7 with great speakers and I'm sure that this one has one as well. My Laptop even has a subwoofer on the underside to enhance the audio experience. My Notebook is a dv7-2150ei. It has a 2.1Ghz Core 2 Dua, 3GB RAM, ATI 5430 512MB Graphics, Full Keyboard with Number Pad, DVD Lightscribe drive, Wifi + Bluetooth, Media Center Remote, 2 Head phone (out) ports and one microphone port, and a camera and built-in-microphone.

   It is a great laptop, especailly for media related uses. The laptops in the article may seem over priced but they probably have some good media capability.

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6. November 4, 2010 6:34 PM
   

   ---agissi---, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I know of about 20 DV7000s that have failed because the motherboards fail consistently. And I have a broken HP zd7000 right next to my foot as we speak. $200 off craigslist and one day later it finds the F key is stuck with or without keyboard(s).

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7. November 4, 2010 8:02 PM
   EDO219 said:

   The build quality of HPs are almost as bad as e-machines, these days.

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8. November 5, 2010 12:52 AM
   motrin said:

   drop $100 and its a good deal. IMO

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9. November 7, 2010 11:45 PM
   hitech0101 said:

   This is a budget conscious notebook don't believe so there are other good notebooks which are far more cheaper than this this seems to pack a lot of features for the budget type.

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