Comments on: HP slashes Pavilion dv2 price down to $599

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:15:07 +0000

The new dv2 is available today! Here are the CPU upgrades:

AMD Athlon(TM) Neo Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks MV-40 (1.6 GHz)

AMD Athlon(TM) Neo X2 Dual-Core Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks L335 (1.6 GHz)

AMD Turion(TM) Neo X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks L625 (1.6 GHz)

You can also bump up to 4gb of RAM for $50. Right now you get a free upgrade to 2GB.

You can also bump up the video card based off the CPU you choose. Looks like it's about a $50 upgrade.

Fully specced, it looks to be $830. I'll have to see how the reviews are before I make a decision.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:15:07 +0000

By: Fanfoot

Fanfoot — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:47:48 +0000

Completely agree. Too thick as well at 1.3". My 13" Dell is no thicker than this, and it has a 9 cell battery.

I'm not even a battery life bigot unlike many netbook fans these days, but 2.5 hours isn't good enough.

And this thing STILL can't handle full screen HD flash video playback, which it might have touted as a weakness of the Atom or its typical GPU partners.

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:16:19 +0000

But I guess it is pretty? I don't want to be all negative.

But overall, just because the screen size is 12″ doesn't mean the computer is ultraportable in actual size, weight, or battery life…

By: TrackSmart

TrackSmart — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:12:17 +0000

I'm always tempted by this one - until I look at the spec sheet again!

- Only 2.5 hrs battery life
- Over 3.8 pounds (same as many 13" laptops)
- Huge size at 11.5" x 9.5" (similar to 13" notebooks)
- Tiny netbook keyboard on a full-size laptop! Why?

A standard Dell-issued 13" laptop is 3.97 lbs and similar in size (12.5" x 9.5"), and comes with a normal keyboard and a Core 2 Duo processor. It's just too close to a netbook in performance and too close to a laptop in size, weight, battery life, and cost. The worst of both worlds!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:16 +0000

The other awesome part of the article is this:

"Starting on June 10, students have the option to configure a dv2z to match their exact needs on www.hpdirect.com with options such as a dual-core(5) AMD processor and discrete graphics for extra computing power. "

So not only will the price be dropping, but you can also get a dual core AMD processor if you so choose!