| This review is for the new Hewlett-Packard | | | | areas that were leaking light. The lighting |
| Pavilion dv6227cl, which is currently being | | | | seems even throughout the entire area of the |
| billed as an "Entertainment Notebook" by HP. | | | | screen, and the size is fine for a portable |
| It's a fairly new model in the dv6000 line, | | | | system. The native resolution is 1280 by |
| and is currently being sold by Wal-Mart and | | | | 800. |
| Sam's Club stores as well as their online | | | | |
| counterparts | | | | This particular model uses the AMD Turion 64 |
| | | | X2 running at 1.6 GHz. Having the dual core |
| * AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 processor running at | | | | setup under Vista is noticeable, although the |
| 1.6 GHz. | | | | benefits will get better slowly as more and |
| | | | more apps start moving from single-threaded |
| * 120 GB hard drive running at 5400RPM (6.6 | | | | to multi-threaded. Still, the 2 cores help |
| gigs used as a restore partition.) | | | | performance and make up for the lower clock |
| | | | speed setting. The boot up time averaged |
| * 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM (2 512MB sticks) | | | | around 40 seconds. |
| | | | |
| * NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics chipset, up | | | | The hard drive on this system has plenty of |
| to 288MB shared video RAM. | | | | storage for a laptop at 120 GB (105 GB usable |
| | | | after formatting and HP Restore partition), |
| * 15.4" WXGA Hi-Def Bright view Widescreen | | | | but the speed is only 5400 RPM. While |
| display. | | | | acceptable on a laptop, I still wish they had |
| | | | put a 7200 RPM drive in this system. |
| * 802.11 b/g WLAN | | | | Sometimes it takes a few extra seconds to |
| | | | access files on this system depending on how |
| * 8x DVD+ and DVD- R/RW with dual layer | | | | fragmented they are and how large they are. |
| support | | | | |
| | | | It comes with a gigabyte of RAM, which is |
| * 5 in 1 card reader | | | | adequate for running the included Windows |
| | | | Vista and normal programs. I would recommend |
| * ExpressCard54 expansion slot | | | | upgrading to two gigs of RAM down the road |
| | | | for the extra performance and speed. Be |
| * Expansion Port 3 for docking stations | | | | aware if you do plan on upgrading that HP |
| | | | uses 2 512MB sticks of RAM, so you will have |
| * 6 Cell Lithium-Ion battery. | | | | to purchase two 1 GB sticks for the upgrade. |
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| * Windows Vista Home Premium | | | | The video chipset uses the GeForce Go 6150. |
| | | | You can play some games on this system, but I |
| * HP Mobile Remote Control (plugs into | | | | recommend lowering the resolution and |
| Express card slot) | | | | graphics details before loading the game so |
| | | | you can play at an acceptable frame rate. |
| * Headphones | | | | Also, some games, such as Oblivion, may not |
| | | | play at an acceptable speed even with all |
| Comes with advanced word processing software; | | | | details are set down at their lowest. I |
| whether you regularly create tables of | | | | recommend going into your BIOS and setting |
| content, elaborate footnotes, or complex | | | | your shared memory for your video at the |
| newsletters this software can handle it all. | | | | highest setting possible, 128 MB. If the |
| Clean up your digital pictures with the photo | | | | video system needs more RAM than 128, it |
| editing software included with this computer. | | | | pulls it automatically up to 288 MB. |
| If you have a wireless network at home, | | | | |
| wirelessly browse the Web from any room in | | | | Suggestions: (1) Given this device's Wi-Fi |
| your house with this Wi-Fi enabled notebook. | | | | capability, you may want to get a wireless |
| | | | access point for your home, so that you can |
| The screen on this system is a WXGA Hi-Def | | | | browse the Web more conveniently from any |
| Bright view Widescreen display. It's 15.4 | | | | room. (2) This notebook supports USB 2.0, |
| inches, and is easily bright enough to see | | | | which allows speedy data transfer between |
| clearly. There were no dead pixels on the | | | | peripherals. (3) For help in deciding if this |
| unit I purchased, as well as no discernable | | | | is the right laptop for you. |