HP - Pavilion Laptop with Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology - Espresso Black

Great product. I'd been looking for a while for just the right laptop with a)power, b)speed c)style etc. I'll be doing business presentations, coding, travelling etc. While its a little heavy for travel, its a pretty powerful box. My only caveat is VISTA. God, how I loathe it. Vista caused untold headaches in a)connecting to my wifi home network (updating the wifi drivers fixed that) and b) connecting to my wireless print server (using LPR worked). Its 64-bit Vista, so apparently a lot of manufacturers don't have drivers for it. So, now that those 2 issues are solved, I'm really really happy. A few more tiny things though 1)shiny case picks up fingerprints, keep the included buffing cloth handy if you have an issue with that 2) glossy screen glares in some environments 3) I couldn't find the 3rd USB port until I looked on their website and it said it was inside the eSATA port, and lo there it is.

I bought this computer about 5-6 days ago. I had never owned a laptop nor used Vista before. However, this computer has been a very surprising and pleasant experience. I download movies over the internet in very very short time, listen to music with the decent quality built in speakers, and play a few games with the graphics card installed. All work wonders. =] I love how I can multi-task with ease on this laptop. I can have aol, msn, yahoo, and skype all running along with few tabs of firefox downloading a movie and playing a video game. (was testing the multi-tasking ability) all ran exceptionally well. All n all, this is a very good computer. I had my doubts on it while comparing it to other computers at Bestbuy.com but in the end I went with this one and couldn't be happier (that i know of) I'd recommend it any day of the week. =]

When I first bought this laptop I loved it. Recently though it has been freezing up for no reason in the middle of doing something and I've had to power it down without shutting it down the right way at least once a day. I do not know why it keeps doing this. But I do enjoy the laptop and it has a lot of great features and programs on it. The battery life on it is great too.

This laptop is amazing. First off the price is fantastic for what you get. Im in the military and college i use this as my work,school,and play laptop and its overperformed everytime. Its so easy to use that even "rookies" would find it easy and stimulating. I am also constantly downloading movies and music and the 4gigs of RAM make it super fast and the display is fantastic. The HDMI port is great i hook it up to my HDTV and watch movies all the time and its also like i have a 60' monitor! The casing is sleek and durable and even the mouse pad is super responsive. I had an HP laptop as well as gateways and dells, i liked HP so i decided to go with this computer and I am sooooo glad i did. Get this one YOU WONT REGRET IT!

my 5th hp dv4 series and love them all! i have this in gold with a 320g hard drive. this one is 250 but great. great battery life excellent sound. only 2 problems is the norton installed, its the new 2009 edition and completly is not compatable with the hp. i uninstalled it and installed 360. and the keyboard down on the bottom (zxcvbn and the space bar) was broken as the buttons were sunk in the laptop other than that it is great!

I just love everything about this laptop. I really like the black design, because I am not a big fan of the gold color of the latest HP's. The keyboard is just the right size for easy typing. The processor is super fast, and there is more then enough memory to store your pictures and music. I have had no issues with either the mousepad or the volume control being touchy, which I have heard before. This computer is also very user friendly. It took my eight year old daughter about 5 minutes to figure it out! I would recommend this laptop to anyone who wants a quality HP product. You won't be disappointed.

I got this laptop for school, as I am starting college in the fall. All I can say is that this is the perfect laptop for that purpose. The 4GB of memory allow me to multitask and work on many things at once, and it really helps that it came with Microsoft Office pre-installed. Not only that, but it comes with HP MediaSmart and a great webcam and microphone that can provide for hours of fun and entertainment when you're bored. Overall, this laptop was the perfect buy for me, and it's probably one of the best laptops you can get for less than 1K.

Really good specs, although screen could be bigger. If this comp goes down by 40-50 dollars definite buy. Still a bit pricey but good for the price.