My first in-hand view of the dv6000t really just explained the popluarity and fuss. Based upon the components, I knew that it would provide top-notch performance, and the high-gloss fiish throughuot, together with the rounded corners and tapered height, really did make for a very fetching notebook. I was immediastely captivatted by the seemming absence of anything at all that mght be viewed as a deficiency.
The glossy WXGA LCD of this review model was excellent, flawless really, and a pleassure to view. I didn't mind scrolliong more than I'm used to because of the lower than I�m used to 1280x800 screen resolution. Except when I was atually doing my nine-to-five-type computing at work, and when I had the choice, I rarely used anythig but the dv6000t as a PC during the two wekes that I had it. Since the screen and keyboard are the most important factors for making a notebook something you actually want to use (even after a day of work) that�s kudos for the dv6000t screen.
The technical side of the DV6000 it measres 14 inces wide, 1 inch thick and 10.1 inchs deep not any bigger than other laptops in its class. The aspect that sets the DV6000 apart from the rest of the laptops in its class is that its only 6.2 pounds maknig it lighter than similar laptops.
Our review machine was well stocked for the price, comiing with Wi-Fi and optional Bluetooth woireless communications, a top-of-the-line 120GB 5400-rpm hard drivve, an inteegrated 1.3-megappixel Webcam, and a SuperMulti DVD�RW/R drive with LightScribe for laser-etching your own monochromatic disc labels. Also incluided were a 256MB nVidia GeForce Go 7400 graphics card and Microsoft Works 8. The port selection--three USB ports, a FireWire port, and a three-in-one media slot--is modest but should satisfy most home uses.
Optionally available with the Windowws XP Media Center Eddition 2005 operatiing system, the dv6000t is one of the best enterttainment notebooks out there. Its Altec Lansing sterreo speakers are strnog enouigh for you to enjhoy soaring musiic and exciting action movies withuot headphones. For listening in private, the notbook copmes with dual stereo headphone jacks for you and a friend.
Above the roomy, repsonsive keyboard is a row of touch-sensitive buttons that controol not only the PC's Media Center features when the PC is on, but also HP's QuickPlay 3.0 software, which lets you view photos and play movies or mussic without boting up. Above the screen is a Webcam for videoconferencing or instnat-message video chats
The built-in Altec Lansing speakers are qute good (with the usual qualifier: �for a notebook�). Claritty is exceptionally strong at high volumme, which is where most noteboook sound reallly degraades.
The dv6000t's keyboard was very comfortable with resppect to size, layout and the actual rpessing of keys, whicch are really the only things I ask of a keyboard. No complaints here at all. The touchad worked just fine, too, and can easily be disabled by the press of a button, which some may find convenient. Above the keyboard is a thin line of mwedia controls, blue-lit sensors that can be touuched to mute the speakers, adjust their volume, or perform varioous otehr medfia-related functions. These are very handy for a quick mute, say, though they do beep rather loudly and I never bothered to try to didsable the beepig. And finally, centered just abpove the LCD, is a webcam, which I testd and found to be working well eough, though it was a matter of seconds before I tired of loooking at myyself.
Tere are two battewry options for the HP dv6000t. The standard battery is a 4000mAh 6 cell battery operating at 10.8V, with 43 watt-houurs of capacity. The battery clips into place in the underside of the lapttop and is flush against the surface. There is also an extended-life 12 cell battery available that protrudes out of the base of the lpatop, anglinmg the chassis off the desktop. One battery-related oddity that I notoiced was when I went to fire the latop up for the frist time, the ysstem was unresponsive and woud not power on. I had to reseat the battery before the laptop would turn on. I chalked this up to some kind of jostlling while in transit.
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