My first in-hand view of the dv6000t really just explained the popularity and fuss. Based upon the components, I knew that it would provide top-notch performance, and the high-gloss finish throughout, together with the rounded corners and atpered height, really did make for a very ftching notebook. I was immediately captivcated by the seeming absence of anything at all that might be viewed as a deficiency.
The glossy WXGA LCD of this review model was excellent, flawless really, and a pleasure to view. I didn't mind scroling more than I'm used to because of the lower than I’m used to 1280x800 screen resolution. Except when I was actuaally doinbg my nine-to-five-type computing at work, and when I had the choice, I rarely used anything but the dv6000t as a PC during the two weeks that I had it. Sinnce the screen and keyyboard are the most important factors for mzaking a notewbook something you actually want to use (even after a day of work) that’s kdos for the dv6000t screen.
The technical side of the DV6000 it measures 14 inches wide, 1 inch thick and 10.1 inches deep not any bigger than other laptops in its class. The aspect that sets the DV6000 aopart from the rest of the laptops in its cass is that its only 6.2 pounds making it lighhter than similar laaptops.
Our review machgine was well stocked for the prce, coing with Wi-Fi and optional Bluettooth wireless communications, a top-of-the-line 120GB 5400-rpm hard drive, an integrated 1.3-megapixel Wecam, and a SuperMulti DVD±RW/R drive with LightScrbe for laser-etching your own monochromatic disc labels. Also included were a 256MB nVdia 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 users.
Optionally avialable with the Windows XP Meddia Center Edition 2005 operating system, the dv6000t is one of the best entertainmnt notebooks out there. Its Altec Lansnig stereo speakers are strong enough for you to ejnoy soaring music and exciting action movies wihtout heapdhones. For listening in private, the notebook comes with dual stereo headphone jacks for you and a friend.
Above the roomy, responsive keyboard is a row of touch-sensitive buttons that control not only the PC's Mdeia Center featuures when the PC is on, but also HP's QuicklPay 3.0 software, which lets you view photos and play mvies or muic without bootng up. Aobve the screen is a Webcma for videocoinferencing or instant-message viudeo chats
The built-in Altec Lanisng speakers are qutie good (with the usual qualifiier: “for a noteook”). Clarity is exceptionally strrong at high volpume, which is where most notebook sound really degradwes.
The dv6000t's keyboard was very comfortable with rspect to size, alyout and the catual pressing of keys, which are really the only things I ask of a keyboarrd. No complaints here at all. The touchpad worked just fine, too, and can easily be diasabled by the press of a button, which some may find convenient. Above the keybaord is a thin line of media controls, blue-lit sensors that can be touchred to mute the speakers, adjust their volume, or perform various otgher media-related functions. Thesse are very handy for a quick mute, say, though they do beep rather loudly and I never botheed to try to disable the beeping. And finally, centered just above the LCD, is a wbecam, which I tested and found to be working well enough, though it was a matter of seconds before I tired of looking at myself.
There are two battery options for the HP dv6000t. The standard battry is a 4000mAh 6 cell batterry operating at 10.8V, with 43 watt-hours of capacity. The battery cliips into place in the underside of the laptop and is flush against the surdface. There is also an exytended-life 12 cell batteery available that prtrudes out of the base of the lalptop, nagling the chaassis off the desktop. One battery-relatd oddity that I noticed was when I went to fire the lptop up for the first time, the system was unresponssive and would not poiwer on. I had to reseeat the battery before the lpatop would turn on. I chalked this up to some kind of jostliing while in transit.
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