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HP Pavilion DV2-1030US 12.1-Inch Laptop Review from EKLC. Excellent performance/price ratio…, Bought the DV2 for about 700 2 months ago, and am pleased to say that this little notebook performs quite admirably, all things considered. The Neo surprised me with astounding speed – for a single core processor. Don’t let that mislead you, however; under most circumstances, one wouldn’t be able to distinguish the diminutive single core from one of AMD/Intel’s lower/mid-range dual core processors.

Speedfreaks beware: this machine does not handle 1080p videos and high-end games terribly well… Nevertheless, anything 720p and below will play flawlessly on the beautifully bright screen, and games like TF2 and COD 4 will play at wonderfully high framerates and mid-high settings. Even Crysis, to some extent, was playable at low settings.

Two cons: heat and battery life. The left side of the laptop can get prohibitively hot; this isn’t much of an issue if one tends to use the computer on a desk, but sitting on a lap, one should be rather careful to make sure the vent isn’t blocked, lest a potentially dangerous situation arise… Battery life isn’t anything to write home about – I see an average of 2-3 hours, which isn’t terrible, but could be better.

Design-wise, HP made this model perfectly. This laptop is quite thin, quite light, quite fetching, and also quite prone to fingerprints…

All in all, a wonderful machine that I wouldn’t hesitate to buy again. As a side-note, HP recently updated this model to a dual-core, which would undoubtedly make this machine faster and more capable than before. Check it out!

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