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HP Pavilion DV5-1010US 15.4-inch Laptop Review from Michael Scosyrev. Great laptop with just few imperfections, Had this laptop for over a month at the time of this review. I am 96% satisfied with it.

It has a great number of features which are even unmatched by the more expensive notebooks.

That is, 4GB of fast DDR2/800 Ram memory, (currently among the largest RAM configurations sold); 320 GB 5400 WD hard drive (again, among the largest offered).

The laptop also has some other latest high-tech gadgets, namely an HDMI output and an e-sata port, which would allow connection of external hard drives without the loss of download rates.

It has a total of 4 USB ports one of which is combined with e-sata.

I am not a big fan of infiniti screen as it looks a bit greyish to me, but the colors are satisfactory when looking at the screen straight ahead. I had s year old HP DV4000 that had a better screen. The resolution is standard though 1280×800. Check notebookreview.com for more information. Some people like the screen.

Despite some arrogant criticism, I am very satisfied with Nvidia 9200m-gs. It is a mid range graphics card with some newest features like VP3 processor and a future support of SLI technology in which the computer will switch between integrated and dedicated memory.

The total video memory is 2 GB with 256 MB dedicated. The card runs cool at around 50 C even while gaming. The Call of Duty 4 Demo ran without issues on medium setting. I used the latest drivers from HP. The 3d Mark 06 scored 1742 points for this card.

I love the processor. It runs cool (40 c at idle with 28 C ambient temp) and is a very good performer. Super Pi to 2 millions i 58 second and dual core Super Prime is culculate in 39 seconds.

Wireless works well and so does optical drive. No issues there.

I like the new metallic style but the touchpad is aparently indeed too sticky. (Neither this nor the screen is an issue since I use external monitor (hp2207h), external mouse, keyboard and speakers.

One minor annoyance that made me give it only 4 stars is a slightly audible fan noise. I know that this is specific to my computer only as I didn’t hear it the first few days.

So overall, it does very well with Vista and can handle dozens of applications opened at once with this huge amount of memory. When I opened all application I had including MS Flight Simulator 2004, all office programs and Corel Paint Shop, the RAM usage never went above 2.7 GB.

The construction seems sturdy and the keyboard is excellent with zero flex. Has two speaker out ports. All things considered, a great laptop that should provide good performance for the next several years.

This is sspecially so considering that it comes preloaded with 64 bit Windows and is expandable to 8 GB of Ram; + allows you to connect external high speed hard drives.

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