HP Pavilion DV2740SE 14.1 inch Entertainment Laptop

HP Pavilion DV2740SE 14.1" Entertainment Laptop (AMD Turion 64 X 2 Dual Core TL-62 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium)
For those who want rich digital entertainment capability coupled with leading-edge mobile performance, communication features and radical new design, the HP Pavilion dv2700 Special Edition Notebook PC delivers. This HP Special Edition notebook has a rich bronze top cover carrying through to the palm rest area to morph into golden copper shades then fade to deep black near the touch-sensitive media control panel. Dual headphone jacks allow you to share your entertainment. And AMD mobile dual-core technology enables use of multiple demanding applications, such as photo editing, DVD burning and playing a game, at the same time. At just 5.25 lbs this series provides a convergence of innovative portable entertainment player and high-performance notebook PC with its 14.1" High-Definition BrightView widescreen display in a unique breakthrough design. 14.1 diagonal WXGA (1280 x 800) BrightView Widescreen display NVidia Geforce Go 7150M (UMA) with up to 1071MB Shared Video Memory Built-in Webcam and microphone LightScribe SuperMulti 8x DVD+-R/RW Drive with Double Layer 802.1 B/G Wireless 10/100 Ethernet 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter - MMC, SD, MS, MS Pro, xD 1 ExpressCard Slot (34/54 Slot) 3 USB 2.0, 2 Headphone out; 1 Microphone-in, 1 VGA, 1 TV-Out (S-Video), 1 IEEE-1394, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45 Approximate Unit Dimensions - 13.15 (W) x 9.33 (D) x 1.54 (H) Approximate Unit Weight - 5.25lbs
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Customer Reviews

Worst laptop ever
My laptop has had numerous problems and I have wasted hours with useless tech support.

First, it was unable to burn the recovery disk. Of course it can't just come with one. Tech support answered my request for a recovery disk only 1 month after I made it.

Then the SPDIF port doesn't work. 4 hours with tech support, they had me install some 3rd party trial DVD software since according them HP tech support, "the HP software isn't very good." Finally we all gave up. Great entertainment PC with no digital audio.

It had always crashed with blue screens. The time it would run keep decreasing until it would only run 1 to 15 minutes without crashing. Tech support had me use the recovery disk, which wiped out the hard drive and failed to install anything. So 2 weeks later I got another recovery disk, with the same result. Another couple of weeks and I got a new hard disk (that was put together with misaligned stripped screws.) Over the course of 2 months I got it "serviced", where it was returned without even reinstalling the OS. Now that I've reinstalled the OS, it crashes constantly with blue screens.

I've been dealing with the HP "quality" managers for another month, and there going to send me a box to return it. Over a month to send me box? I'm assigned a manager who is always busy or unavailable. It seems their intention is to drag this out until the warranty expires.

I will certainly never purchase an HP product again.

Just Amazing
This HP Laptop has everything a person desires for a "good start". This is my first laptop computer and I think it will be my partner for the next 5 years at least. I'm surprised with its design, high performance and diversity of tools and resources. That's it, folks!

nice machine
this is a great machine with some annoying flaws
-quickplay lights are too sensitive and are always on - you cannot turn them off, i am prone to slighty grazing them by accident at least 5 times a day and sometimes they just activate on their own. VERY annoying!
-sometimes the trackpad doesn't work
-i have noticed that it is very slow using Office 2007

otherwise it has a nice screen, not too heavy, and has an OK battery life

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