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HP dv9000z February 21st, 2007 | by Brandon King

Conclusion

The HP Pavilion dv9200z offers everything you need in a well thought out media system. You can watch high def content on-the-go or on a big screen with full 5.1 surround. The battery life was disappointing, but when DVD drives became the norm, most laptops couldn’t make it through an entire movie either. While none of the Vista-specific hardware bling is included, no current models offer it either. Vista was responsive and smooth, but for those who want to avoid headaches, we would warn against the AMD chip and go with the Intel Core 2 Duo version.


Pros:

• Beautiful screen
• HD-DVD playback
• Attractive design
• HDMI output

Cons:

• Dismal battery life
• AMD CPU is not very impressive
• Still some 64-bit software/driver issues out there