[Pc_Support] Re: HP dv2025nr (correction) -- HP 2000 and 5000 series options with dual-core

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 09:47 -0500, Matthew A. Nicholson wrote:
> Sweet.  This is just the sort of thing I have been looking for.  A 14 
> inch widescreen lappy with a half decent graphics card (and a 64-bit 
> processor).  My current laptop is 15.4 inch and sometimes I want 
> something a little smaller.  I couldn't justify buying this until I got 
> a dual core processor in my desktop though...
> It's amazing how good laptop prices are getting.  My 15.4 inch Asus 
> Z92KM (AMD Turion 1.8 ghz, 80GB 5400, 512 MB) cost like $1,150, dispite 
> it not having windows pre-installed.

Actually, HP's on-line customizer gives almost the exact same price
after $100 instant and $50 mail-in rebate.  So if I'm going to order,
I'm just going to go with HP directly -- even though it's a little wait
(7-8 days).

I was playing not only with the dv2025nr with integrated GeForce Go
6150, but a slightly larger 5000-series with Intel Core Duo and the
128MB dedicated VRAM GeForce Go 7400 (an added option instead of the
Intel 950) for about $100 more.  The GeForce Go 7400 is about 2-3x
faster than the GeForce Go 6150, while being 5-10x faster than than the
Intel 950 (especially at OpenGL apps).  Intel just has some external
display quirks on their 8xx/9xx series that have required various hacks
(I've personally ran into that too much on various notebooks), whereas
GeForce Go's have been stellar with the nVidia nv/GLX drivers (and even
stock MIT-licensed X 2D drivers thanx to nVidia's direct support).

But the dv2000 series is definitely slicker.
You can't fit in a video chip with dedicated VRAM.
So I'm not sure I want to go to the 5000 series.
Maybe they'll have a GeForce Go 7200 with shared RAM soon?

-- Bryan

P.S.  BTW, another thing I liked about the 5000-series was the option
for an Intel 802.11a/b/g for $30 or so more that had Linux support.  The
WLAN support is the one thing holding me back from the dv2025nr.
Especially since nothing has CardBus/PCCard anymore, in favor of
CardExpress, so I can't even use my existing Prism2 CardBus cards.




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