HP Pavillion dv8000z 17-inch laptop reviewed

Mobility Guru has spent no less than 35 pages dissecting HP's new dv8000z laptop, a monster of a unit with a 17-inch display. The verdict is mostly good, with the laptop getting high-marks for its desktop-like keyboard and all the extra stuff that HP was able to fit in thanks to all that extra space (even a remote control hidden in the PC Card slot). The dv8000z also includes two 2.5-inch hard drives, although they only run at 4,200 rpm. It loses a few a marks, however, for the underpowered ATI Radeon Xpress integrated graphics, and the lack of one of the only things it ought to have: an integrated TV tuner. Prices start at around $1000 direct from HP.

[hoplite @ Jan 11th 2006 10:01PM]

You've just been out done engadget. That site sure wins the award for worst ratio of content to advertisement space for its viewers.

[Otto @ Jan 11th 2006 10:18PM]

So let me get this straight... they include a remote control but no integrated TV tuner? I'm too lazy to go chech HP's website, but hopefully it is an upgrade option.

[Otto @ Jan 11th 2006 10:21PM]

Ok, just checked their website... no tv tuner option.



Some of the retarded (for lack of a better term) options I see on some of the major manufactures' systems befuddles the mind.

[Justin @ Jan 11th 2006 11:10PM]

#3- You'd be wrong about there not being a tv tuner option. On the second page of customization under specialty accessories, you can order a new Express Card TV Tuner for 179.99.

[Fabrizio @ Jan 12th 2006 5:11AM]

My HP DV1040 also has a remote and its only a 14" wide-screen, so I am not that impressed as far as that goes.

[Mike @ Jan 12th 2006 9:14AM]

Yeah. Just don't knock off the crappy rubber feet HP is putting on their laptops these days. They fit into a tight indentation in the bottom so you can't use other feet, their height leaves them well proud of the case, and they seem to use a rather disappointing adhesive. Oh, and they don't sell replacements, even for currently shipping product.



Hate to have you read a thirty-five page review, buy a laptop thinking you were diligent, and then be stuck with a wobbly computer two months later.

[Douglas Berry @ Jan 12th 2006 11:33AM]

That notebook has been out for.... oh, about 1.5 years now.



Good on ya for the prompt review, though!

[Justin @ Jan 12th 2006 2:16PM]

#7- The notebook was actually released less than four months ago according to this http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2565.



"Good on ya" for the foolish comment.

[Don Wilson @ Jan 12th 2006 3:13PM]

"and then be stuck with a wobbly computer two months later."



That means don't drag the computer along a hard surface multiple times and unconsciencely try to pick them off. I picked one off one day unknowingly and went to walmart, get some special adhesive out of the office supply section, and walla.