HP's 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2 with Blu-ray -- don't call it a netbook

Here we've got the fruits of AMD's new Neo platform: the Pavilion dv2 series of entertainment laptops. Starting at 3.8-pounds with a keyboard 8% short of full-sized, this 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixels) ultra-portable features a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor, up to 4GB of memory and 500GB of disk, optional 802.11n WiFi, and WWAN (Gobi) support. Now what if we told you that this 64-bit Vista Home Premium laptop (no need for the XP fallback here kids) measures less than an inch thick and can be configured with ATI Mobility Radeon HD3410 discrete graphics and an external Blu-ray player for $899 when it ships in March? More you say? Ok, there's also Bluetooth, HDMI-out, an integrated webcam, and 3.5 to 4-hours of battery with prices set to start at $699. Isn't CES wonderful?

Gallery: HP's 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2 -- don't call it a netbook

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[BlurMagic @ Jan 6th 2009 12:06AM]

Sign me up.

[Flashpoint @ Jan 6th 2009 12:30AM]

I know it isn't just me, but, I'm underwhelmed by "Blu Ray" being the new major selling point on Laptops.

Back when Blu ray was at war with HDDVD - I knew HDDVD would lose and that Blu ray would be the new thing, but I didn't really predict that I wouldn't right away jump to get Blu Ray disks - especially when DVD's still cost less than $8 ($15 new) and Blu Rays are over $25.

I don't want a Blu Ray player. If I'm spending - I want a BluRayRW/ DVD-RW. i can wait till those hit the shelves for less than $1000

[Poom @ Jan 6th 2009 12:42AM]

... God, shut up, Flashpoint.

[Cash @ Jan 6th 2009 4:37AM]

He's a douche, but Flash is right... what's the point of a BluRay player in a 12 inch laptop, other then to needlessly raise the cost?

Hopefully there is an option to remove it when ordering from HP.

[musback @ Jan 6th 2009 7:47AM]

I read "HDMI-OUT"
Makes that Blu-ray drive a lot more interesting!

[spankme @ Jan 6th 2009 9:04AM]

where is the cd drive located in this laptop? i dont see it..

[Kris @ Jan 6th 2009 9:37AM]

@spankme, learn to read! The drive would be external.

[Pedobear @ Jan 6th 2009 12:08AM]

"Don't call it a netbook"

Shall "ultraportable" suffice?

[Cash @ Jan 6th 2009 4:31AM]

Any chance they'll release this with something less sucky then AMD inside? Pretty sure there is room enough in there for one of those sexy Nehalem mobile chips.

[PCIV @ Jan 6th 2009 8:10AM]

Then you'll be looking at a $1000 laptop. Or every other laptop on the market.

This chip was designed so the bottom line is that it can play 1080p H.264 smoothly.

[Tarnation @ Jan 6th 2009 8:41AM]

The whole point of putting an AMD processor in this is to making more powerful than something like the Atom but still cost less than a standard laptop also with the ATI HD3410 Graphics makes this a nice little media laptop. Oh and did you idiots complaining about the whole Blu Ray drive not read where it said price to start at $699 and with the "external" Blu Ray $899.

[Knives_Out @ Jan 6th 2009 12:09AM]

ugly.

that is all.

[Tonicboy @ Jan 6th 2009 12:26AM]

I'd venture to say that most people here, including myself, would disagree. That is a very sexy machine.

[DP @ Jan 6th 2009 6:20AM]

VERY sexy.

[waterwagen @ Jan 6th 2009 2:58PM]

Hot. I'm in love even though I HATE HP.

[Wwhat @ Jan 8th 2009 7:18PM]

It's neither ugly nor pretty, it's just a notebook, black and rectangular, words like ugly and nice looking can only be applied to something that has a look

[Mike @ Jan 6th 2009 12:11AM]

Nice price, nice specs; too bad it uses Windows.

[mike @ Jan 6th 2009 12:13AM]

riiight... because you can't install whatever you want on it

[Soulsaber @ Jan 6th 2009 12:16AM]

Stop talking to yourself mike.

[justanotherperson @ Jan 7th 2009 11:12AM]

@Mike, soulsaber
stop lying to yourselves.

[Joshua Walters @ Jan 6th 2009 12:19AM]

Why? You arent expecting it ship with OSX are you? You can always put your own Linux distro on it.

If you are to the point where you dont use Windows at all, then surely you must be used to buying your hardware with Windows and reloading it. At least if you are buying laptops.

[Rotaryfan @ Jan 6th 2009 12:31AM]

because OSX won't be hacked to work on this within 1 month of its release. But I bet you didn't expect the spanish inquisition






(nooooooooooobody expects the spanish inquisition..........)

[mike @ Jan 6th 2009 12:12AM]

Yes please

[scabby @ Jan 6th 2009 12:12AM]

HP should get a booth and show this at the MacExpo.

I've got a 12.1" tablet from HP, and besides the heft I'd like to trim (do I really need a remote control for my tiny PC?), it's killer. Love to see one of these...

[GundamWingEW @ Jan 6th 2009 12:14AM]

Beauitful...that is all....

This would be nice for my little brother.

HP is bringing that heat!

[Elliott @ Jan 6th 2009 12:15AM]

I dont understand why they made the keyboard not full size, in the picture it looks like there is plenty of room for an additional 8%

[L3 @ Jan 6th 2009 1:38AM]

Well, there is plenty of room in this world for my 115 lb wife, but I wouldn't mind her being 8% smaller...

[kal326 @ Jan 6th 2009 9:41AM]

@L3

If I'm gonna have my hands on it all the time, I think I would like mine to be regular size. As for my wife, what I like to have my hands on all the time wouldn't be bad to have 8% larger.

[gpdrummr @ Jan 6th 2009 12:16AM]

would have been great if it looked better.

[Matt @ Jan 6th 2009 12:25AM]

So would your face!

[refriedbeans19 @ Jan 6th 2009 12:25AM]

what happened to the highest ranked rating? i miss that so much!

[Howdy Doody @ Jan 6th 2009 12:24AM]

Something just dosen't look right with this laptop. Probably that the borders at the top and bottom of the screen are too thick, and that big gap between the screen and the main chassis, making the whole machine look bigger and out of proportion than it should.

[Ian Whelan (JOIN BAND!) @ Jan 6th 2009 12:27AM]

I saw all these crazy HP rants,
and I jizzed in my pants.

Don't worry, this was the first time, and you were grabbing my butt anyways.

[shugg @ Jan 6th 2009 12:57AM]

that is one of tighest looking hp's i've seen in about 12 years.,will have no problem selling..12' $649.

[1234321 @ Jan 6th 2009 12:34AM]

if it had a Blu-ray drive... where would it be?

[bachviet @ Jan 6th 2009 11:23AM]

It's an external Blu-ray drive.

[waterwagen @ Jan 6th 2009 3:00PM]

Reading is fundamental.

[greyscale @ Jan 6th 2009 12:46AM]

Some asshole spilled White-Out all over that otherwise good looking portable computation contraption.

[1234321 @ Jan 6th 2009 12:49AM]

it was an HP fanboy that got a little too excited

[willyboy @ Jan 6th 2009 12:50AM]

Netbook!

[blah @ Jan 6th 2009 12:50AM]

please don't low rank me because i'm dumb, but is the athlon neo an atom-like processor?

[greyscale @ Jan 6th 2009 1:04AM]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/amd-kinda-sorta-takes-aim-at-atom-with-athlon-neo/

Low ranked not for being dumb but for missing your answer by one post.

[Garst @ Jan 6th 2009 1:00AM]

Does it even have a wide screen to watch blu-ray properly?

[Jeremy K. @ Jan 6th 2009 1:12AM]

No it just has a widescreen resolution because hp knows we like looking at squashed images.

[Vicada @ Jan 6th 2009 1:22AM]

Why do these things have such short battery life, this thing will run out of juice by the end of a medium-range flight. You'd think that with all the technology power nowadays someone will have figured out a way to power a small laptop for at least 10 hours...

[greyscale @ Jan 6th 2009 1:25AM]

They have, it's called an AC adapter.

[Vicada @ Jan 6th 2009 1:32AM]

OK obviously I was talking about an internal battery, not an adapter

[greyscale @ Jan 6th 2009 1:34AM]

See, now I just feel silly.

[L3 @ Jan 6th 2009 1:46AM]

Solar?

[absinthe party @ Jan 6th 2009 7:31AM]

Wind?