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ilovethemonkeyhead

11:23 AM on 17 April, 2009

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i think you should add "left 4 dead" to the laptop gaming benchmarks.

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Brian ONeill

2:09 PM on 17 April, 2009

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Does look nice, but at this price you would be better going for the dell xps 1330.

It seems the perfect lightweight 12 inch laptop is yet to be build. The dell 12 has potential, but it will probaully be a year before they get it right, with a nice ssd, led screen and and a good chipset.

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rav

2:28 PM on 17 April, 2009

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don't really get the point of this. it's not cheap like an apire one and it's way too underpowered for £600. i got my 13 inch HP DV3 for £610 and that's centrino 2 with a P8400 and 3GB of RAM and only an inch bigger. this just seems like the kind of netbook that Apple would make although maybe for a £100 more.

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darkspark88

3:16 PM on 17 April, 2009

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I think the term you're looking for is sub-notebook? That's what they are usually classed as in publications.

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AndyVandervell

3:35 PM on 17 April, 2009

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@darkspark88: It seems the most logical term, but then netbooks were called "sub-notebooks", so there's grounds for confusion there. Fundamentally, all this is an ultra-portable notebook with a single-core rather than a dual-core processor. Does that make it below (sub) a notebook? I don't know. This is still a notebook form-factor after all.

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Edammer

3:44 PM on 17 April, 2009

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"One area where the dv2 easily surpasses a netbook, however, is in its connectivity - purely for the fact it has an HDMI output"

I just bought a Dell Mini 10 and that has HDMI.

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AndyVandervell

4:26 PM on 17 April, 2009

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True, but the Mini 10 is the exception rather than the rule.

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Lance Uppercut

4:51 PM on 17 April, 2009

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What about Neatbook?

And I want royalties if it takes off . . .

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ilovethemonkeyhead

8:02 PM on 17 April, 2009

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@ ravmania - are you happy with your hp dv3 (3***?), because i'm not, really. great performance, in my opinion, couldn't really ask for more from a lappy this size. but rather poor battery life, fingerprint magnet, glossy keyboard (who thought a glossy keyboard was a good idea?), rubbish glossy screen and pretty shoddy build quality. plus i paid a tenner more from my local store. plus the "faux chrome" scratches too easily to reveal a sickening beige unpainted plastic.

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rav

11:36 AM on 18 April, 2009

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@ilovethemonkeyhead

I've got a DV3507ea. Mine's the brown one and fingerprints aren't really an issue. The keyboard is a bit annoying sometimes as you can't see what the letter on the key is from some angles. Definitely a flaw but one I can live with. Glossy screens are annoying but then that's pretty much most laptops these days. At least it's an LED screen though and it looks great when watching some HD video. It is a bit delicate I must admit. I haven't scratched the chrome but there is some flex when you squeeze the machine. Overall I'm very happy with it though. For the price there wasn't another 13 incher around that compared spec wise. And the brown one does look great with the imprint finish. Just gotta be gentle with it.

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Despite outstanding design and an excellent feature set, the HP Pavilion dv2 is let down by its disappointing battery life and some poor decisions in regards to specification and bundling. There's lots of promise here and if you're happy to invest in an extra battery this is a smart and practical machine, but it's not quite the genre defining product it could have been.

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Reviewed by Andy Vandervell

17 April 2009

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