Saturday, August 15, 2009

HP Pavilion dv2000z

HP Pavilion dv2000z Review

Looking for a slick and powerful name-brand laptop that will be sure to turn heads? HP partnered with Nissha Film Products, a Japanese company that makes stylish mobile phone covers and luxury car interiors, to create the new Pavilion dv2000z. This laptop features a refreshed design from the dv1000 series, featuring a new glossy and curvaceous chassis. The entire notebook is imprinted with a wavy line design that's guaranteed to turn heads without seeming too garish.

Overview

Looking for a slick and powerful name-brand laptop that will be sure to turn heads? HP partnered with Nissha Film Products, a Japanese company that makes stylish mobile phone covers and luxury car interiors, to create the new Pavilion dv2000z. This laptop features a refreshed design from the dv1000 series, featuring a new glossy and curvaceous chassis. The entire notebook is imprinted with a wavy line design that's guaranteed to turn heads without seeming too garish.

The dv2000z is HP's first consumer-level notebook built on AMD's dual-core 64-bit Turion 64 X2 mobile processor. Although the notebook only comes with integrated graphics, the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 should perform much better than its Intel GMA950 counterpart. Does the dv2000z live up to its expectations? Find out in the review!

Design

Portability
Measuring 13.15" x 9.33" x 1.02-1.54" and weighing 5.29lbs, the dv2000z is a good compromise between screen size and portability. The bottom of the notebook is flat with the exception of a few rubber risers and a hard drive vent, making the notebook rather easy to carry around. Notebooks with the 12-cell battery will have a rather large protrusion in the back, making the notebook a bit less portable.

Case and Design
Say goodbye to boring case designs! HP has spent a lot of marketing on its new Imprints case design, and for good reason: the dv2000z simply looks stunning. The casing is glossy, curvaceous and is sure to turn heads. The etched curved lines are minimalistic and give the notebook a sense of style.


However, we feel that notebook durability has slightly suffered. For example, the LCD casing seems rather flimsy and easily bends under pressure. The same is true for the keyboard and wrist rests, although to a much lesser degree . Although flimsy LCD casing is unfortunately a relatively common sight, flimsy keyboard and wrist rests usually only appears on budget notebooks.

Also, the shiny casing is a fingerprint magnet: after using the notebook for a few days, the notebook was almost completely covered with fingerprints. HP does include a cleaning cloth which helps alleviate the problem, but clean freaks may go out of their mind constantly wiping fingerprints.

Touchbuttons
Adding a bit more appeal, the dv2000 series laptop now come with touch buttons to quickly access multimedia functions like fast forward, rewind, stop, play and volume control. These touch buttons can also be used within the QuickPlay feature, which we'll explain further in the feature section of this review. Simply touch these buttons instead of "pushing" them. How neat!


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Keyboard
The HP dv2000z's keyboard is rather standard: 86 keys, standard key travel distance, decent key size, and a function-based numpad. The keyboard has average depth and is quite silent when typing. Simply put, the keyboard just works.


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As for function keys, the dv2000z actually has quite a stellar selection, covering everything from bringing up the built-in Windows Help program to basic music and video controls.


Touchpad
The dv2000z's touchpad is average in size and has all the usual features: a scroll pad, and two mouse buttons. What's excitingly unusual about this particular touchpad is an added feature: right above the touchpad, located in the touchpad bezel is a touchpad enable/disable button. The button also comes with an LED which glows blue when enabled and red when disabled. This feature is extremely useful for people who accidentally touch the touchpad while typing. Just plug in a mouse, disable the touchpad, and type without fear!

Connectivity Options

The dv2000z has all the necessary ports, including the latest ExpressCard format instead of the older PCMCIA standard. We would like to see DVI output becoming more common on notebooks, but given the value of HP consumer models we're not missing it.

The front of the laptop contains 3 diagnostic LEDs (power, battery indicator, hard drive activity), a wireless on/off switch with diagnostic LED, an IR port for the built-in remote (more on this later), and the microphone, headphone, and SPDIF ports.

The back of the laptop is rather spartan, containing only a vent for the CPU.

The left side of the laptop contains S-Video, VGA, HP ExpansionPort 3, 10/100 Ethernet, 1x USB 2.0, 1x Firewire, ExpressCard, and a 4-in-1 memory card slot. The four choices are SD, MS/Pro, MMC and XD.

The right side houses the AC power, V92 modem, 2x USB 2.0, and the DVD+/-RW drive.

Heat and Noise
The dv2000z runs surprisingly cool for its size. Even with Prime95 (a program that maximizes CPU heat and stress) running on both CPU cores, the laptop was still very quiet and only warm to the touch. The exhust was also merely warm: you won't need to worry about burning yourself with this laptop! The left wrist rest became slightly warm, but the right wrist rest remained cool as usual.

When performing light tasks such as web browsing, the dv2000z's single fan is either off or spinning at very low speeds.

Upgrading and Expansion
HP makes it easy to upgrade the basic components: RAM, hard drive, wireless adapter, and motherboard battery. These components are all in their own separate compartment. The compartments are all labeled with an icon. All you have to do is unscrew the corresponding panel and replace the device.

However, replacing the CPU, keyboard, or LCD is incredibly difficult, requiring you to completely disassemble the laptop. Luckily, doing so will not void your warranty.

Features

Technical Specifications
The HP dv2000z is configured with AMD's lowest end dual-core processor, the Turion X2 TL-50. The TL-50 only runs at 1.6GHz with a mere 256KB L2 cache per core. In comparison, the other Turion X2 processors have 512KB L2 cache per core and Intel's Core Duo processors have a 2MB shared L2 cache. The TL-50 has a TDP (Thermal Design Power, or maximum thermal output) of 31W - same as that of Intel Core Duo processors - and is built on an advanced 90nm mobile process. AMD has further revised its mobile process, resulting in even more power savings compared to that of its single-core Turion 64 line. However, don't expect another easy battery life win for AMD. Intel has an ace up its sleeve: the 65nm manufacturing process. By producing smaller transistors, Intel can shrink the CPU's die size while reducing power consumption and heat output. AMD will be not be switching to their own 65nm process until late 2006 at the earliest. While you can find all but the top of the line Intel Core Duo processors in HP notebooks, AMD's high end CPUs are hard to find. The best option in the dv2000z is the TL-52 clocked at 1.6GHz with 2x512KB L2 cache, a relatively meager offering next to Intel's higher clocked Core Duo and Core 2 Duo CPU's. HP does offer high-end Turion 64 X2 models (up to 2.0GHz) in its business-class laptops and higher end consumer laptops, however.

The dv2000z uses the new NVIDIA Go 430 chipset, which uses GeForce Go 6150 integrated graphics. Built on a 90nm process with 2 pixel pipelines and 1 vertex pipeline, the GeForce 6150 has performance roughly equal to half of that of a GeForce 6200. Still, performance is much higher than that of the Intel GMA950. Therefore, we can expect gaming performance to be better on the dv2000 than with an equivalent Intel-based laptop, but still not sufficient for modern games.

Although the Turion 64 X2 platform supports up to dual-channel DDR2-667 (and DDR2-800 unofficially), our HP dv2000z was only equipped with 1GB dual-channel DDR2-533. However, even with the slower RAM, the performance hit should not be greater than 5%.

Our dv2000z came with an 80GB 5400RPM 8MB SATA hard drive . Hard drive performance is nothing out of the ordinary and noise is barely detectable unless you put your ear next to the laptop.

Since the dv2000z is billed as a multimedia laptop, it makes sense that the laptop is outfitted with a Conexant HD Audio processor. The two Altec Lansing-branded speakers located under the LCD provide surprisingly good sound quality, aside from the obvious lack of bass. There is absolutely no background white noise when using headphones.

Display
Like many newer laptops, the HP dv2000's LCD is very bright and covered with a glossy coating to improve contrast. The resolution goes up to WXGA (1280x800), providing sharp images and a decent amount of desktop real estate. The refresh rate is also good, with no noticeable lag. However, the screen tends to be slightly washed out with a yellowish tinge. Whites were not truly white: instead, they were slightly yellowish. The LCD viewing angle, like most modern laptops, is quite excellent.

With the inexpensive HP Brightview upgrade, you can get a glossy screen with increased contrast and brightness.


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Optical Drive
The HP dv2000z's disk drive supports CD-RW and Dual Layer DVD+/-RW. This is a fairly standard device, although in a slim 9.5mm format. The manufacturer is HL-DT-ST, an OEM that produces drives for companies like LG. The model number is GSA-4082N. Noise levels are normal.

HP also offers disk drives with LightScribe technology, enabling you to etch designs on the front of special CDs and DVDs.

The supported read and write capabilities are as follows:

  • Read: 24X CD-ROM/CD-R, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD-ROM, 8X DVD+/-R, 4X DVD+/-RW
  • Write: 24X CD-R, 4-16X CD-RW, 8X DVD+/-R, 4X DVD+/-RW, 2.4X DL DVD+RW
Features Continued

Wi-Fi
The dv2000z uses a Broadcom 802.11b/g card for internet access. Wireless performance was satisfactory and worked properly with no issues. The HP wireless utility essentially just repackaged the default wireless settings in a different environment. Conveniently, HP placed a wireless on/off switch on the front of the laptop chassis, making it easy to enable or disable the wireless features.

Battery
The HP dv2000z comes standard with a 4000mAh 6 cell battery rated for 43 watt-hours, delivering 10.8V. The battery sits flush against the laptop's surface. HP also offers a 12 cell extended-life battery, but the battery is much larger than the regular version, causing it to jut out of the laptop.

AC Adapter
The HP dv2000z's 65W AC adapter is incredibly small, measuring a mere 4.25" x 1.25" x 1.125". The adapter requires a 3-prong grounded wall socket for added safety. The cords are definitely long enough, with the AC and DC cord being nearly 6 feet each. The only cable management system included was a small clip on the DC plug to attach the plug to the wire. While this is certainly better than that of most notebooks, we would like to see something more substantial, such as a strap.


The HP dv2000z's AC adapter compared to Nokia 8801

Remote Control
For an extra $14.99, you can purchase a compact remote control to use with your dv2000z. This neat electronic device allows you to turn on/off your laptop, run Windows Media Player, and control any aspect of the HP QuickPlay software. The signals are detected by an IR sensor in the front of the machine.

The remote control slides into the ExpressCard bay, allowing you to take the remote with you on the go.

QuickPlay
QuickPlay is the name of HP's proprietary software dedicated to media playback. In early dv1000 models, QuickPlay was only a pre-OS boot program and at first, was rather basic. QuickPlay has now evolved into a well featured playback program available pre-Windows and can also be launched in Windows. When you first launch the program, either pre-OS or in Windows, you'll be greeted with this screen. The icons are fairly self-explanatory: DVD, Audio, Pictures, and only in Windows a button that takes you to software upgrade options.

Choosing the Audio or Pictures buttons will take you to a screen like the one below. The icons on either side of the screen take a little while to figure out, but the gist of the interface is that you are browsing available files and making a playlist. The downside is that you can only browse files located in the "Shared Documents" folders. Slideshows can be setup for your pictures and playlists for your music. Video file support is there, but we tried playing an Xvid-encoded video file with no luck.

When playing a DVD, you'll have menu controls like these:

As you can see, there are quite a lot of options available here! You can control any aspect of playback from this menu, or access it with the remote control as well. Most of the options here are self explanatory, but the "i" icon is particularly interesting. It brings up an in-depth series of menus adjusting any playback option you could want. Video aspect ratio, color reproduction (Vivid, Bright, etc), audio playback format, and more.

Overall we are extremely impressed with the features of this QuickPlay software. We don't see much advantage to booting to QuickPlay before Windows, as it doesn't save a lot of boot time, but some users will definitely appreciate it. Full video file playback support would be nice, with integrated codecs for playing back the most common formats. QuickPlay combined with HP's tiny Remote Control makes for an easy and hassle free multimedia experience.

Webcam
For an additional $30, you can configure your dv2000z to come with a built-in webcam located on top of your LCD screen. However, HP did not include this option in our review sample so we are unable to comment on the image quality. We can assume that the image quality will be similar to that of the webcam in the HP dv1000t , which we did review.

Setup Method

The dv2000z was set to run at full performance by setting the power scheme set to 'Home/Office Desk' with the AC plugged in, meaning that the CPU will not underclock while running the tests. For the battery performance test, the power scheme was set to 'Portable/Laptop'. This activates AMD's PowerNow! technology, which lowers CPU speed when not needed, thus increasing battery life. Screen brightness and audio were both set to 50% and Wi-Fi were turned on. Each test was repeated 3 times to ensure accuracy. Before each test was run, the laptop was rebooted and its hard drive defragmented.

Bapco SYSmark2004SE is popular benchmark suite consists of two different performance scenarios and generates an overall score by taking the geometric mean of the individual scores.

  • Internet Content Creation: In this scenario, the content creator creates a product related website targeting a broadband and narrowband audience. The user first renders a 3D model to a bitmap, while preparing web pages using a web site publishing tool. The user opens a video editing package, creates a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into an image-processing package; modifies it and saves the results. Back in the 3D modeling software, the user modifies a 3D model and exports it to a vector-graphics format. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using one of the modified images as input. The user extracts content from an archive. Meanwhile, he uses an animation creation tool to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches and the system is scanned for viruses.
  • Office Productivity: In this scenario, the office productivity user creates a marketing presentation and supporting documents for a new product. The user receives email containing a collection of documents in a compressed file. The user reviews his email and updates his calendar while a virus checking software scans the system. The corporate web site is viewed and the user begins creating the collateral documents. The user also accesses a database and runs some queries. A collection of documents are compressed. The queries' results are imported into a spreadsheet and used to generate graphical charts. The user then transcribes a document.. The user edits and adds elements to a slide show template. Finally, the user looks at the results of his work (both the slide show and the portable document) in an Internet browser.

Bapco MobileMark 2005 is the latest version of the premier notebook battery life and performance under battery life metric based on real world applications.

  • Office Productivity: The workloads in this category model a mobile professional at a fictitious automobile company. The worker creates documents using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, accesses email, and creates graphics and animation with Photoshop and Flash to include in a multimedia presentation. An Internet browser is used to view presentations. The user also invokes file compression and virus detection in the background.
  • DVD Playback: The DVD playback 2005 workload is based on a 1 hours 55 minute movie that BAPCo has created from content provided by BMW. The DVD playback test starts the movie playerapplication, sets up a full screen playback, and the loops over the content on the disk in the DVDplayer. This playback will continue until system shutdown at battery depletion.

3DMark 2001 SE PRO build 3.3.0 measures graphics performance by benchmarking the CPU, memory, and graphics through a series of 21 tests, including simulated games, theoretical tests, DX8 feature tests, and image quality tests. Resolution was set to 1024x768 with all default settings.

3DMark 2003 build 3.6.0 measures DX9 performance through a series of 3D game based sound, graphics, and CPU tests. Resolution was set to 1024x768 with all default settings.

3DMark2005 build 1.2.0 is a graphics intensive benchmark best suited for the latest generation of DirectX 9.0 graphics cards. It combines high quality 3D tests, CPU tests, and is the first benchmark to require Pixel Shader 2.0 support, making this a highly stressful 3D benchmark.

PCMark 2005 Advanced build 1.1.0 is the latest update to Futuremark's popular overall system benchmarking program. The 2005 version adds multithreading, DirectX 9, Windows Media Player 10, virus scanning, High Defintion video playback (WMVHD), and a vast number of other tests to its suite. Testing your computer's CPU, RAM, hard drive and graphics card, PCMark05 drives your computer to the max to determine its strengths and weaknesses.

Configurations

SpecificationsHP Pavilion dv2000t MSI Mega Book S271 HP Pavilion dv1000t
Processor

AMD Turion X2 TL-52 (1.6GHz, 2x512KB L2 Cache, Dual Core)

AMD Turion X2 TL-52 (1.6GHz, 2x512KB L2 Cache, Dual Core)

Intel Core Duo T2300 (1.66GHz, 2x1MB L2 Cache)

Front Side Bus 1600 MHz1600 MHz667MHz
Chipset

NVIDIA Go 430

ATI RS485M

Intel 945GM

Wireless LAN

Broadcom 802.11b/g

MSI MS-6855B 802.11b/g + Bluetooth

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
Bluetooth Wireless

LCD14" WXGA Glare TFT LCD (1280x800) 12" WXGA Glare TFT LCD (1280x800) 14" WXGA TFT LCD (1280x800)
Hard Drive80GB Fujitsu 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA80GB Toshiba MK8032GSX 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA100GB Fujitsu MV2100BH 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA
Memory

102MB DDR2 533 PC4200 SDRAM (2 x 512MB)
in Dual-Channel Mode CL 4

512MB DDR2 667 PC5300 SDRAM (1 x 512MB)
in Single-Channel Mode CL 5

102MB DDR2 533 PC4200 SDRAM (2 x 512MB)
in Dual-Channel Mode CL 4

Graphics

NVIDIA Go 6150

ATI Xpress 200M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Graphics InterfaceVGA-outVGA-outVGA-out
Optical DriveCD-RW, DVD+/-RW DLCD-RW, DVD+/-RW DLCD-RW, DVD+/-RW DL
ModemIntegrated V.90 ModemIntegrated V.90 ModemIntegrated V.90 Modem
Ethernet10/100 Ethernet10BASE-T/1000BASE-TX Ethernet10/100 Ethernet
AudioConexant HD Audio Azalia HD Audio Intel High Definition Audio (ICH-6)
Audio InterfaceMicrophone, two stereo speakers, headphone, SPDIF Microphone, two stereo speakers, headphoneMicrophone, mono speakers, headphone/line-out with SPDIF support
Ports3 x USB 2.0
ExpressCard
Firewire
SD/MS/MMC/XD Card Reader
3 x USB 2.0
ExpressCard
Firewire 1394
SD Card Reader

5-in-1 Card Reader
3 x USB 2.0
ExpressCard
Firewire

Weight5.29 lbs. with 6-cell battery4.5 lbs. with 8-cell battery5.33 lbs. with 6-cell battery
Size (W x D x H)13.15" x 9.33 " x 1.02-1.54" 11.93" x 8.86" x 1.1-1.18" 13.15" x 9.24" x 1.18-1.52"
Operating System Windows XP Pro w/SP2 Windows XP Pro w/SP2 Windows XP Pro w/SP2
Battery

4,000 mAh

4,400 mAh

4,000 mAh

Performance

Bapco SYSmark2004SE

Internet Content Creation

Since SYSmark2004SE performs tasks that benefit greatly from large caches, the two Turion 64 X2-based laptops suffer resounding defeats from the Core Duo-based dv1000t. The dv2000t beats the S271 due to the larger amount of RAM as well the use of dual-channel RAM.

Office Productivity

Again the Core Duo leads due to its much larger L2 cache (2MB vs 512KB) and possibly due to other architecture differences.

Total Score

Overall we see a trend we are quickly becoming familiar with: Turion 64 X2 just isn't terribly competitive against Core Duo. Essentially a low power Athlon 64 X2 chip, the Turion 64's architecture is outdated compared to Core Duo and its age is showing.

PCMark05 Advanced
The dv1000t dominates once again in the CPU department with its 2MB L2 cache Core Duo CPU. The Turion 64 X2-based dv2000z and MSI S271 win in the RAM bandwidth department due to the integrated memory controller. Surprisingly, the dv2000z wins in graphics.

Here are the associated scores:

PCMark05HP Pavilion dv2000z HP Pavilion dv1000t MSI S271
CPU

3268

3889

3243

Memory286827112870
Graphics

1154

939

859

HDD

3699

3789

2802

and the PCMark05 Advanced Overall Score:


Multi-Tasking Performance

We added these tests for a better way to compare dual core systems. Looking at numerous testing methods and results, we found the existing SYSmark2004SE benchmarks to be an excellent choice. The tests are easily performed and repeatable, providing a consistent and simple way to test dual core systems. The three sub-tests below show a noticeable correlation in CPU and memory performance, the two most important aspects of a multi-CPU system.

Bapco SYSmark2004SE

3D Content Creation
"The user renders a 3D model to a bitmap using 3ds max 5.1, while preparing web pages in Dreamweaver MX. Then the user renders a 3D animation in a vector graphics format."

Again, as with the previous SYSmark benchmarks, the dv1000t's Core Duo hands the S271's and the dv2000t's Turion 64 X2 a resounding defeat. However, both laptops show a very strong showing in this benchmark when compared with single core CPUs.

2D Content Creation
"The user uses Premiere 6.5 to create a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into Photoshop 7.01, modifies it and saves the results. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using After Effects 5.5."

Once again we see Core Duo leading strongly, with Turion 64 X2 just not keeping pace well.

Web Publication
"The user extracts content from an archive using WinZip 8.1. Meanwhile, he uses Flash MX to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed using Windows Media Encoder 9 series in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches in Dreamweaver MX and the system is scanned by VirusScan 7.0."

The Turion 64 X2-based notebooks come much closer to the dv1000t in this benchmark.

3D Performance

3DMark 2001 SE

3DMark01 is generally CPU limited, but not quite so with the integrated graphics on show here. The dv1000t's GMA950 does pretty well in very old games.

3DMark 2003

3DMark 2003 is entirely GPU limited here. Again, the dv1000t's GMA950 does quite well, but don't expect performance to exceed its ATI and NVIDIA counterparts in most real world games.

3DMark 05

As we can see, the newer the benchmark, the better the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 and ATI Xpress 200M perform. The dv1000t's Intel GMA950 simply can't keep up with newer games.

Battery Performance

Battery performance with the dv2000z was surprisingly worse than we had expected. The laptop lasted only 2 to 3 hours, depending on the activity. The meager 43Whr battery doesn't help on top of Turion 64 X2 being more power hungry than Core Duo.

While, it would be a great idea to go with a 12 cell extended life battery should you choose the HP dv2000z, the battery performance of the AMD platform just isn't anything spectacular. With the dv2000t priced near identically to the dv2000z, it would make more sense to look at the better performing system with better battery life.

Conclusion

Pros:

  • Bright glossy LCD
  • Stylish look
  • HD audio
  • Low price
  • Runs silent and cool
  • QuickPlay with remote option

Cons:

  • Weak CPU with only 2x256KB L2 cache
  • No high end CPU options
  • No discrete graphics option
  • Low battery life

We have a bit of a mixed bag with the dv2000z. It is stylish, well built, and relatively inexpensive. On the other hand, battery life is disappointing as is performance, you can't get a discrete GPU, and Intel's Core Duo systems are just as cheap or a small amount higher. Looking within HP's own stable of notebooks, we see a few compelling reasons not to choose the AMD-based dv2000z.
An HP dv2000t, same chassis but based on Intel's platform, configured with the OEM-only Core Duo T2050 (1.60GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache) and all other options the same is very near the dv2000z price at the time of writing. Performance of this more crippled Core Duo should be similar to that of the Turion 64 X2 TL-50, but with better battery life. On the other hand, you lose the more robust Go 6150 integrated graphics as well as x86-64 support, critical to the upcoming Microsoft Vista operating system. Users have the options of choosing the OEM-only Core Duo chips as well as the brand new Core 2 Duo processors in the dv2000t, which offer increased performance at similar price points with no battery life loss. You can even choose the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 discrete GPU for a little added graphics horsepower and video encoding/decoding improvements, at the cost of a slightly lowered battery life.

So why would you buy you the AMD-based dv2000z over its Intel counterpart? At the same price point, you have full 64-bit compatibility with Turion. This will allow you to run the 64-bit Windows Vista operating system, which should provide some performance increases over the 32-bit version. Users who want to shell out the extra cash on a dv2000t for Core 2 Duo will also get 64-bit compatibility, but that adds several hundred dollars to the price tag.

In the end, HP's dv2000 product line is well built, stylish, feature-loaded, and an incredible value. We've found the AMD platform in the dv2000z to offer comparable or less performance to Intel's Core Duo, as well as weak battery life. Without extra discounts or incentives, we would probably recommend users going for the dv2000t Core Duo (or Core 2 Duo) system if you like the accolades of the dv2000 lineup. While the dv2000 models are excellent, the dv2000z's lackluster performance and battery life don't leave it in any exceptional standing over other current notebooks.

Availability/Warranty
The HP Pavilion dv2000z is available now at HP's website starting at $729.99 after rebate. 1-3 year warranties are available.

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