Up on the testing bench today for your reading pleasure we have the Pavilion dv6000t, brought to you by HP. Marketed as a mobile entertainment and general use laptop, HP aims to please with this flashy, stylish multimedia notebook. HP's design has come a long way from just a few years ago, and to top it off, the dv6000t boasts some pretty nice hardware inside.
Overview
Up on the testing bench today for your reading pleasure we have the Pavilion dv6000t, brought to you by HP. Marketed as a mobile entertainment and general use laptop, HP aims to please with this flashy, stylish multimedia notebook. HP's design has come a long way from just a few years ago, and to top it off, the dv6000t boasts some pretty nice hardware inside.
Sporting a speedy Intel Core 2 Duo processor with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics to go along with the chic, polished exterior, HP seems to have a winner here. But will looks be deceiving? Read on to find out!
Design
Portability
Measuring 14.05" x 10.12 " x 1- 1.69" and weighing in at 6.09lbs, the dv6000t is still easily portable without skimping on the screen size. You won't break a sweat lugging this laptop to wherever you're going.
Case and Design
All I can say is 'wow'. When I pulled the dv6000t out of the box I wasn't expecting it to look the way it did. Sleek and shiny with a snazzy black wave design on top (HP refers to it as the 'Imprint' finish), this did not look like the previous HP laptops I've seen in the past. My wife had an HP laptop a year or two ago and it was a boring, non-descript hunk of grey plastic. Kudos to HP, they've definitely come a long way in the design department.
That aside, the laptop seemed a bit flimsy in areas, specifically the wrist rests and LCD. They look glossy and stylish, but unfortunately they feel a little too plastic-y, a little too cheap. Another thing about the glossy exterior that left me grumbling is that there is no hiding those messy fingerprints that were all over the dv6000t by the end of the first day of testing. Luckily enough for you, HP includes a screen wiping cloth to get rid of those pesky smears and smudges, which was a nice touch on their part.
Keyboard
The dv6000t has a pretty typical keyboard. There are 86 standard size keys present, and as you would expect on a laptop, the key travel distance is less than what it would be on a normal keyboard. The keys are near silent when depressed.
The dv6000t also has a bunch of function keys, including shortcuts for tasks such as printing, logging off, and brightness control, as well as basic music and video controls.
| HP dv6000t Keyboard | |
| Number of keys | 86 keys |
| Number of rows | 6 rows |
| Special/Function Keys | Fn+F1: Windows Help |
Hot keys that are touch-sensitive for multimedia functions like adjusting volume, rewind or fast forward.
Touchpad
The dv6000t's touchpad is of average size and consists of a scroll pad and two mouse buttons. Like other HP laptops we've reviewed here recently at Laptop Logic, there's an enable/disable button located just above the touchpad. When the touchpad is disabled, there is a red LED that lights up; when the touchpad is enabled, that LED is blue. I have to say that this is a feature that I welcomed with open arms.
I found that the dv6000t's touchpad was a little too sensitive for my liking, and my right hand in particular kept accidentally brushing against the touchpad, sending the cursor flying across the screen or making certain windows lose focus. For the remainder of the testing I plugged in my trusty Microsoft Intellimouse and just bypassed the touchpad altogether.
Design Continued
Connectivity Options
The dv6000t has all the ports you would expect to see, including the ExpressCard format (which replaces the old PCMCIA standard). DVI output is absent, but for this price, you can't have everything, right? Anyway, lack of DVI is not a deal breaker at this juncture in time.
There are three diagnostic LEDs (power, battery indicator, hard drive activity) on the front of the laptop, a switch to enable/disable wireless connectivity with LED, an IR port for the built-in remote, and the microphone, headphone, and SPDIF ports.
HP chose to keep the rear of the laptop minimalist, and as such, there is only a single CPU vent.
The right side of the laptop houses the DVD+/-RW drive and a single USB 2.0 port, along with a slot for ExpressCard, and a blue LED illuminated AC power connector.
On the left of the dv6000t, you will see ports for S-Video, VGA, HP ExpansionPort v3, Gigabit Ethernet, V92 modem, 2x USB 2.0, 1x Firewire, and a 4-in-1 memory card slot. You can choose your flavor of memory card from SD, MS/Pro, MMC and XD.
Heat and Noise
The dv6000t runs pretty quietly under normal circumstances. The single fan only spins up when it needs to, in order to keep noise levels at an absolute minimum. After installing some temperature monitoring software, I noted a respectable idle temperature of 34C (93 F).When the CPU starts getting stressed, the fan speeds up accordingly to counter the increase in temperature, and therefore noise increases. I noticed that after about a half hour of continuous use the wrist rests became pretty warm and made my left hand in particular feel somewhat clammy.
The thermal and noise testing got interesting when I ran an instance of Prime95 (a program that maximizes CPU heat and stress) on both CPU cores simultaneously. The jump in CPU temperature was enormous. In under a minute, the temperature doubled itself from its original idle temperature of 34C (93 F) to 68C (154F). My eyes bugged out of my head as I watched the temps climb ever higher. I had a perverse fascination watching this CPU burn hotter and hotter. Within four minutes, the laptop was running at a staggering 89C (192F)! Only 11C more and I would have reached the boiling point of water, which is pretty scary. Luckily it never came to that as the laptop hard crashed as it hit 90C (194F), emitting a loud, high pitched whine. In all my years of testing and Prime95ing PCs to iron out any thermal or stability issues that may have existed, I have never encountered a temperature this high, even on the most overclocked of rigs.
Now, I know what some of you are saying right now. When are you EVER going to be beating up a system to the degree that Prime95 does? The answer to that is probably never, but if youre like me, you want to know that your system is fully stable at stock speeds should you ever find yourself in the unlikely position where both of your cores were being taxed simultaneously at 100% utilization. I was a little uncomfortable with the fact that the dv6000t never even broke five minutes of Prime95 testing. I would have rested easier and been more confident in this product overall had this turned out differently. I just expect that a non-overclocked, stock part should be able to handle in excess of five minutes of Prime95 testing.
During the Prime testing, the exhaust pouring from the rear of the chassis was also incredibly hot, and I would not recommend it being on anyones lap during this time. The single fan, screaming to keep up, seemed ill prepared to dissipate all the excess heat, leading to the system crash.
Upgrading and Expansion
Like most other manufacturers, HP allows you to easily upgrade RAM, hard drive, and the wireless adapter. On the underside of the dv6000t there are compartments labeled with icons to illustrate which component goes where, which can save you a lot of hassle by not unscrewing any unnecessary bolts.
If, on the other hand, you want to upgrade the CPU or replace the LCD if it breaks, you will need to completely disassemble the laptop. Hope you have a Ziploc handy to hold all the screws!
FeaturesTechnical Specifications
The HP dv6000t is configured with Intels middle of the road dual-core processor, the Core 2 Duo T7200. The T7200 runs at a respectable 2.0GHz and features an impressive 2MB L2 cache per core. By comparison, the first-gen Intel Core processors only have 1MB L2 cache per core. The T7200 has a TDP (Thermal Design Power, or maximum thermal output) of 34W and is built on Intels new 65nm mobile process. HP also offers the dv6000t with slower CPUs, including lower end Core 2 Duos, Core Duos, a Core Solo, and even several Celeron Ms. The 2.0GHz T7200 represents the best possible chip offered in this configuration.
The dv6000t sports the Intel 945PM chipset, and is equipped with the 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 PCI-E graphics card. Built on a 90nm process with 4 pixel pipelines and 3 vertex pipelines, and core clock and memory speeds both at 450MHz, the GeForce Go 7400 is in the lower-middle class of notebook video cards, ranking slightly lower than an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400. Dont expect a hi-res gaming experience with all the eye candy enabled on the dv6000t, but you should be able to play most of the recent games at greatly reduced settings.
On the memory front, the dv6000t is outfitted with 1GB dual-channel DDR2-667 and 2GB is the maximum amount of RAM that is supported.
Our dv6000t came with a 120GB 5400RPM 8MB SATA hard drive. Hard drive performance seemed to be average, and it operated at near silence.
The dv6000t is equipped with a Conexant HD Audio processor which provides pretty decent sound for a laptop. There is a strip located above the keyboard that houses two Altec Lansing-branded speakers. HP included headphones with the laptop, which came in handy late at night watching SportsCenter while the wife was asleep, and they were of surprisingly good quality.
As this laptop is marketed towards the mobile entertainment/multimedia market, HP includes a nice TV tuner that plugs into the ExpressCard slot on the right of the unit. The TV tuner worked very well with Windows XP Media Center Edition, and I was up and running with my local cable channels within minutes. Recorded and live TV quality looked great and the included full size remote worked flawlessly.
On a related note, despite the ease of use of Windows XP Media Center Edition and the TV tuner, I must say that I was irritated by the cluttered desktop and bloated OEM install of Windows. There were simply too many desktop icons for apps that came preinstalled, such as 3 free months of AOL, Vongo movie downloading service, etc. as well as way too many programs set to load at startup. I had hoped that more OEMs would follow Dells example and try to reduce the clutter on the desktop, but apparently that is not the case here, which is unfortunate.
Display
The dv6000ts display is very bright and crisp. The contrast is excellent, due much to the BrightView glossy coating of the LCD. Native resolution weighs in at 1280x800 (WXGA), which in my opinion is the optimal resolution for this size LCD. Anything higher, fonts and text look too small. Anything less, and the desktop icons look squished together and swollen. I didnt notice much input lag, even when gaming, but one of the LCDs biggest strengths also may annoy some users.
The glossy coating definitely improves contrast and sharpness, but at the same time, there are many times where the glare and reflection is just flat out awful. I was playing Quake 4 during a map that had a lot of dark areas (well, that narrows it down to 90% of the game doesnt it?), and I could clearly see everything behind me in the room, interspersed with the game image. It definitely took away from the gaming experience.
Optical Drive
According to the Device Manager, the dv6000t comes equipped with a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4082N optical drive. CD-RW and Dual Layer DVD+/-RW are the supported formats. Noise levels of the drive are pretty close to what you would get from most other drives.
The drive also supports LightScribe, enabling you to etch designs on specially designated CDs and DVDs, through included software from Sonic.
Although I did not run any benchmarks to support this; subjectively, the drive seemed to take longer than expected to read discs and installing programs from DVD sometimes appeared to be slower than normal.
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
Wi-Fi
The dv6000t uses an Intel 802.11b/g Wi-Fi card. Wireless connectivity worked well; within a minute or so after powering up the laptop, I was up and running on an unsecured wireless access point someone in my neighborhood was kind enough to provide. The HP wireless utility performs the same functions as the default wireless settings; theyre just dressed up in a different skin. One neat feature that more and more manufacturers are including these days is an on/off switch on the front of the laptop chassis that allows you to enable or disable the wireless adapter. Bluetooth is also an available option, which is always a welcome touch.
Battery
There are two battery options for the HP dv6000t. The standard battery is a 4000mAh 6 cell battery operating at 10.8V, with 43 watt-hours of capacity. The battery clips into place in the underside of the laptop and is flush against the surface. There is also an extended-life 12 cell battery available that protrudes out of the base of the laptop, angling the chassis off the desktop. One battery-related oddity that I noticed was when I went to fire the laptop up for the first time, the system was unresponsive and would not power on. I had to reseat the battery before the laptop would turn on. I chalked this up to some kind of jostling while in transit.
AC Adapter
The HP dv6000ts 90W AC adapter is an average sized power brick, not unlike most youd see from any computer peripheral. The cords are long enough, with both exceeding a combined twelve feet. I would have like it better if the adapter had some kind of cable management. It would have been nice to see a strap like those seen on Dell laptops, or a Velcro loop like those from Lenovo. Having a big mess of tangled wires in your laptop bag in not something any user wants to deal with if they can help it.
The HP dv6000ts AC adapter compared to a Nokia 8801.
Remote Control
Nestled away in the side of the laptop, HP includes a small remote control which is stowed in the dv6000ts ExpressCard bay. This mini remote allows you to turn the laptop on and off, run Windows Media Player, and access multimedia functions within Windows XP MCE, as well as interfacing with the HP QuickPlay software. The remote communicates with the IR sensor mounted in the front of the chassis. I didnt really find this remote all that useful, since its functionality is fairly limited. In my opinion, I dont think I would have much use for this at all since the slot where it normally would be stored is occupied by HPs analog TV tuner. Secondly, I doubt Id fish the remote out of my laptop bag just to do a few select tasks. It would be less of a hassle to just use the touchpad to complete anything I needed to do. The mini remote is also somewhat redundant as the remote included as part of Windows XP MCE covers all the same functions, and then some.
QuickPlay
QuickPlay is the name of HPs proprietary software dedicated to media playback. Through this software, you are able to view and access media such as DVD, audio, and still pictures. One downside is that you can only browse files located in the Shared Documents folders, which to me is big oversight because I almost never store ANY kind of media in this folder. Also, QuickPlay seems incredibly redundant when coupled with the very competent Windows XP Media Center Edition features. MCE does the job better and more intuitively. As you can probably guess, I didnt use QuickPlay all that much for these reasons.
One feature of QuickPlay that may appeal to some users is that you can load it pre-bootup and not have to start Windows to access your media. Im not sure how much of a time savings you get by doing this (20 seconds maybe), but Id rather wait until Windows loads and use the far superior MCE feature set.
Webcam
Integrated into the top of the dv6000ts LCD frame is a 1.3mp webcam featuring a 640x480 resolution. The picture quality is decent, although the camera does have a fair amount of motion blur. The colors are a bit washed out, but come on, its a tiny little camera shoved in the bezel of a LCD. Its not going to be DSLR, guys!
Sample picture:
Setup Method
The dv6000t 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. 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
| Specifications | HP Pavilion dv6000t | Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 |
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.00 GHz, 2x2MB L2 Cache, Dual Core) | Intel Core Duo processor T2500 (2.0GHz, 2 x 1MB L2 cache, Dual Core) |
| Front Side Bus | 667 MHz | 667 MHz |
| Chipset | Intel i945PM | Intel i945PM |
| Wireless LAN | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG w/Bluetooth | Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG |
| LCD | 15.4" WXGA Glare TFT LCD (1280x800) | 17-inch WUXGA Ultimate TruBrite TFT LCD (1920x1200) |
| Hard Drive | 120GB Fujitsu 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA | Dual 100GB Toshiba 5400RPM 16MB Cache SATA |
| Memory | 1GB DDR2 667 PC5400 SDRAM (2 x 512MB) | 1GBDDR2 533 PC5400 SDRAM (2 x 512MB) |
| Graphics | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 | 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 |
| Graphics Interface | VGA-out, S-Video | VGA-out, S-Video, HDMI output |
| Optical Drive | CD-RW, DVD+/-RW DL | DVD SuperMulti Burner & HD-DVD ROM |
| Modem | Integrated V.90 Modem | Integrated V.92 Modem |
| Ethernet | Intel PRO/1000 PL | Intel PRO/1000 VE |
| Audio | Conexant HD Audio | Azalia HD Audio |
| Audio Interface | Microphone, two stereo speakers, headphone, SPDIF | Headphone, SPDIF, Microphone |
| Ports | 3 x USB 2.0 | 4x USB 2.0 ExpressCard Firewire PC Card 5-in-1 Card Reader |
| Weight | 6.09 lbs. with 6-cell battery | 10.1 lbs |
| Size (W x D x H) | 14.05" x 10.12 " x 1- 1.69" | 16.0" X 11.6" X 1.79-2.11" |
| Operating System | Windows XP Media Center Edition | Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Battery | 6-cell 4,000 mAh | 9-cell 7050mAh |
Bapco SYSmark2004SE
Internet Content Creation
Since the tasks run by SYSmark2004SE benefit greatly from larger caches, the 2MB cache Qosmio cant quite keep up with the 4MB cache dv6000t. Interestingly enough, its not that far off.
Office Productivity
Once more the 4MB L2 cache of the dv6000ts Core 2 Duo trumps the 2MB of the Qosmios Core Duo.
Total Score
It shouldnt come as a large surprise that the dv6000t takes this final test in this round of benchmarks, seeing its success with the first two tests. The Qosmios Core Duo CPU just cant overtake the updated, more efficient, and higher performing Core 2 Duo found in the dv6000t.
PCMark05 Advanced
The dv6000t dominates once again in the CPU department with its 4MB L2 cache Core 2 Duo CPU. Oddly enough, the Qosmio takes the memory category despite having an older memory controller than the dv6000t. Not very surprisingly, the dv6000t falls in the graphics test, due to the more advanced GeForce Go 7600 found in the Qosmio. The dv6000t scores higher in the hard drive tests, due to its more efficient Core 2 Duo architecture.
Here are the associated scores:
| PCMark05 | HP Pavilion dv6000t | Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 | |
| CPU | 5045 | 4656 | |
| Memory | 2920 | 3166 | |
| Graphics | 2260 | 3826 | |
| HDD | 3884 | 3073 |
and the PCMark05 Advanced Overall Score:
Despite its triumphs in the CPU and Memory tests, the dv6000t comes up just a bit short in the overall testing, due mostly to the thrashing its lower end GeForce Go 7400 received at the hands of the Qosmios GeForce Go 7600.
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."
Once more, as with the previous SYSmark benchmarks, the dv6000ts Core 2 Duo betters the Qosmios Core Duo; but again, not by much.
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."
The Core 2 Duo widens the performance gap a little more here, and defeats the older Core Duo.
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 Core Duo puts up more of a fight here, but still cannot overtake the superior Core 2 Duo.
3D Performance3DMark 2001 SE
The Qosmio just utterly dismantles the dv6000t in this test. Its not even close.
3DMark 2003
3DMark 05
Are you seeing a trend here yet? The dv6000t is given another spanking by the Qosmio.
3DMark06
Once more, the gimpy GeForce Go 7400 cant stop the pain. Complete and utter pwnage!
Gaming PerformanceFEAR
We see the GeForce Go 7600 continue its thrashing of the 7400 here, but while the dv6000t soundly gets its ass handed to it in the Low test, it interestingly fights back to within 2 fps in the Medium test.
Quake 4
Once more, we see that the dv6000t still cant catch the Qosmio. At higher resolution with more eye candy, the playing field becomes a lot more level, and the dv6000t pulls within 5 fps of the Qosmio.
Battery PerformanceI have to say that I had higher expectations for the dv6000ts battery performance. The laptop never broke the 3 hour mark once. I expected the more efficient Core 2 Duo to consume less power, and therefore allow for longer battery life. I was unpleasantly surprised.
Of course, HP offers a 12 cell extended life battery as an option, which may be a wise investment for those of you wishing to use the laptop continuously in excess of three hours.
Pros:
- Bright glossy LCD
- Stylish look
- Speedy Core 2 Duo CPU
- Low starting price
- TV tuner
Cons:
- Touchpad
- Poor battery life
- Lack of lid latching mechanism
- Potential heat issues
I have some mixed emotions about the dv6000t. It looks cool, retails at a low starting price, and boasts an impressive screen. The low battery life causes it to lose a few points, as well as the clunky, somewhat irritating touchpad. I dont know why I was so bothered by the lack of the latching mechanism for the lid, but it detracted from my overall impression of the build quality.
Hardware-wise, I was pretty satisfied with the dv6000t. The Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 667MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache), 1GB of DDR2-667 RAM and 120GB SATA hard drive were nice inclusions. I was happy with the TV tuner and its performance with Windows XP Media Center Edition and the remote control worked well. The gaming performance of the GeForce Go 7400 left a lot to be desired, but I went into the review expecting that, as this laptop is not marketed as a gaming machine.
When its all said and done, HPs dv6000t is still a great value. If you keep in the back of your mind that the 12 cell battery and a USB mouse would probably be wise investments, everything else is all gravy, and Id say youd be very happy with the purchase of a dv6000t multimedia laptop.
Availability/Warranty
The HP Pavilion dv6000t is available now at HPs website starting at$579 after rebate (the configuration reviewed here is a shade under $1700). 1-3 year warranties are available.
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