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HP dv1000 or Dell M140

post #1 of 17
4/28/06 at 12:20pm
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I'm having trouble deciding between these two laptops can anyone give me their opinion.
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post #2 of 17
4/28/06 at 12:47pm
might want to share the specs of each
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post #3 of 17
4/28/06 at 1:10pm
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HP dv1000: 14'' Brightview widescreen, Win XP home, Celeron M 1.6GHz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HD at 5400, DVD/CD-RW drive, b/g wireless card. about $900 shipped

Dell m140: 14'' Truelife widescreen, Win XP media, Pentium M 1.73Ghz,
512MB RAM (1 Dim, I'll upgrade myself), 60GB HD at 7200, DVD-RW drive, b/g wireless card. about $800 shipped
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post #4 of 17
4/28/06 at 1:13pm
The Dell the HP is half as good!!!
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post #5 of 17
4/28/06 at 1:41pm
your comparing a pentium M to a celeron... with a LOWER CLOCK SPEED!!
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post #6 of 17
4/28/06 at 2:16pm
Even though I absolutely hate Dell, the Dell has better specs at a cheaper price.
Though you may want to look into the Compaq variation of the DV, its usually much cheaper and just missing a few bells and whistles, but the same build quality (They usually use the same chasis, just painted a different color)
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post #7 of 17
4/28/06 at 9:57pm
Compaq V2000, 14" Brightview, Turion 1.8Ghz (ML-34, 1mb L2), 1x512mb, 80gb 5400rpm, DVDRW DL, B/g WLAN w/ speedbooster, 12 cell battery. Good design (imo).

$848

edited: just noticed that it's BBowermaster's notebook. It's a very good budget notebook, and quite portable, without beeing too small, also light. I saw some recently and I really liked them. If I would buy one today, it would be one notebook to think about, specially because I rarely play games anymore... =\
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post #8 of 17
4/28/06 at 10:25pm
I have owned a few Dells myself and have seen the dv1000 (friend at school has one) And to be honest.. even though the Dell has a few more options, the dv1000 has a way better lookins screen. Font and colors seem crisper IMHO. To me ALL the Dells I have owned and seen always look way to washed out and not bright enough. Shrug just my opinion.
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post #9 of 17
4/29/06 at 1:41am
Well it really depends what you want the laptop for. Are you going to be playing games and stuff? Or would you prefer something just for every day activities? Lastly, how portable do you want the thing. This kinda goes hand-and-hand with how large the screen is ... some people like 12" screens, others refuse to buy anything below 17"

be more specific, everyone uses their laptops in different ways
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post #10 of 17
4/29/06 at 9:31am
dell has much better specs! and is cheaper! I have a 630m and its the best notebook i have ever owned, never ever getting a hpcompaq again - there all a heap of junk!
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post #11 of 17
4/29/06 at 9:51am
Looks like you’re getting more for your money with the Dell. With Dell having the faster processor and hard drive it makes it real hard to recommend the HP.
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post #12 of 17
4/29/06 at 11:46am
sure... between those two (dv1000 and m140), at first glance, i would get the dell. but remember that there are others models as well.
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post #13 of 17
4/29/06 at 12:22pm
deffinatley the dell, betweek those 2. I would still look at other models though.
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post #14 of 17
4/29/06 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by reldavidson
dell has much better specs! and is cheaper! I have a 630m and its the best notebook i have ever owned, never ever getting a hpcompaq again - there all a heap of junk!

Unless you had a HP/Compaq recently, post merger, your opinion is worthless, they're not the same company.
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post #15 of 17
4/30/06 at 7:49am
Personally out of the two, I would choose the Dell. Not putting down Hp or nothing, I own a Hp dv 1123ap(centrino instead of celeron) and it is great.
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post #16 of 17
4/30/06 at 12:40pm
dell all the way, a celeron doesnt really compete with that.
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post #17 of 17
4/30/06 at 5:12pm
Definately go with the Dell. I have one, and it's great. The screen is awesome, although I know of a lot of Sony models with better screens. However, the faster processor alone makes the Dell a better choice than the HP, without even mentioning the faster hard drive and the better DVD drive (i think), and then throw in the lower price, and it's just unbelievably better.

For the best 14" systems, I'd say look at Sony, but they're a lot more expensive than those two systems. My friend got one with lower specs than mine, and she paid about $2000, and I only paid $1100.
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