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post #1 of 36
10/6/06 at 10:32pm
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Laptop is fast....nuff said.







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post #2 of 36
10/7/06 at 3:00am
FYI: in case you don't know...

The air intakes are on the bottom (AFAIK), and you don't want to sit the computer on carpet, a bed, or anything that's going to block the intakes very long.

(Really you don't want it powered up at all while sitting on carpet anytime the fan is running, not good to suck up carpet fibers into the fan..)

I think it's "stupid" to have the intakes of the bottom of a machine... sucks in all the dust, dirt, hair, etc, plus is easily blocked.... Got to watch blocking the intakes with your pants leg... I'd design with a cooling intake on the side, the exhaust on the other side...pulling air past the hard drives, other componets... Or maybe sucking air in along the front, exhausting it out the rear... , Or maybe a side intake, rear exhaust... Or maybe a top intake near the display panel, rear exhaust... Regardless having the intakes on the bottom of a machine is asking for trouble.

Note the above comments are NOT directed towards the dv9000t directly, but towards all laptops... Sort of hard to use it on your "lap" while the cooling intakes are blocked by your leg.
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post #3 of 36
10/7/06 at 4:26am
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Yeah this is true. I know on all the 17 inch laptops that I had from HP the fans were always an issue. This only has 1. and its near the video card side of the laptop. Even its not a video card I dont know what eles to call it. I think that this laptop is allot better then my old one.
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post #4 of 36
10/7/06 at 12:24pm
When you get a chance, please run some benchmarks and post them in the:

Mobile Graphics Card Comparison Chart
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread157799.html


Old system:

Purchase date Feb-2005 model

zd8000Intel Pentium 4 processor 550 with HT Technology 3.4GHz (800MHz)
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 400Mhz memory
60GB 7200rpm (Purchased seperately)
OPTICAL DRIVE - 8x DVD+⁄-RW
17.0" WSXGA+ WVA BrightView RESOLUTION - 1680 x 1050
ATI Mobility Radeon X600 with PCI Express graphics with 256MB video memory

x600 256 mb
01 11,118 score
03 3155 sore
05 1313 score


NEW system spec's:

(Please post as text)
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post #5 of 36
10/7/06 at 3:23pm
very sweet specs. got bad eyes though, does that say 7600 or 7800 for the graphics?

either way can't wait for you to post the benchmark results
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post #6 of 36
10/7/06 at 5:38pm
dv9035nr= dv9000t

7600 is the fastest card offered as of 10-2006

7400 series running about 2250 on 3dMark 05?, 7600 running about 3400
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post #7 of 36
10/7/06 at 9:48pm
Great Pics! I'm considering the purchase of the dv9035nr. Any idea on the best location to make the purchase?
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post #8 of 36
10/8/06 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by Big Daddy 007
Great Pics! I'm considering the purchase of the dv9035nr. Any idea on the best location to make the purchase?


dv9035nr = dv9000t


Best place to buy is www.Costco.com , due to their 6 month (180 day) NO Hassle, NO need to box it back up, Just return to ANY Costco store and get ALL your money back return window.

http://www.costco.com/CTO/HPLanding....opnav=&browse=

Buying thru HP directly and you get 21-days
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post #9 of 36
10/8/06 at 3:05am
PS: A good option to pick that the above 9035 does not have is the:

17.0" WSXGA+ BrightView Widescreen (1680x1050) [add $42.00]


And if it was me I'd go with a 7,200 rpm drive... and consider buying a external hard drive to back-up data to.

Apricorn Firewire/USB 2.0 Enclosure for 3.5-Inch Hard Drive ( EZ-BUS-DTC-KIT )
http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Firew...9?ie=UTF8&s=pc


In addtion with the CTO machines (Custom to Order) you can order it with the system back-up disc (OS re-install disc, which btw installs smooth as silk)

CTO machines also have more "current" hardware, pre-built machines sitting around for a while sometimes... CTO machines getting all the latest hardware revisions.
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post #10 of 36
10/8/06 at 7:47pm
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Originally Posted by WeAreNotAlone
dv9035nr = dv9000t Best place to buy is www.Costco.com , due to their 6 month (180 day) NO Hassle, NO need to box it back up, Just return to ANY Costco store and get ALL your money back return window. Buying thru HP directly and you get 21-days Apricorn Firewire/USB 2.0 Enclosure for 3.5-Inch Hard Drive ( EZ-BUS-DTC-KIT ) http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Firew...9?ie=UTF8&s=pc
I currently have about $1500 USC to spend on this notebook. I noticed that BestBuy is offering the same system that JDtheman referred to in his photos. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1158317339247 BTW - I currently have a Western Digital 300GB External Hard Drive that I will be using with my new notebook. Thanks for the information, I will give Costco some serious consideration.
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post #11 of 36
10/8/06 at 8:54pm

More unboxing photos

Howdy...

If anyone wants more unboxing photos, you can find them here:

http://www.neo-fight.tv/2006/09/unbo...p_dv9000t.html

Best,

Benjamin

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http://www.neo-fight.tv [The "Techno-Debate" Video Podcast]
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post #12 of 36
10/9/06 at 5:00pm
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really nice pics ben. I hope that you have good luck with yours.

Further more I wish I would have gotten the chance to do some custom items my self. I wish I would have gotten the t7200 processor and a 7200rpm hard drive but thats about it. Other then that this laptop is great... I even watched tv last night.

Yes this is a Best Buy laptop. It was an even exchange for my old one and i really did not have the chance to customize it.

Another thing that suprized me NO DEAD PIXELS!!!!
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post #13 of 36
10/10/06 at 12:32am
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Originally Posted by JDtheman
Further more I wish I would have gotten the chance to do some custom items my self. I wish I would have gotten the t7200 processor and a 7200rpm hard drive but thats about it. Other then that this laptop is great... I even watched tv last night. Yes this is a Best Buy laptop. It was an even exchange for my old one and i really did not have the chance to customize it. Another thing that suprized me NO DEAD PIXELS!!!!
Hey JDtheman, how do you like your dv9035nr that you purchased at Bestbuy? I may purchase the same one this weekend. I'm hoping the system goes on sale in the next three weeks. I have a friend that's providing me intelligence information on the possible sale dates. Hopefully, the system will drop another $150.00 before I purchase it.
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post #14 of 36
10/12/06 at 6:32pm
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So far so good man. I play CS source and i get 80 - 120 fps steady. That is twice as fast as my old zd8000.
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post #15 of 36
10/13/06 at 10:42pm
What's weight and battery life like?
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post #16 of 36
10/13/06 at 11:29pm
Thanks for the information. It appears that Bestbuy is getting ready to place the dv9035nr on sale. The price is going to drop about $150-$200. I will probably purchase the notebook on Sunday. I'm waiting for approx. $1,000 USC to be credited back to my account. It's the remainder of my NOTEBOOK money.
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post #17 of 36
10/15/06 at 4:41pm
Big Daddy it's on sale at best buy now for $1,350
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post #18 of 36
10/17/06 at 8:30pm
Hi Buddies,

i am looking for the same laptop. At bestbuy it is now for 1350 bugs... but i am not sure if i customize ist to a higher resolution and more memory for the graphic cards...

i have a p4 3600Ht at home and i want to replace it with a laptop and i need a gamer laptop...farcry, halflife2, ghost recon and all the stuff...

what is necessary and not...what you think??? is it better to have this wsxga+ or wxga+, because this screens áre sharp at the highest resolution...

i am not sure to buy a cto or the bestbuy offer....

help!!
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post #19 of 36
10/18/06 at 12:16am
if i wanna a cto from costo.com...how long it takes...because i leave the states at 28. oct... is it possible to pick it up at a shop?
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post #20 of 36
10/18/06 at 12:35pm
the battery life is average since it is a desktop replacement and a 17 in screen. The dual harddrives and graphics card dont help battery all that much. I say about 2.5 hours from my own experience. Again it varies depending on what you are doing. The best thing I think this laptop can do is maintain the GPU under 76C and only has 1 fan ! This is not a portable laptop although it is really thin. Weighs about 8 pounds and is not designed to be light. Overall it is a great laptop. I really apreciate dual hardrives because i can put linux partition on the other one and not take space off the first hd that has windows. 5400 rpm is not bad either trust me, I can load any game as fast as my 7200rms SATA harddrive.
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