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General Opinions on the zv5000z Series???

post #1 of 9
3/1/05 at 10:09pm
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Hello everyone-

I just ordered a customized zv5000z series notebook, and was wondering if anyone else who owns one of these could provide some opinions on this laptop! I've heard mixed reviews, however more of them have been good than bad! It's still being built and I won't receive it for another week or so! Was this a good choice for a first laptop? Thanks for the feedback!

M
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post #2 of 9
3/2/05 at 12:34am
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Originally Posted by agent
Hello everyone-

I just ordered a customized zv5000z series notebook, and was wondering if anyone else who owns one of these could provide some opinions on this laptop! I've heard mixed reviews, however more of them have been good than bad! It's still being built and I won't receive it for another week or so! Was this a good choice for a first laptop? Thanks for the feedback!

M

Whats the specs on it? Did You go with the Athlon 64? If ya did wise choice, if not call back up and reorder.
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post #3 of 9
3/2/05 at 1:05am
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The specs for my new computer are as follows:
Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2

Processor AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ 2.20 GHz

Display FREE Upgrade to 15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen!!

Graphics Card 64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go + 1394

Memory 1.0GB DDR SDRAM (2x512MB)

Hard Drive 100 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive

Primary CD/DVD Drive 8X DVD +/- RW/R & CD-RW Combo Drive

Networking 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)

Primary Battery Extra 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works/Money

Security Software Norton Anti Virus 2005 Software

HP extended service plans 3-year HP Express Repair extended service plan

Have you seen the 15.4 brightview display? is it pretty good looking for movies/pictures.....thanks for your response!! =)
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post #4 of 9
3/2/05 at 7:15am
Good choice and specs on the laptop..I have the compaq version(R3000Z).

The screen is in my opinion the best among all the laptops I have used..It is great for viewing movies..especially widescreen movies otherwise(on normal movies) you get black bars on the sides but still picture quality is good..

Hope you enjoy using your laptop...

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post #5 of 9
3/2/05 at 1:55pm
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I had somebody from another forum tell me that I should have gone with the WSXGA screen (1680*1050) instead of the WXGA with Bright View. Bright View wasn't available with the highest resolution screen, so I ordered the (1280*800) with Bright View instead.....Was this a poor decision on my part? The guy from hp.shopping told me to go with the lower resolution because I wouldn't notice a difference....was this bad advice? Thanks for your help!
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post #6 of 9
3/3/05 at 1:13am

Its all personal preference..

The screen resolutions depends on what you use the pc for..The higher resolution screen offers more screen area than the WXGA Brightview...so you can see more but the drawback (if you consider it to be is that the size of the text becomes very small and hard to read)

The advantage of the Brightview widescreen is that fact the screen is brighter and colors are more vibrant with better viewing angles.

It really shouldnt matter for general everyday use unless you require the larger screen area.
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post #7 of 9
3/3/05 at 3:23am
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Thanks for the feedback everyone! Hopefully my new lappy treats me good!
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post #8 of 9
3/13/05 at 5:45am

My customized Hp Pavilion zv5000z

My customized Hp Pavilion zv5000z:

Operating System

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2

Processor

AMD Athlon™ 64 processors 3700+ (2.4Ghz)

Display

Bright View 15.4" WVA WSXGA+ (1680x1050)

Graphics Card

64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go + 1394

Memory

256MB to 1.25GB DDR SDRAM "New Upgrade" Price = $214.00

Primary CD/DVD Drive

DVD/CD-R Combo drive

Networking

54g(TM) Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth

Primary Battery

12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Removable Storage
Built in 3.5" Floppy Drive

Tell me what you think!
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post #9 of 9
3/13/05 at 10:04am
Other the than the oudated graphics card(not for the latest games)..it is a good choice.

Which processor did you get The A64 or the XP-M?
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