| PRODUCT DETAILS | | HP Pavilion zv5330us 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW Drive) |
| User Reviews |  | Solid performer
rating: 4
Have owned this one for 2 years now. It is my main computer.
Pros:
-Great display, But (see Cons)
-Very Good Wireless Antenna Reception
-Reliable
Cons:
-Graphics not as strong as I had hoped. I tried playing "Republic Commandos" and "Call of Duty 2". Both were very choppy and slow on this laptop, even with everything shut down. I wasn't expecting it to be a "killer" gaming rig, but I thought with a P4 HT, Radeon 9000, and 1+GHz Ram - it would do a better job.
-Poor Battery life, well under 2 hours. Haven't watched a movie totally on battery power yet, but will need an extra battery.
-No Bluetooth. I would rather have it built-in than occupy the ONE PCMCIA slot all the time. I have a Palm T/X and that's how I sync.
-Only one PCMCIA slot.
-Only allows 1 Gig of Ram.
Overall, I am happy with it. But next laptop, I'll look at the graphics a little harder (I didn't have a lot of time to research before buying this one).
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awesome laptop
rating: 5
I am using it for the past two years. it's working great. Most of friends who sees that ask's me is it a new one thats why i maintained it still i use it daily and i switch it off for every 4 days. it runs non stop.As usual the battery problem and looks like most of the Hp laptop's have power jack problem other than that, i never had any problem i am still using the os that came with the laptop. Hp did allow me to purchase the warranty service ever after 1 year of expiration. great service. IT's Bright screen and wide screen make's me watch movies more on my laptop than on my TV.:) it's worth.
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Top performing laptop
rating: 5
We purchased quite a few of these units for use in the energy sector. They performed wonderfully; Even on offshore oil platforms in hostile environments.
This model is often used for gaming because of its fast processing speed. We use them for heavy duty seismic and geology software applications that use more resources than any game. We even load them down with MSDE's and SQL servers right on the laptop. Performance is still tops even loaded to the gills with applications; in addition, we run multi-taking programs each and everyday with these units. No problems and excellent support from HP. Hewlett-Packard even let us purchase extra warranty coverage after the factory warranties expired.
We only had trouble with one out of 13 units and the engineer that was assigned that unit is fairly rough on PC's to begin with, so we weren't surprised when he complained about problems. HP picked it up at our office and returned the unit good as new within 3 days. We had anticipated a week but HP is really good with service now. No complaints from any of our IT geeks or personnel, excluding the one engineer who in the last 4 months has also toasted two cell phones and a desktop. Everyone else is most happy with their units.
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Unreliable laptop and the WORST technical service and guarantee
rating: 1
I bought this laptop a year ago from Circuit City as a present for my husband.
In less than a year it had a hard drive and a cd/dvd drive replaced, and the batttery pack, ram, and the OS and programs, removed, and installed over and over again.
New year's eve was spent talking to technical service people from India, and Seattle, on the first day of the new year more of the same with India and finally with some Spanish speaking people.
Last time I heard from a supervisor of the supervisor that I needed to fax the receipt for the purchase of the laptop in order to bring it to another supervisor to determine what to do. I still have not heard from them.
The laptop is an useless paperweight, sad reminder of money, time, and confidence in HP lost.
Bottom line, buy MAC.
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HP Pavilion zv5330us 15.4" Laptop (Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW Drive)
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