HP Pavilion dv2 - mobile entertainment style

The laptop was designed to shorten the price gap between the netbook and the ultraportable it represents, but still retains its superior handling capabilities .

The ultraportable notebooks are overshadowed by the strong growth of netbooks not only because they are more compact but also cheaper. From that fact, the HP Pavilion dv2 was launched to shorten the price gap between the netbook and the ultraportable it represents, but still retain the superiority in handling and executing work.

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HP Pavilion dv2 white version. Photo: Cnet .

Pavilion dv2 was introduced by HP during the CES 2009 earlier this year and was rated by the electronic magazine Laptopmag as the best laptop available at this year's exhibition. The Pavilion dv2 promises to be a direct competitive product not only for its line-up models but also for the increasingly upgraded netbooks.

The HP Pavilion dv2 has a very attractive price, only about $ 700 for the basic configuration. The trial version has the following configuration:

AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor 1.6 GHz LED screen Black-lit LCD 12.1 inch 1,280 x 800 pixels HDD 160 GB HDD Hard RAM DDR2 2 GB ATI Radeon HD 3419 512 MB Graphics 3 x USB 2.0 connector; VGA; HDMI; DVD or Bluray external
SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD; Micro / Headphone;
LAN; WIFI; Bluetooth Size 292 x 240 x 32.7 mm Weight 1.64 kg Windows Vista Home Basic operating system

The Pavilion dv2 is the first laptop, pioneering the use of AMD's latest Yukon processor microprocessor, 1.6 GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor. The Yukon platform was introduced by AMD to target low-cost ultraportables, which are competitive with netbooks, but still have strong processing and execution capabilities. With clock speeds equivalent to processor chips used for netbooks, according to AMD's claims, Yukon models will still be laptops. These models are aimed at users who want to own a powerful ultra-portable machine with a reasonable price.

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Black version. Photo: Cnet .

Despite being a low-cost model, Pavilion dv2 is still very elaborate in design. Instead of using conventional plastic materials, the Pavilion dv2 case and body are made of durable magnesium alloy with HP Imprint surface polish technology and impressive decorative motifs from the lid to the entire part. Keep your hands around under the keyboard. Inspired by brown, black and coffee Expresso coffee beans and pure white moonlight, the Pavilion dv2 is one of the most impressive design models on the market with two black and white classic colors. Pavilion dv2 weighs 1.64 kg significantly less than netbook. The thinnest place on the camera body is only 2.37cm.

The HP Pavilion dv2 is one of the few 12-inch laptops that uses discrete graphics. Equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon HD3410 discrete card of up to 512 MB, watching video clips or movies in high definition format with simple 1080p resolution, and exporting to big screen TV HDMI port is also better supported. In addition, combined with 12-inch 1,280 x 800 pixel LED backlight screen, 3D Game play with a moderate output speed is simple.

In addition, AMD's Athlon Neo processor is confirmed to be more powerful than the Intel Atom processor with less heat output and power savings. Another outstanding feature that is also equipped for HP laptop products is the ProtectSmart hard drive protection technology and the large keyboard, which is about 92% of the standard keyboard size. In addition, mobile broadband connectivity is also offered by HP as an option in configuration in some machine distribution areas.

With a compact design, the Pavilion dv2 is fully equipped with the same connectivity as the mainstream laptop, with three modern USB ports, LAN, VGA, HDMI, multi-card reader, and Kensington lock. But it doesn't have a built-in DVD drive or Blu-ray drive, but uses one of these external drives via USB.

The biggest weakness of Pavilion dv2 lies in the price. If you spend less than 805 USD, you can own a thin, light laptop with discrete graphics and dual-core dual-core processor compared to 847 USD only to own a laptop running single AMD processor Anchor. In addition, there is no built-in DVD optical drive or Blu-ray drive. Meanwhile, the same line of products, the Dell Inspiron Mini 12, sells for about $ 600, but doesn't have a discrete graphics card.