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HP Pavilion dv2040TX

By Darius Chang, CNET Asia on 17 August 2006

HP's new line of entertainment notebooks not only delivers in features, but also goes the extra mile in redesigning the chassis to appeal to those with unconventional tastes.

Editor's rating:8.0 User rating:8

Comments (80)

  • Anonymous gave 9/10 on 15/10/2006 03:23

    A good everything to do laptop, with many home options, i am probably going to buy it!

  • Anonymous gave 9/10 on 10/10/2006 06:47

    • Good: Great Display
      Lightweight and portable
      Good capacity for the price
    • Bad: Touchpad could be better

    Nice Machine

    I bought this to replace an IBM Thinkpad that was stolen. For the price it had good features. The display is bright and sharp and I like the wide screen.

  • Anonymous gave 9/10 on 09/10/2006 15:19

    • Good: Great design
      Media Buttons
      Screen quality
      Excellent performance
    • Bad: Bundled software uses up valuable memory which is annoying
      Speakers a bit weak
      Battery Life

    Excellent Buy

    This is a great little laptop. It's fast, easy to use and looks amazing.

  • PRINCESS gave 9/10 on 09/10/2006 11:53

    • Good: -DESIGN ITS SEXY
      -BUILT IN MIC AND WEBCAM
      -SCREEN QUALITY
      -SOUND QUALITY
      -EVERYTHING
    • Bad: -ID HAVE TO SAY THE BATTERY LIFE

    I LOVE MY HP!!

    MY COMPUTER WAS JUST ABOUT AS ANCIENT AS THEY GET. I DECIDED TO BUY A NEW ONE, MY PARTNER TOLD ME TO GET A LAPTOP I DIDNT REALLY WANT TO BUT THEN I SAW THIS HP READ UP ON IT AND FELL IN LOVE EVERYDAY I GET MORE SURPRISES! IM EVEN MORE BLOWN AWAY WITH THE SPEEED BEFOR IT WOULD TAKE ME 20MIN MINIMUM TO CHECK MY EMAIL NOW ITS LIKE 2MINS; I LOVEIT!!

  • Erleene gave 8/10 on 06/10/2006 22:00

    • Good: Reliable
      fast
      entertaining
      good quality of image
      speakers are not that bad
      Thin
      easy to carry around

    • Bad: batter life too short it needs charging every hour of usage
      cramped ports
      usb ports abit tight
      touch sensitive buttons sounds are irrelevant

    Sophisticated!Very Good Laptop

    I have this laptop and i use it to do my work in college and for entertainment. I'm 17 years old and this is my first laptop and indeed i am proud to have a decent one. Not much problem with it but it keeps you relax while using. But the the battery life is at poor rating. Battery should be atleast 5 hours maximum of usage.

  • Anonymous gave 9/10 on 02/10/2006 21:55

    Just Perfect!!! Finally HP.

  • jakub_a gave 8/10 on 02/10/2006 12:30

    • Good: - performance
      - features
      - look and feel
      - finish
      - silent
      - vibrant screen
      - good built-in webcam and mic
      - aobve avg. laptop speakers
      - 3USB and FireWire plus express card
    • Bad: - LCD screen, though vibrant and bright, hard to calibrate
      - tight USB ports - need 2 hands to unplug a cable
      - avg. battery life
      - touchpad could be better

    Very Good Laptop

    Highly Recommended

  • Daithideburca gave 8/10 on 28/09/2006 01:48

    • Good: I got the 2GB RAM with 120GB HD with the duo core processor & nVidia Graphics. I find the battery great and the dual layered with lightscribe very handy.
    • Bad: No CD's provided with Laptop, and mouse pad a bit too sensitive, ave to use an external mouse to manage properly

    Portable yet functional

    For €1400 I think this is a great notebook, even with the above cons I'd have no problem recomending it to a friend. But if possible, a Resource CD would complete the picture

  • Guvner gave 10/10 on 25/09/2006 01:21

    • Good: Good specifications: eg 100gb Hard drive, Ge-force graphics card, remote control, super sleek design.
    • Bad: The only comment I would make is that no XP Windows discs are supplied with the notebook and you are prompted to burn/copy your own from the recovery drive

    A totally elegant notebook

    Fantastic notebook and only slightly spoilt by the lack of a supplied copy of XP pro. To make your own copy seems ridiculous and cheap of H.P. and it will take 4 single layer dvd's to do this.
    I have kept a close eye on new notebooks over the years and not until this release have I been prompted to purchase one.
    A couple of reviews have commented on all the crap software on the system but this is hardly a problem and it does give you some idea of what the graphics card can do.

  • Philsta gave 6/10 on 20/09/2006 21:47

    • Good: * Great looks,
      * Good processor, graphics
      * Small and light enough to carry easily
      * Good battery
    • Bad: * Terrible software setup by HP
      * No CDs are supplied with the laptop, and you need to create your own. This is quite poor for a $2000 laptop.

    Great Laptop with Irritating Software

    The hardware in this laptop is great, and it is very nice to look at. Unfortunately the way HP set up the laptop is extremely frustrating. It comes with a HUGE amount of useless, and resource hungry software that most people would never use. The performance is severely compromised by all of the junk from HP. A fresh install of Windows XP would solve this problem, but HP doesn’t allow the option of installing only Windows. Nor will it let me install Windows from another Windows XP CD that is not from HP.

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