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Vidia geforce g105m + intel gma 950

The laptop would feel more sturdy if they had done so. The screen hinges are made from shiny black plastic, and I would have appreciated it had HP made it from metal. As with the previous generation of HP Pavilions, nothing actually holds the screen lid down when you shut it there seems to be some magnetic attraction that allows the lid to snap shut. The finish makes this laptop feel more expensive than it actually is. It really feels sturdy and is quite nice. The palmrest and areas surrounding the keyboard are also made out of BRUSHED ALUMINUM. Because of the material, the case has virtually no flex. Of course, HP has its logo stuck on it’s laptop. If you already put one on the box, you don’t need another one on the case itself. The top part is entirely metal (BRUSHED ALUMINUM), but HP chooses to attach an Energy Star sticker to it, which really is quite tacky. This part is perhaps the cheapest part of the laptop, but whatever. The bezel of the screen is quite thin, and the screen itself is surrounded by shiny black plastic. I think HP calls this the Modern Argento or something like that. The dm3t, as I have emphasized before, features a brushed aluminum design.

The laptop was built after 5 business days (8 days including weekends) and took a total of 4 days to ship from HP’s laptop factory in Shanghai to the North Campus of the University of Michigan.īuild and Design, including ports and keyboard/touchpad The total came out to be $1,000 with free shipping.

Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n Card with Bluetooth (Dual Band).

13.3" diagonal High-Definition LED BrightView Display (1366x768).

Intel 160GB Solid State Memory Module (model number SSDSA2MH160G1HP, X25-M).

4GB DDR3 RAM at 1066 MHz (2x2GB modules).

Intel Core 2 Duo SP9300 processor with 512MB nVidia GeForce G105M + Intel GMA 4500 MHD (Intel Hybrid Graphics Technology).

In total, the call lasted for no more than 10 minutes and my order was placed. The rep was efficient, as he did not attempt to persuade me to add on options like warranty, and was courteous and accomodating-in fact, to the degree that he applied the $350 coupon even after it expired! Bravo, HP. My call was almost immediately received by a human sales rep (after going through an automated system) based out of the United States, which is really impressive considering the current trend of outsourcing. Why not? At this point I had nothing to lose but something to gain. Unfortunately, the coupon expired, so I instinctively picked up the phone and called HP. I weighed my options and, at the last minute, changed my config to have the upgraded processor. Unfortunately, I couldn’t really decide between having an extra 2GB of RAM upgrade and an Intel processor upgrade from the C2D SU7300 to the C2D SP9300. I had found a $350 stackable coupon, and since I’m a student with a tight budget, I was more than ready to order my laptop. More on that later.Įarlier this year, HP offered a multitude of stackable coupons, so I ordered online from HP Home and Home Office Store. The aluminum finish really is outstanding. What really won me over from the Sony CW was the build quality of the dm3t. I visited a Best Buy to check out some of the laptops, and I can say that I was absolutely repulsed by the build quality of the Dells these days.

My options were the HP Pavilion dm3t and the Sony VAIO CW. I had shopped for a while to look for a new computer to replace my aging dv6000t from back in the Windows XP days. Borrowing from design cues from Apple’s Macbook Pro line, HP launched the dm3 in late October and the tm2 earlier this month, with designs that feature a brushed aluminum finish. In less than 2 years, HP unseated Dell as the undisputed leader in PC shipments and maintains that lead today.ģ years later, HP is back again (perhaps) to change the game. In 2006, in an ambitious bid to gain market share, HP launched a massive and hugely successful marketing campaign known as, “The Computer Is Personal Again,” and redesigned all of its laptops with the extremely popular high-gloss Imprint finish. Apple specialized in design, and still does, and the PC industry won over customers by wooing them with the best bargain available-features for the price charged-and almost always at the cost of a pedestrian design. Prior to 2006, there was a distinct difference between Apple and the PC industry.