HP Pavilion DV2940SE 14.1inch Laptop 2.10 GHz AMD

9 Responses to “HP Pavilion DV2940SE 14.1inch Laptop 2.10 GHz AMD”

1. B. Burns Says:
   October 5th, 2009 at 6:01 am

   HP Pavilion dv2000 Special Edition
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   I purchased the dv2000 from BestBuy for 699.99$. For the price it gives you the most bang for your buck. This notebook has 4gb of memory, massive 320gb hardrive space, and amd’s dual core Turion X2 processor rated at 2.00Ghz. Nividia provides excellent graphics for a notebook of this price. The only downside is battery life and even that isn’t too bad for the moderate user. This notebook is a definate must if your on a limited budget but you don’t want to sacrifice performance. I’ve had absolutely no issues with this notebook and it compares favorably to my previous Toshiba. Excellent product, a must buy.

2. Brent S. Hamamoto Says:
   November 11th, 2009 at 12:54 am

   Overall great computer with excellent features
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   I don’t know how this laptop can be reviewed poorly. For one thing it is amazing on paper with 4 gigs ram and 320 gigs storage, and it really delivers on speed and performance. The battery life isn’t the best, but at school or starbucks there should be outlets anyways. It is also a very nice looking laptop with all the best features. It has a very nice media center with attractive, backlit, touch sensitive buttons at the top. This even has a remote with convenient storage inside the laptop. It also works very well in terms of range and registering all clicks. When watching movies or listening to music the speakers sound very impressive for a laptop because it’s altec lansing. I don’t even need to hook it up to my standalone speakers. The keyboard isn’t the best I’ve seen but it has a nice firmness to it and does what it should. Also it’s nice how the ctrl key is in the corner and fn is moved to the right because that is what I’m used to from desktop keyboards. One of my only complaints is that the mousepad (I forget what it’s actually called) is a little grabby, but mostly it works fine. I also like how it can be turned on and off with a dedicated button. The only other thing that I’m sort of disappointed with is the quality of the webcam; however, most other laptops in the price range have the same quality anyways. I will be using this laptop for years to come and I’m confident it will last because it has excellent, sturdy build quality from a trusted name brand, hp.

3. ACE KC Says:
   November 28th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   Pretty Good
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   The computer is pretty good for the price. It has the speed I need and most of the hookups. The only issues I have with it are minor. There’s a hum that comes from my external speakers/headphones and mic. Though, it’s not horribly loud, and it’s possible that might be because I only have average quality equipment. Also, HDMI was advertised on a retailer’s website, but it has no HDMI port. Lastly, you don’t get a Windows disk. You have to create your own restore disks from a separate partition on the hard drive that takes up space on the advertised 320 GB HDD (which wouldn’t be horrible if it was exactly what you’d get on a Windows factory disk since you could just reformat later). The problem is that it forces you to keep all the crap they load on the computer (HP factory settings) and spend hours trying to uninstall it all instead of just reformating and reloading Vista. All-in-all, these are minor issues that are more annoying than anything else. For a brand-name computer, it’s pretty damn good. To have one custom made with the same specs would normally cost two to four times as much.

4. B. Cutler Says:
   December 14th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

   Perfect for the average user…
   Rating:4 out of 5 stars
   I have found this medium size laptop suitable for everyday tasks and very basic video editing. I like that it is compact but doesn’t sacrifice on keyboard size. The screen is clear and vibrant. As for battery life…I’ve been able to get a solid 2.25 hours while watching a DVD and surfing the web over WiFi.

5. Ronald Connors Jr. Says:
   December 27th, 2009 at 6:26 am

   HP dv2940se
   Rating:3 out of 5 stars
   I bought this laptop about a week ago, and I’ve got to say, it’s a well rounded machine. Graphics are on par for what you’re paying for (I got mine at Office Depot for $750), and this being my first experience with vista, I got to say, its not as bad as I thought. Back to the graphics, this isn’t an Alienware, that said, I installed DOOM 3 and it did well, aside from some anti-aliasing hiccups and slow-downs during extreme high action. One thing you should definitely take note of is battery life. I bought this PC for school, and there are days where it just makes it through the day without plugging in. Definitely bring an AC adapter if you’ll be moving around a lot. The laptop overall is light weight, and can be used comfortably on your lap, although the battery does get hot at times. I give this laptop a 3 out of 5.

6. L. Ipsen Says:
   January 15th, 2010 at 2:55 am

   Good choice… I am happy with this product, excelent!!
   Rating:5 out of 5 stars
   I am very pleased with my HP laptop, as well as Amazon.com’s service.
   
   The laptop is very powerful and handles Vista with no issues. The computer boots quickly and connection to my network and the internet was simple… the performance is good.. the heating is not that much.
   
   It is smaller and lighter than my previous laptop.. This laptop even has a switch in the front to turn off the wireless in case you’re in an area that you do not want to chance someone accessing your computer or to just save on battery power. The battery time is OK.
   
   The colors and outside design are Ok, but the plastic shiny material is a fingerprints magnet. I recommend this product!!
   

7. Simon Liang Says:
   January 30th, 2010 at 11:58 am

   wasn’t as i have expected
   Rating:3 out of 5 stars
   fair to say, the amount of speed, space and RAM looks good, but outlooks are deceiving. i was looking forward to wiping out the harddrive and install XP on it, but found out after i bought it that HP doesnt have drivers for this notebook. so i was disappointed.
   
   because of vista, i also couldnt play games (like warcraft 3) on it smoothly like i play on a poorer notebook that i have. which is strange since the graphics are better in this notebook.
   
   if you plan to do work only with this notebook, it would be perfect.

8. K. Dicola Says:
   February 26th, 2010 at 6:05 am

   HORRIBLE COMPUTER!!! DON”T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!
   Rating:1 out of 5 stars
   This computer is AWFUL! It acts like it is possessed most of the time. I have called HP to fix it and they have tried to over the phone (I have had it “fixed” 3 times) but an hour later the same thing happens again. This computer has many obnoxious quirks including have the volume button pop up when not pressed so that the computer cannot be used for a solid minute, the mouse has times when it goes crazy, there will be times when I click on an item and it will keep popping up until I unplug the computer and remove the battery, the disc drive also goes back and forth between working and not working. I am now trying to return the product because I don’t even want to think about how it will act when it is older. The problem is that everyone at HP is telling me different things including that I can and cannot return it to HP directly. I spent a long time trying to track down the receipt for them only to have no one no what I was talking about later. I have spent at least 10 hours on the phone with complete idiots in 20 (seemingly) different countries who do not know anything about these computers. If I had the money to buy another computer I would in a heartbeat because this one and the customer “support” behind it sucks. If I was allowed to swear on this I would because I hate this product and company so much. It also has many other quirks that I cannot even remeber.

9. MrAceJD Says:
   March 23rd, 2010 at 6:34 am

   Great laptop for the price
   Rating:4 out of 5 stars
   This is a terrific laptop. It’s fast, nice sized hard drive, and the screen looks amazing. The exterior finish is sleek. The laptop feels pretty light.

   Start-up into the OS is blazing fast. Windows Vista-64 is great. My Desktop had Vista Ultimate 32 on it, so I was already a fan.

   The only complaint I have is that the lower right side of the keyboard, from the enter key down through the arrows, feels hollow or loose underneath. I think it’s because the DVD tray is below that area of the keyboard. I don’t think that it’s a defective keyboard, I think it’s a design issue.

   All in all I think this is a great laptop. This is my first AMP laptop system and I must say it is just as fast as my Core2Duo E6600 Desktop was.

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