HP Pavilion DV2

Not only does this svelte piece look good, it also hides some clever tech within. Lift it and it surprises you with its size and feather weight. Though it feels slightly larger, it’s as portable and comfortable as the Asus Eee PC. It looks chic, courtesy HP’s patented Imprint Finish, but gathers fingerprints as a hobby. Thankfully, there is one available in white too! (HP Mini-Note 2133’s brushed metal finish still lingers in my mind). This notebook is built to last; it doesn’t squeak or flex. Its generous12.1 inch screen offers 1280×800 resolution, giving you mor real estate on the desktop. The screen is bright and has decent viewing angles, but the surface is extremely glossy. The sizeable keyboard has a positive tactile feel to it, so no getting your fingers in a twist to get your reports done. The biggest surprise, however, comes in form of the performance this notebook is able to churn out. AMD’s Athlon Neo processor is zesty and runs daily apps easily; hell, even on Windows Vista. The Neo certainly offers significantly better performance, but that comes at the expense of battery life – 2hours max. that apart, the notebook gets a tad hot after a while,especially on the sides. HP’s DV2 is certainly in a class of it’s own and a good start if you’d like to hang your performance-stripped netbook for a chic yet affordable ultra-portable.

Details:-

• Neo The Savior: The zesty single-core Athlon Neo runs at 1.66GHz but suck less power
• Graphics Power: The Radeon HD 3140 has 512MB memory-enough to run casual games
• Thin & Light: Liberal use of chrome, Nah! not for a touch pad! HP, you can do better here

Thumbs Up: Sleek form factor. Performance

Thumbs down: Everything glossy. Gets quite hot

Display: 12.1 inches 1280×800

Storage: 320GB HDD

Memory: 2GB DDR II

Graphics: ATi Mobility radeon HD 3410(512MB)

Dimensions: 292×240x32mm

Weight: 1.6kg