HP Pavilion dv4-1220us Laptop User Review:

Pros:

• Runs cool and quiet for a AMD. Graphics are great. I have CS source and DOOM 3 they play great. well built and strong but not heavy. good for traveling.
• The Touchpad is different but once I got used to it I like it. Was pleasantly surprised with outside case.
• Small and stylish compared to most in this price range. Has a decent processor and graphics card. Laptop speakers are well above average in quality and loudness compared to most laptops.

• Runs smoothly(most of the time). Cool light up HP emblem on cover, GOLD!!! (all over&keyboard). Lots of RAM!! =) DirectX 10 support, and WINDOWS VISTA 64BIT Edition!
• Cheap at the old price. 4Gig RAM. Wireless N
• The HDMI and eSTAT is great for price
• Nice bronze color

Cons:

• You can’t see lables/alphabets on keyboard clearly (because of bronze color) specially during night time…
• The battery life is short.. maybe an hour and a half even when it in the recommended power save mode.
• The quick touch panel is handy but the hp ‘quickplay’ button is a bit of a pain. It’s very easy to accidentally hit this button and make the computer stop what it’s doing to launch that program.

HP Pavilion dv4-1220us Laptop Other Thoughts:

• Have a notebook cooler on hand, especially if watching videos(even online). Consider buying a stronger battery for travel or if not planning to use next to power source. Also battery seems to dye slowly when not connected to power when the computer is off. Maybe, just maybe after the "Burn in" period it might get a little less hot.
• It took hours to create the 3 DVD recovery discs. Why HP couldn’t spend the few bucks to include them?
• I noticed alot of people calling the touchpad a con. It does have a wierd feel because it’s metal with a glossy coating, but it works well, imo.
• The HP Pavilion dv4-1220us is a great laptop. I’ve owned 2 other HP notebooks before this one and this is definitely the best one. Lots of pros with really only one major con (battery life).

HP Pavilion dv4-1220us Laptop Specifications:

• - Color: Bronze
• - Screen: 14.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition (8) HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
• - Processor: AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
• - Hard Drive: 250GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
• - Memory: 4096MB DDR2 System Memory
• - Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics
• - Video Memory:
• - Optical Drive: LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
• - Ports and Slots: HDMI / VGA / eSATA / ExpressCard/54 Slot / USB / Headphone out / microphone-in / Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)
• - Networking: Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN / Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN /
• - Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP 1
• - Dimensions: 13.15 in (L) x 9.45 in (D) x 1.34 in (min H) / 1.57 in (max H)
• - Weight: 5.10lbs
• - Primary battery: 6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

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• By Best Laptop Reviews, March 30, 2009 @ 8:32 am

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