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September 29, 2006

HP Pavilion m7600n Series, a1630 to enjoy HD DVD flavor

Filed under: HdDvd,Pavilion,a1630,hd dvd,hp,m7600n — Cyrus Farivar @ 3:21 am

While we were all distracted with HP’s recent acquisition of Voodoo PC, Misters Hewlett and Packard went and quietly released two new PCs sportin’ that sexy HD DVD that we love so much. The first is the HP Pavilion m7600n Series PC (pictured) running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, which packs an Intel Viiv chipset with Merom chips — or an Intel P965 Express chipset — up to 4GB of RAM, up to 500GB of storage, that ever-so-lovely HD DVD drive, a TV tuner with PVR software, an FM tuner, optional second tuner, remote control, and of course standard wired and wireless networking. Its more practical counterpart, the Pavilion Desktop PC a1630 with HD DVD prefers the AMD action, with a 2.2 GHz Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core, a nVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE video chipset, up to 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and a front-panel 9-in-1 memory card reader. Now, while we love these glossy spec sheets as much as the next guy, what we’d really love to see are some price tags and release dates to go with ‘em. [Warning: PDF link]

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July 12, 2006

HP Pavilion DV6000 and DV9000 laptops

Filed under: Pavilion,compaq,dv6000,dv6000z,dv9000,hp,laptop,notebook — Stan Horaczek @ 10:29 am

Filed under: Laptops

The 15.4 and 17-inch iterations of HP’s consumer-centric Pavilion line of laptops have gotten another update from two less-than jaw dropping, at least performance-wise, machines. Both the DV6000 and DV9000 come out of the box with an ExpressCard slot, Altec Lansing speakers, an optional webcam, a 5-in-1 media readers and your choice of an AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core or a plain old AMD Sempron processor. The 7.8-pound DV9000 (replacing the DV8000) sports a 17-inch WXGA (yuck) or WSXGA screen, a dual hard disk configuration and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics. The 6.5-pound DV6000 (replacing the DV5000) rocks a 15.4-inch WXGA screen, as well as the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200 card, for a starting price around $850. Things get slightly more impressive on the outside, with same piano black, Zen rock garden-inspired design as the smaller DV2000. The DV6000 is available on HP’s website right now for a starting price of $879, but you’ll have to sit and meditate a little longer while they prepare the DV9000.

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June 2, 2006

HP’s Pavilion DV1700 and DV5200 laptops

Filed under: Pavilion,core duo,coreduo,hp,japan,laptop,notebook — Thomas Ricker @ 9:31 am

Filed under: Laptops

HP just gave a bump to their Pavilion lineup with the introduction of their DV1700 and DV5200 laptops in Japan. Destined for casual consumers, not suits, both models feature Core Duo CPUs, up to 2GB memory, ExpressCard slots, a multi-format memory card slot, and HP QuickPlay allowing you to fire-up DVDs and CDs without booting into XP. The DV1700 gets down with a Core D14-inch, 1280 x 768 (WXGA) LCD, up to 100GB SATA disk, Intel’s 945GM Express integrated graphics and the ability to tuck the remote control card away in the ExpressCard slot. The DV5200 features a 15.4-inch LCD with a 1280 x 800 resolution, up to 120GB of SATA disk, integrated Altec Lansing speakers, and the same Intel integrated graphics which may, or may not be adequate to make Vista’s Aero interface sing. Both slabs will drop in Japan on June 2 with base configs for the DV1700 pulling ¥79,800/$710 while the DV5200 will start at ¥84,000 or about $750. Snap of the DV5200 after the break.

[Via Impress Watch]