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Very good

7.1

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10
out of 10
Perfect

"Intel Core Duo + 256MB Nvidia + 17" Ultra BriteView = One Bad Ass Machine"
I stumbled upon HP while looking for a notebook to replace my very large, very heavy, Sony VAIO... (read more)

by Darius2010 (see profile), March 19, 2006

75 out of 75 users found this opinion helpful
4 comments posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"AMAZING!!! This monster really is a Desktop replacement!"
I got this two weeks and have had enough time to tell you that this is one bad-ascii notebook. I... (read more)

by RealtorKen (see profile), January 26, 2006

71 out of 71 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

8
out of 10
Excellent

"Good desktop replacement"
Yes it has only 128MB of video RAM...but the reviewer failed to mention that it also has... (read more)

by pguarisma (see profile), November 27, 2005

125 out of 135 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

3
out of 10
Poor

"One big problem with a very nice computer"
Computer: dv8000z, Windows XP Media Center, 1 GB RAM

One problem with a very nice computer... (read more)

by Snooty10 (see profile), March 23, 2006

45 out of 50 users found this opinion helpful
14 comments posted to this opinion

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Well CNET should really get a decent machine to review"
I say damn man. I spent almost 2000 USD on this thing. AMD Turion 64 ML-40 @ 2.2 gHz - 1 GB RAM... (read more)

by hg.tyrael (see profile), January 10, 2006

35 out of 50 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Absolutely more bangs for your buck."
Well, I almost bought a Dell XPS M140. It would have been a good laptop, but it makes more sense... (read more)

by kondlao (see profile), February 17, 2006

25 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful

8
out of 10
Excellent

"Very Good Desktop Replacement,"
This is an excellent desktop replacement laptop for the price. With the AMD Turion ML-40 running... (read more)

by hummey (see profile), January 18, 2006

25 out of 25 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

5
out of 10
Average

"HP Pavilon DV8140US"
I bought the DV8140Us notebook from Comp-USA back in January 2006. At that time, this was HP's... (read more)

by frankbostick (see profile), May 28, 2006

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"Great 17" notebook"
Beautiful notebook. Ready for 64-bit Windows Vista. I recommend getting the 2x80GB configuration... (read more)

by Technojunkie3 (see profile), February 1, 2006

15 out of 15 users found this opinion helpful

9
out of 10
Spectacular

"This should be a great laptop for multimedia professionals."
Anyone who works with Photoshp, Flash, Premiere, After Efects should get this laptop. The... (read more)

by cybertai (see profile), November 19, 2005

10 out of 10 users found this opinion helpful
1 comment posted to this opinion

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Very good

7.0

out of 10

Reviewed by: Justin Jaffe

Reviewed: 10/31/05 , Updated: 11/3/05
Release date: 11/9/05
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