Getting a HP dv5000t anything i should know?

I was wondering if theres anything i should know before buying my HP dv5000t.

And whats with this windows reinstall? Why do you guys do it? Does it make the computer go faster or something?

 

When you first get a notebook or any PC for that matter from HP, Dell or any other mainstream company,they put alot I MEAN ALOT of unwanted apps and programs that bogg down the system to a crawl. Reinstalling XP basically gets rid of the bloatware and you come out with a clean system that will be alot faster than before.

 

You might want to check out this thread before you buy:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=64522

Some people have keyboard problems with the dv5000 and dv8000 series.

 

Looking at all these keyboard complaints I changed my idea. Since all I do is type and chat with friends.

 

Try a Dell 1505, with coupons you can get a good deal on one of those. Or, if you still end up not finding something better for the price of a dv5000t, buy a $10 USB keyboard and use that instead.

 

also, there are probably almost one million dv5000's alone, in this forum, there are how many posts? so take that into consoderation...

 

This keyboard thing; My cousin owns a dv5000t and she is a constant IMer. That keyboard takes more punishment than the average typer. Not a single thing has happened since she got it in March.

 

I canceled my dv5000 and got a dv6000. If you are only typing get the cooler looking one with bluetooth and get a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Leave the usbfree for other useful things.

 

Keyboard issues aside, get 4 blank dvds and burn the recovery partition before you decide to reformat. The forum is full of posts starting with "I decided to reformat but I forgot to burn...." Just so you know

 

I just did it for my dv6000 and needed only 3 dvds it's only two for a DL but i want it to use a lightscribe.