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    HP Pavilion dv2220us Vista Notebook Computer

    Discussion in 'HP' started by alisaffet, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. alisaffet

    alisaffet Newbie

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    Hi everbody

    I want to buy a HP Pavilion dv2220us Vista Notebook Computer with 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56. It would be my first HP and AMD CPU computer. I am worrying about AMD as previous intel user.

    Can you comment on AMD and of course HP?

    very best
    al
     
    alisaffet, Apr 10, 2007
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  2. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    worrying about what? AMDs are good CPUs they perform well but clearly the Core 2 Duo is better. you havent given any specific usage for it so further comments cant be made. also you need to provide the specs as well.
     
    SideSwipe, Apr 10, 2007
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  3. jetstar

    jetstar Notebook Deity

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    HP notebooks are the most popular notebooks at the moment. As posted above, C2D processors outperform AMD's Turion X2 processors.
     
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  4. alisaffet

    alisaffet Newbie

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    Wow thank you for quick responses. I am working with MATLAB and neuroimaging things. other than I am mostly writing papers and surfing in the internet. But I also travel a lot.

    funny but that is all (I thought I am doing more)

    Al
     
    alisaffet, Apr 10, 2007
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    I have a DV 2120us, i love it and i would recomend it, just make sure you have vista installed, i had some issues with XP, but with vista it works flawlessly :).

    MY only complaint is that the battery life is dismal. i dont travel alot, but if i did it would drive me insane. i blame the HD screen. so if you opt for it make sure you get an extra or a stronger battery
     
    Alder94, Apr 10, 2007
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  6. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    if the AMD is at a significantly cheaper price than its Intel counterpart then go for it, it will perform well as stated and should do fine for you.
     
    SideSwipe, Apr 10, 2007
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    The AMD notebooks come with NVIDIA GeForce 6150 GPUs that are MUCH better than Intel GPUs.

    Intel CPUs look better on benchmarks (Intel's huge L2 caches are great for benchmarks) but in real-world use you're not likely to notice much difference.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 10, 2007
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