HP Pavilion dv5000t (i think its a "t" anyways)

Hello, I just bought the HP Pavilion dv5000 a week ago for 1,500$ the specs:

Intel Centrino Core Duo @ 1.8GHZ + 800MHz FSB
1x 1GB DDR2 Memory
Integrated graphics

I just wondered what you guys thought of the price/specs.

Also; I have a major concern to discuss:

Apparently with the new "Power-Save" feature the laptop automatically throttles itself slower until the full power is needed in order to save battery life. I have 2 questions:

1. Why is this feature still enabled even if I have the AC cord plugged in? Its not trying to save power with a wall input is it?!

2. Can this feature be turned off all together? I mean, If I open microsoft word @ 900MHz will obviously be slower than if I open it @ 1.8GHz. And I did not really buy such an expensive laptop for it to run @ 900MHz did I ?

Please tell me your comments on this new feature and my concerns; I usually only need the battery to live for 4or so hours, other than that, its almost always plugged into a wall.

 

1) It does so to lower the amount of heat.
2) You can - by setting the power scheme to "Always ON" - but you don't really need to. If it opens MS Word @ 900MHz, it is doing so because going to 1.8GHz isn't going to open it appreciably faster. If it does raise the clock, then the computer thinks it can open it up faster by raising the clock. The processor automatically scales up/down in order to accommodate the load of stuff that you need it to do.