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    Just bought a v3018US

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Ryencool, Dec 5, 2006.

  1. Ryencool

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    Im so excited I jsut bought myself my first laptop for school. Does anyone here own one, and could possibly let me know how well it has worked out for you? I nkow the geforce 6150 isn't top notch but it will fun vista and thats all I want, not really a big gaming laptop. I got the AMD turion x2 64 tl-50, 1gb 533mhz ddr ram, 14.1 brightview screen, dvd burner, the cool imprint finish on hte top. I got it brand new for 699$ off ebay!. Trusted seller who only sells laptops and has two negative feedback out of 300+ for two ipods. I cant wait to get it in!
     
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    Ah, sorry. Wish I got the core2 duo, but being a poor college student doesnt help. AS far as video cards go I'm stuck with what I have right? the onboard 6150? or can I upgrade like desktops? I will be going to 2gb of ram when vista before I get me retail version of vista.
     
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    RAM is easily upgradeable, but GPUs are not. Even if they were, you can't go from integrated to dedicated since they require slightly different motherboards.

    If only life were easier... :(
     
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    You are stuck with the GPU. Notebook GPU's arent upgradable. The only things you can upgrade are the processor, RAM, optical drive,bluetooth & HDD. Its a pity that HP offers the Go 7200(among the 14" models) option only with the dv2000t. Vista runs pretty well with 1GB RAM, thats what I have now and Vista RC2 runs smoothly. With 2GB RAM you should have a good Vista experience.
     
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    yeah we have it loaded at work on a 1gb machine with teh disc's microsoft sent us. I bet its still near impossible to get all the correct drivers to run in vista 64 bit though true?
     
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    I havent tried 64bit Vista after Beta 2. So dont really have an idea about the drivers, but hopefully by jan there should be drivers for most of the critical components.
     
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    For the Go6150 itself, there is no any problem to handle 3D desktop. I didn't try on Vista, but Linux 3D Beryl/AIGLX works great without any problem. Every transition happened instantly. If Vista give you a low score about GPU, that's their driver problem.

    The sound, I should say it is so great. I tried PureVideo driver and play HD DVD clip(Lease_Likely_1080i) in PowerDVD 7. The sound is SO LOUD even I only use <35% of the master volume. I don't know which part does the most job, but this combination makes you feel that you are not working on a Laptop at all.
     
    rockharder, Dec 6, 2006
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