Mobile Tech Minutes: HP dv2 Comes Out To Play
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Since Kevin teased us all with the big box that showed up I arm-wrestled him into unboxing it for us all to enjoy. Virtual arm-wrestling is a new feature on the latest version of Skype, BTW. The box held the sleek, thin HP dv2 and Kevin gives us a great tour around the sub-$800 notebook powered by AMD’s Neo. Notice how the two batteries (4-cell and 6-cell) are the same size. See what you think about this thin, budget notebook from HP with the Blu-ray external drive.
Hello Kevin,
The same machine in a Tablet PC version for the same price could be a killer machine.
A question about the video capture of webcam. Is that made with Skype ?
And is that possible to invert the size of people in windows ?
Thanks a lot Kevin.
Hi Lorie, we do use Skype for our MTM videos. The size of the secondary video can’t be modified; only the position of it.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Display+(diagonal)&v1=11.0%26quot%3B+-+14.9%26quot%3B&a2=Processor&v2=AMD&series_name=tx2z_series
I was not aware that it came with an external BD-ROM drive as standard. The specs on HP’s site mention only a DVD burner.
But for $749 it does make a compelling alternative to a $500 2140 mininote or even a basic notebook like the $629 dv4t, especially if that BD drive is included.
Oh, regarding speakers, the Altec Lansing HP uses are absolutely terrible. Unless you have a 2.1 model like the dv7/HDX with the subwoofer, you’re not going to get good sound at all from your music. Notebooks with Harman Kardon units like the old zd7000 and the Toshiba X305 are far superior to the Altec Lansing. Then again, if you are like me and have a set of XB700 cans, crappy notebook speakers will be the last of your concerns.
looks slick!
wondering if you could D/L a very small tool called BattStat & tell us what they average power drain is for this HP. i dont expect it be anywhere close to an Atom netbook but im still curious.
btw, for most 10″/Atom/2.5″ HDD devices its around 10w – 13w.
If he sat on his MSI Wind he might break Wind…
Put an express card slot in and you got my $ HP.