A overview of my HP dv5 Laptop (Day 7)

[yokheved87]

how do you like the mouse pad?

[patcorndoggy]

@yokheved87 it's a pretty solid mouse pad, size and texture are both great.

[yokheved87]

@patcorndoggy Hi thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I just bought a compaq laptop and the mouse pad drove me insane. I guess what i want to know before i go ahead and buy this laptop is if the mouse pad (or touch pad) is very motion responsive? is it easy to get used to?

[patcorndoggy]

@yokheved87 Yes, it is quite a good touch pad but for me the only downside is that if you press it a little harder it becomes sticky and unusable. So just move your finger gently and you should be fine. As for responsiveness I think it's great. It's very high DPI, and has a glossy texture.

[DaveyD327]

They keyboard on these HPs from a few years ago are SO great to type on! I have friends with chiclet keyboards on their laptops, and they're always surprised by how enjoyable the typing experience is on my HP.

Now, just if the rest of the laptop was as enjoyable... haha

[7351165956]

what is that button for on minute 3:05

[patcorndoggy]

@7351165956 Well, the button a little bit after that is that track pad toggle button which basically disables the track pad and integrated mouse buttons. Useful for when you using an external mouse.

[Chickenbandana]

Okay How long dos your battrey Last.

[patcorndoggy]

@Chickenbandana Well, anout two hours when I'm gaming on it and about three when, I am doing basic computing. Also this was not enough for me so I got a twelve cell battery off ebay for $50 and that doubles the battery life.

[coolgirlcathy]

how much does it cost?

[manuelitohy3]

how did you turn on the lights on the keyboard ??

[nlvg6585]

i bought a dv5-1250us

it came with a 2.1ghz(i think, dont remember) amd dual core processor.

4gigs of ram

400 gig hdd

ATI hd3450

i really like the hdmi port and the eSata port...comes with typical stuff 4 usb, firewire, vga, expansion port, ethernet, modem, card reader...i'm running ubuntu...the brown looking theme of ubuntu really makes my laptop look good cus its also brown/bronze looking

[filpcat]

good job

[mininick0001]

god damn youre jewish

[nickyforiasha]

i also use skype

[Alwaysanoob5]

Mine came with 4 gigs of ram :o but ya overall its a realy reliable laptop. Btw if u didnt know right above the sd card slot if u push that in it will come out and u can put the remote it came with in there. ;)

[barrackvoice]

i love my dv5 its great and in the same time easy ti handle :)

[juanma9112]

Nice overview

u should try some games on it, to see how it works

games like crysis, assasains creed, gears of war etc...

[XPhat159PhatX]

i had that exsact laptop and it broke the 3rd month i had it!! it was muh 2nd hp laptop i have a nother one now i have a white HP pravilion!! ive had this for like 8 months and ive had nooooo problem with it!!!

[Rbbto123]

its ati hd 3450 not 3200

[GlitchFind]

no, its 3200 hd intergrated graphics. check it out

[OoBitEeAaBitEe]

Your A Cupcake

[tonyxjack]

my dv5 has 4gb ram

[patcorndoggy]

well thats very intresting but with 4 gigs you get a 64 bit operating system which is extremly incompadible with some shit and still your almost never going to be using even half of that

[phil7436]

what is going to be incompatible? all of the software that i need works, and my os never crashes. you can fill 4gb of ram pretty fast during photo editing.

[tw1tch09]

@patcorndoggy my 64 bit op system works fine.

[sprucepanther]

while intel chips safely shut down and spares your cpu. many videos showing this abound in YT so check it out.

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yer comp is a nice one, im getting an hp myself soon so i hope you enjoy yours.

[sprucepanther]

yeah but intels processor is superior! fool!

[patcorndoggy]

still you dont understnad that if everyone buys intel and not AMD then they will go bankrupt and intel will control the free market. This will inturn allow them not to innovate at all and send the prices soaring sky high becuase there will be no competition

[sprucepanther]

isnt that an example of a free market when amd goes bankrupt? sounds like u want price controls and regulation

[patcorndoggy]

well seeing as the EU has charged intel for paying computer manufactures to use intel cpu's as apposed to AMD's really shows that intel wants a fair game between themselves and AMD. Now ask yourself is that a good example of your so called free market, bribing manufactures costing AMD millions in profits.

[sprucepanther]

the "free market" is bullshit. thats a lie created by the superwealthy to keep screwing the poor!

fuck capitalism

[patcorndoggy]

i dont understand what side you stand on your 1st comment suposes that you support the free market by saying that i want controls and restriction. then you say that the free market is bullshit and cleary hate the free market and wan't to contol it.

[sprucepanther]

well i was just pointing out the inconsistencies of yer argument that the bankruptcy of amd is somehow "un-free market" when it clearly is the acme of a FUNCTIONING free market.

my 2nd comment is basically that the whole idea of a free market is rigged in favor of the rich so extolling its virtues is madness for a poor or middle class person.

i would support amd if they made a decent product but their chips are inferior to intels.

i can send u a link showing that an amd chip causes fire

[sprucepanther]

uhhhmmmmm.....

[welikefreemansmind]

dude u should have got an inel cpu amd is not as good

[GiantClank1]

They are both good, but if your'e a gamer you want Intel. If your planning to install hackintosh then you also should have intel. Everything else is fine with AMD.

[patcorndoggy]

I know Intel is better but I prodly support AMD because it drives the competition and ensures that there is no monopoly on CPU's same with ATI

[druidkg]

nice lapotp

[maradona03]

so how long is the battery good for? i have my decision down to this and an acer, and it's pretty much come down to how many hours the batter lasts..

[piotreksob]

Yeah!

LAptop fajny...ale drogi xD

[BZF]

32 bit OWNZ, i have 64 bit and it is good and nice, but 32 so far is the better one

[Jetbomb]

It supports like 95% of all software and such, but 64-bit is better. I've been with 32-bit since my first computer and evidently im on a 32-bit right now. 64-bit runs things a tad differently and gives better performance. It also lets you have up to 8 gigs of Ram (crazy, I know). There will eventually be a transition from 32 to 64, but it's not here yet.

32-bit = compatibility, great for single core

64-bit = performance, great for multi core

[bearsfan547]

cutie, thanks for the review

[kaseykahne4ever]

thanks you rock

[steve9923]

Is that the infinity view screen? I still don't understand how it's different from the regular screen, but I heard it adds glare. But it's easier to clean and keeps dust from getting inside (true?). If you have it, do you like it?

Also, are the "home" and "end" key's on the right side of the keyboard?

Thanks

[patcorndoggy]

no don't got infinity view and yeah I think there is those keys

[bulletproofKevlar]

hey do you know how to enable the wlan? my somehow disabled itself and i can't reconnect

[patcorndoggy]

top right corner there is a touch sensitive control when it is red wlan is off when its blue wlan is on just touch that or contact me and I will teach you how to go through the device manager

[Nickarg]

what about gaming? is it good?

thx 4 the answer man :)

[patcorndoggy]

it can handle most games nothing too demanding though you could play the sims and stuff butt nothing like crysis

[Nickarg]

thanks, i asked because i heard that with that video card crysis should be playable at the minimum res and details

[gamepro127onPSN]

yea I play Crysis on ati radeon 3100 and the ati radeon 3200 like yours is a BIT faster, maybe 2 more fps.

30-40fps on low

20 fps on medium

15 on high

5 on highest

[rodney25k]

cock mongrel

[KarthikSoun]

I have the dv5 1104AX its has an ATI 512MB gc..

but my battery life sucks, i only get 1:20 hrs max while surfing the web with WiFi.. how is urs?

[patcorndoggy]

same man I feel your pain but at home I always have it plugged in and for when i am driving I have an inverter

[KarthikSoun]

ya, that sucks, i was planning to go for an 12cell batt but now that u mentioned it, i will go for the inverter instead.. how much did u get it for there?

[patcorndoggy]

Canadian tire had one one sale it was $8 for a 75w one but you may wanna go bigger just in case you need to power anything bigger.

[joshrulez2244]

how much did you pay 4 it

[patcorndoggy]

$599.99 I think

[herostasman]

wow, you have so manny things, (such as: laptops, the new Ds, 360, playstation i think and etc...)

5/5

[games2007]

woooooooooo