HP Zv6000

[DrSteve]

Nice to know my zv5430us isn't obsolete at 3 months.

I noted with interest a post a few pages back that asked whether components in the zv5000 series were upgradeable -- I'm interested in that, too. Will I be able to drop a new AMD64 CPU in this machine in a year or two?

[rfortson]

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Originally posted by DrSteve
[br]Nice to know my zv5430us isn't obsolete at 3 months.

I noted with interest a post a few pages back that asked whether components in the zv5000 series were upgradeable -- I'm interested in that, too. Will I be able to drop a new AMD64 CPU in this machine in a year or two?

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I've seen posts here and on other forums where people have upgraded their Athlon processor, so yes, you can do it. The question is how much faster the chips will be in the next 2 years, and will the motherboard support it. That is the unknown.

For example, my desktop has an AMD XP-2000+ chip (Sempron). There are faster examples out there now, but my motherboard will only support a couple of notches faster, so I put my money into more memory and larger storage. I personally think you need a really big jump in processor speed/technology to notice the difference in most everyday computing, unless you're cranking some huge models or doing large video encoding. And by large video encoding, I mean movies of and hour or two in length, not the 10-15 minute home movies that I do on MovieMaker 2. Everything else will only see small real world increases, IMHO.

I plan to use my laptop for the next several years (as you can probably tell from my olden desktop []).

Russ

HP ZV5000z
Athlon 64 3000+
512mb RAM
60gb 4200rpm HD
nVidia G0 440 64mb
DVD-RW/CD-RW
1394, 5-in-1 card reader
15.4" wide screen
802.11 b/g w/Speedbooster

[brianstretch]

There are most certainly Socket 754 PCIe boards:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-533&depa=1
Socket 939 gets you a dual-channel memory controller. Socket 754 is single-channel. That's the only substantive difference As far as I know.

I like nVidia GPUs better than ATI just because their drivers tend to be better and their Linux support is first-rate, but for 2D work like video editing I don't see why it matters? I should think that AVID will eventually do a 64-bit WinXP port and that should favor the Athlon 64?

Are there any currently shipping 7200RPM notebook drives larger than the Hitachi 60GB? I haven't seen any. For video editing, a 7200RPM internal drive with a big external USB2.0 drive for raw video storage is probably the way to go.

[spdamf]

Hi i'm new to this forum, but i'm thinking of taking advantage of this deal at office depot and I was wondering if anyone knows if this would be a good laptop for video editing with an 80 gig 5400 rpm drive. A friend of mine says that ATI's Radeon cards aren't good for video editing and that I should wait for a laptop that uses Nvidia. I primarily will be using Avid Xpress Pro. I know that Avid doesn't support AMD, but if anyone has any experience using AVID on an AMD or an HP laptop I would appreciate any feedback. Also how hard would it be to swap out the hard drive with a 80 gig 7200 hard drive and which would you recommend? Thanks in Advance!!

[neevakee]

i dont know if you will be able to upgrade with the new chips in a few years. Thesocket type is changing and im not 1005 sure, but i think there are 939sockets in this computer, because pci express is required for the 64 bit processor. the 939 was being devolped to better work with pci express. So will you be able to , i dont know, if they still make the ship that fits tno your computer then yes. If not then no. 2 years ago the pentiums and amds used a diffrent size socket then what they use now, but you can find the last gen of a socket and put that in.

[brianstretch]

Nice config.

I think you're asking for high-speed cell phone Internet, not short-range WiFi? I'd check out the T-Mobile and Cingular forums over at http://www.howardforums.com/ for that question. You can use your phone's Bluetooth connection to let your zv6000 use the phone's Internet feed. I've read that this works on Cingular (unsupported by them, but that's not a problem) and I'd be surprised if T-Mobile doesn't too. Alas, I'm using Nextel, can't quite bring myself to pay the early termination fees to switch carriers. Verizon cripples their phones' Bluetooth capabilities, or did last I checked.

[CRUZR]

Hi all,
Just found this forum while doing a search on the zx6000. Read most of the posts in this thread. Back from when everyone was guessing what was going to be in the puter to what is available and then to people ordering. Seams to be a group of well read people.

Well, I too, decided to get HP zv6000 so I ordered one from Office Depot on 4/12/05. Really liked the 50% off of all the accessories so I added most the obvious ones. In my sig. you will see all the things I got. Left out all the standard items and only listed the ones I choose to add. They told me the backlog was 9 working days and the salesman, who really didn’t know much about puters, stated they usually are rec’d within 2 weeks. I went to check on the order and it has changed from received to accepted. Guess that’s good.

As to the price, the total was $944.99. But considering I upgraded most everything, I feel I got a great deal. Even added the extra 12-cell battery. I only went for the 64 3200+ AMD, 60GB HD 5400RPM, the 1x 512mb ram. Didn’t see any reason to spend the money to get the 3500+ or more ram. Probably can get the ram cheaper later if I decide I really need it.

Really will be only using it when I go on a trip and want to get online or whatever in a hotel or to throw in the saddlebag on the motorcycle. I am planning on hooking up a cam on the bike to record to the laptop while out on the road. Pretty much have a puter everywhere else. Have a 3200+ ShuttleX SN41G2, AMD 3200+ Barton, PC2700-1x512, 200 gig Maxtor HD, Opus SFX-1215 (12-volt power supply), 108Mbps WIFI, DVD+/-R+/-RW 4x40x24x40, 7" Lilliput Touch Screen, BU-303 GPS, VeiwSonic VP150m, wireless keyboard and trackball.

I do have a question for anyone that can help me. What is the best/least expensive way to get he HP connected to a broadband connection? Back about 2 years ago when I was toying with the idea to get the carputer hooked up there was a way to connect thru a cell phone but it only connected at 14kbps. I have run across blurbs, on the net, that they have broadband now. As I wasn’t entertaining the idea any more I never really read up on it, just glanced through it. Now, it seems, I have a reason to check into it. Hoping some one here knows a way of accomplishing the connection.

Thanx, look forward to the sharing in this forum,
Gary




AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)
60GB HD 5400RPM
8x DVD+/-RW & CD-RW combo drive
54g(TM) Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Extra 12 Cell Lithium
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2


Gary Scherler
aka "CRUZR"
GScherler@REMOVEcomcast.net
Seattle, WA. St. USA

HP zv6000
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3200+ (2.0GHz/512KB L2 Cache)
128MB ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory(TM)
60GB HD 5400RPM
8x DVD+/-RW & CD-RW combo drive
54g(TM) Integ. Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Extra 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2

[johnzhanginsh]

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[br]one more question. this is going to sound stupid but when u order a computer over hp website, do they mail it too you or doyou have to pick it up somewhere? sorry im such a newb at this lol. thanks again

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They use FedEx, and it comes directly from China.

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Why it will come from China??? As i know, not any types of AMD 64 notebook has been released in China.

[miner]

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[br]one more question. this is going to sound stupid but when u order a computer over hp website, do they mail it too you or doyou have to pick it up somewhere? sorry im such a newb at this lol. thanks again

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They use FedEx, and it comes directly from China.

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Why it will come from China??? As i know, not any types of AMD 64 notebook has been released in China.

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Laptops these days are made by ODM's(original design manufacturers)..In this case the laptop is manufactured by Compal(Taiwanese-Chinese company???) They manufacture the laptops in China branded as HP/Compaq and ship them directly to the customer.

Most laptop(branded) makers follow the same priciple..All Dell notebooks ship from Malaysia.

Compaq Presario R3340US AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512MB, 80GB 5400rpm
15.4" Brightview WXGA.
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[neevakee]

about he internet cellphone, the best way to go is t-mobile they have a 56KB not Kb for i think $30 a motnh, it is online only (the price). You have to get a specail card though. I think f you are single and travel a lot that is a realy good deal. I know that when i travel some of the hotels i stay at cost $10 to connect. I would get it, but im in college and my college has one of the best networks, wired and wireless in the country. Well our wireless isnt the best but it is top ten, the main reason being my school isn't that large and there by larger schools have bigger wifi networks.