HP Pavilion dv3500t?

[BYH]

I looked for a thread for this, but couldn't find one. Anyway, I need a new laptop, and this one looks pretty cool. Would anyone recommend it? I just need it to surf the web, type up documents, listen to music, and watch the occasional DVD. Also, what's the battery life on it?

[jim_0068]

this laptop is rather new and not much information out there on it yet. also best buy has their own exclusive version of this laptop too in their "blue label" line. i'm going to wait for some reviews before i purchase but i am looking forward to see what people have to say about it.

[BBGus]

Nice thing about the Best Buy version is that it will come with a standard 2 year warranty instead of the typical 1 year, has a back lit keyboard, spec wise isn't bad by any means for what you want to use it for, and because it is sold at Best Buy, when it does go on sale it will be completely instantly off some $100-$200 making it a nice price at around the $1,000 mark.

BBGus

[BYH]

What is it's battery life?

[Vision33r]

Just played with the new dv3500t on display at Best Buy, I think it's a bit over-priced for about $1100, it's not bad but even the Macbook would be a better buy here.

I think the build quality is so-so, I hate how all these HPs have that clamshell sharp edges at the edges of the notebook's base. Sharp enough to cut your finger.

The screen looks very good but the resolution is quite small at 1280x800, would prefer something sharper but it's very bright.

The keyboard feels cheap and I hate the new HP touchpads, very poor sensitivity.

The lighted keyboard is alright, it's not as nice as the Macbook Pros that allows multiple brightness setting and instant on.

Overall, I think it should be priced at $800-900.

The WEI scores aren't very impressive at all a 3.5 on the Gaming graphics? That's terrible.

[sendmarksmail]

It's a compact notebook that's not geared toward gaming. But you're right, I think it is a bit overpriced for the components inside it. But then again, it's priced for portability. You get what you pay for.

[Vision33r]

It's a compact notebook that's not geared toward gaming. But you're right, I think it is a bit overpriced for the components inside it. But then again, it's priced for portability. You get what you pay for.

I was thinking that a Nvidia 9200m dedicated GPU would score atleast 4.0 and 3.5 is just bad consider many dated GPUs and even the ATI 3650s can score higher.

If they priced the notebook about $900 after discount, it should be fine.

[Jayayess1190]

I was thinking that a Nvidia 9200m dedicated GPU would score atleast 4.0 and 3.5 is just bad consider many dated GPUs and even the ATI 3650s can score higher.

If they priced the notebook about $900 after discount, it should be fine.

It's actually a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS.

[kgraham11]

HP states the 6-cell should get 4h:15m. You can't tell from Best Buy's website but the DV3510NR comes with the 6-cell. I picked mine up on Friday. They had one in stock that was to be the display model. So far, I really like it. I haven't installed anything on it yet to load it down. But I do like the components in the BB model. I configured the exact setup on HP's website and it was $253 more than BB...

Ken

[prabhg]

HP states the 6-cell should get 4h:15m. You can't tell from Best Buy's website but the DV3510NR comes with the 6-cell. I picked mine up on Friday. They had one in stock that was to be the display model. So far, I really like it. I haven't installed anything on it yet to load it down. But I do like the components in the BB model. I configured the exact setup on HP's website and it was $253 more than BB...

Ken

Can you please post how it feels. Is it portable - means does it feel light like a book? How is the size. My roommates Acer weights less than 4 pounds and is so light weight, it makes me wish my 6700t were lighter.