HP Pavilion dm1z Review Discussion

The new HP Pavilion dm1 (also called the Pavilion dm1z) is an 11-inch notebook that uses the latest AMD Fusion technology to combine a fast dual-core processor and powerful graphics inside a budget-priced netbook alternative. Is this the best new notebook for 2011? Keep reading to find out.

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ThanX Jerry...

Looks like I can use this for my uni works. I hate carrying my G53. BTW wonder what happen if we add SSD? Also I think PCmark award extra points to MBA due to SSD.

 

Well, the only surprise here is how the bottom is removed. Unlike other sites reporting that you remove battery and move the tabs (no screws), this review states the screws under the feet for removal. No biggie, at least the user can still perform upgrades. I probably won't open mine when I get it. But its always nice to know I can replace a failed HD or bad memory.

This is the site that reported accessing the bottom without screws: HP introduces dm1z 11.6 inch notebook with AMD Zacate chipset

However, if you notice, the battery is black and not silver. The black battery models were prototypes. Models shipping will have silver color battery. And it appears they changed from a screw less bottom to one that is held by 4 screws on the production model.

 

Nice review ! Have you seen any overclocking option, at least on the GPU part?

 

Should expect up to 1 hour more battery life with SSD as well as the obvious performance boost of SSD.

 

High praise indeed. I might pick one up just to try it out but I feel bad when I abuse HPs excellent return policy.

 

Those CDM sequential numbers look low... although I've admittedly mostly been looking at 500 GB drives and up recently.

 

Yeah...I suspect that as well, quite low for 7K Rpm drive. Maybe too much background programs...

 

Other than the touchpad, this is a really nice notebook. Good job HP.

 

I am not too god at benchmarks, so could please someone help me out with this one



According to this graph, the CPU performance of HP's E-350 is not that much lower than Macbook Air's Core 2 Duo's SU9400, is that right? I mean, in all prior reviews of E-350 it was hard for me to get a straight comparison of E-350 with laptop CPUs (not Atom), like CULV series of Penryn.