Macbook Pro gets its ass whopped by HP

[firefoxnx]

Woa! Has anyone checked out the latest specs on the HP Pavilion dv9000t (C2D)?

2 x 100GB HDD, HD-DVD drive, 256MB VRAM, webcam. All for under $2,500.

Its CNet's recommended laptop for this holiday season. Ouch, Ouch!! Sucks to be a MBP owner

 

[Queso]

I've always liked HP kit. If you want a Windows laptop, this is the one to get easily. However, since it doesn't run OSX, there's no way I'd buy it over a Mac.

 

[hanschien]

Woa! Has anyone checked out the latest specs on the HP Pavilion dv9000t (C2D)?

2 x 100GB HDD, HD-DVD drive, 256MB VRAM, webcam. All for under $2,500.

Its CNet's recommended laptop for this holiday season. Ouch, Ouch!! Sucks to be a MBP owner

Sucks to be a troll...

 

[iW00t]

Since when does C|net ever recommend a non-Windows-XP computer? Taking buying advice from a bunch of corporate shills rather than what you come to use and prefer, urm... right.

Apart from the grainy display on my MBP I'm totally pleased with my current machine.

 

[ChickenSwartz]

Woa! Has anyone checked out the latest specs on the HP Pavilion dv9000t (C2D)?

2 x 100GB HDD, HD-DVD drive, 256MB VRAM, webcam. All for under $2,500.

Its CNet's recommended laptop for this holiday season. Ouch, Ouch!! Sucks to be a MBP owner

7.7 lbs Too bad it isn't usable as a portable.

I have said it before and I will say it again: HP makes crappy computers. It may look good on paper but when you get it home (maybe down the road) you will regret it.

 

[jsw]

Wow... if only hardware specs were the sole reason to buy computers.

Just a couple of points:

* it weighs a pound more than the 17"MBP.

* it only has the resolution of the 15" MBP - and it weighs almost 50% more than that

* it's 50% thicker than any MBP

Sucks to be a HP Pavilion dv9000t owner.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Shame it looks like ****.

 

[bartelby]

and we love the touch pad on/off button, which is handy when you want to use an external mouse.

Erm, how's that?

 

[iW00t]

Shame it looks like ****.

Well at least C|net tried hard to polish a turd.

The good: Beautiful design; bright, crisp display; complete set of A/V controls, ports, and connections, including an HD-DVD drive; long battery life; touch pad on/off button; excellent software.

 

[fivetoadsloth]

Wow... if only hardware specs were the sole reason to buy computers.

Just a couple of points:

* it weighs a pound more than the 17"MBP.

* it only has the resolution of the 15" MBP - and it weighs almost 50% more than that

* it's 50% thicker than any MBP

Sucks to be a HP Pavilion dv9000t owner.

Yeah, im more in this boat.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

Erm, how's that?

No plug and play?

 

[ChickenSwartz]

Erm, how's that?

So you are less likely to hit it when you are typing.

Macs have this too, it is an option in the OS, no need for a switch.

 

[bartelby]

So you are less likely to hit it when you are typing.

Macs have this too, it is an option in the OS, no need for a switch.

Strange. I don't have that trouble.

 

[jsw]

So you are less likely to hit it when you are typing.

Darn. Here I was, thinking it was an on/off switch for the neon backlight on the trackpad, to make sure it doesn't conflict with the neon underlight on the mouse.

 

[ChickenSwartz]

Strange. I don't have that trouble.

Neither do I. If you do have this problem, wouldn't be a problem when you don't have a mouse connected too?

 

[Swarmlord]

Anyone that's had to deal with HP's customer service knows that the $2,500 would be better spent on a decent 357 magnum and a box of ammunition. Putting a hole in your foot with it would feel better and still leave you $1,500 to play with.

 

[iMeowbot]

Since when does C|net ever recommend a non-Windows-XP computer?

The rating they gave this machine was very close to what the MBP received.

And, the MBP is the top entry in their mainstream laptop category (MacBook tops their thin and light category).

DV9000t was listed in the Desktop replacement/gaming category, and only comes in fourth in that class.

 

[firefoxnx]

Can't wait for the next MBP update

* it only has the resolution of the 15" MBP - and it weighs almost 50% more than that

Yuck, 1,440x900 is pretty bad for any screen size. More weight, larger size and Windows are definitely cons.

Price, Dual HDD's, HD-DVD makes for a sweet deal. Thats where MBP falls behind as well. Can't wait for the next MBP update.

 

[michaelsaxon]

Coming from Windows world, I now know that horsepower isn't everything. Then again, it would be nice if Apple could offer some better choices on my Mac Pro.

 

[aristobrat]

As others have pointed out in this thread, and as the reviewer states in the review:

A true desktop replacement, the HP Pavilion dv9000t measures 15.2 inches wide, 11.7 inches deep, and 1.6 inch thick, and it weighs 7.8 pounds. That's too bulky to carry around with you every day, but it is smaller than both the Dell XPS M1710 and the Gateway NX850XL.

That, plus I don't see a way to configure one of these with a processor faster than 2.0GHz C2D or with more than 2GB of RAM.

 

[SeVeN]

Sucks to be a MBP owner

actually it doesn't.

 

[mkrishnan]

As others have pointed out in this thread, and as the reviewer states in the review:

God, how I want to see Apple release a notebook that weighs no more than 50% what that one does. I'm a wimp! I can't carry around any 7.7 lbs!

I wonder if the dual HD thing will catch on, though. There is the sort of "desktop replacement" market that buys notebook computers and hardly ever moves them at all. I guess something like this could appeal to them.

 

[Blue Velvet]

There is the sort of "desktop replacement" market that buys notebook computers and hardly ever moves them at all.

Eventually, that's what I'll be in the market for, for a home desktop replacement that is moveable within the flat but packs a punch. But with something that runs OSX, thanks.

 

[aristobrat]

I wonder if the dual HD thing will catch on, though.

I wonder too.

Even with the dual HDs, the max I could configure this HP for was 240GB.

A single HD MacBook Pro can be configured with 200GB. Granted, it's 4200RPM vs 5400RPM, but for the extra heft of a second HD, gaining 40GB and 1200RPM doesn't sound like much bang for the buck.

Maybe it's just cheaper. I wonder if two 5400RPM 120GB drives are a lot less expensive than a single 200GB 4200RPM?

 

[mkrishnan]

Eventually, that's what I'll be in the market for, for a home desktop replacement that is moveable within the flat but packs a punch. But with something that runs OSX, thanks.

In the PC market, I think it can make some sense sometimes, in that you don't have to mess with all the six thousand cables the typical desktop PC has. But then my iMac has the same number of cables (1) as my iBook.

But my parents have been talking like that recently, too.... their problem is that, if there is a computer available for $99, they will go shopping around to see if they can get one for $85. And they will by three or four computers that run poorly and then complain about things not working. They're way too price conscious to ever get them to Switch™.