My New Laptop

Last August I just got my first ever laptop. It's an HP DV2700 family. I was very excited to test and brag it to my friends..


Specs

Processor : Intel Core 2 Dou T9300 2.5GHz
Memory : 4GB DDR2 System Memory
Graphics Card : 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Hard disk drive : 250 GB
Hard disk controller : SATA Hard Disk Drive
Hard disk drive speed: 5400 rpm
Optical drive: Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Control panel: HP QuickPlay media player software and its dedicated menu controls, music and DVD buttons
Ergonomic features : Integrated finger print reader
Webcam: HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
Remote control : HP Mobile Remote Control
Internal audio: 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated
Speakers and microphone:Altec Lansing® speakers
Keyboard : 101 key compatible keyboard
Pointing device : Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad, volume control, mute buttons, 2 Quick Launch Buttons
Weight: 2.50 kg (5.59 lbs)
Dimensions (W x D x H): 23.70 cm (L) x 33.40 cm (W) x 2.60 cm (min) H / 3.90 cm (max) H


It was bundled with Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. There are lot of improvements in Vista compared to XP. I was quite surprised that it's ok except for some minor problems. This includes compatibities with some old software but I solve it by downloading newer versions of those softwares. For my antivirus, I am using Norton 360.

One thing about vista is that it uses a big chunk of your memory. By initial boot-up almost 800MB of my laptops memory is used, but I did not need to worry since I have a 4 GB of memory. Another is the Aero feature of Vista which is cool. Lot's of eyecandy improvements.

I encountered some few problems with video codecs but solve it by just downloading a newer version of the codec. Vista also has a problems log encountered in your pc and automatically tries to find out any solutions, which is quite helpful than searching solutions with yourself.

Overall I was really happy with my laptop.
And btw, I am using Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit, so I am not fully utilizing my 4GB memory, but only the 3GB of it.