The New Laptop

Filed Under (Daily Posts) by User ImageCynthia [More Me!] on Jul 31, 2007 11:12 am

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Okay I’m back online, and I have a new laptop. :) Only $550 (well, $750 after upgrades and 3 year warranty) so I’m happy. Nicer specs than my old one too. And I am liking Vista and the wide screen display. :)
I got it from Best Buy:
Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Notebook with AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK-53
Product Details
Product Height 1.6″
Product Width 10.1″
Product Weight 6.8 lbs.
Product Depth 14.1″
Processor Brand Mobile AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2
Processor Speed 1.7GHz
Display Type WXGA high-definition widescreen with BrightView technology (1280 x 800)
Screen Size 15.4″
System Bus Up to 1600MHz
Cache Memory 512KB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM) 1GB (I upgraded to 2GB)
System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 4GB
Type of Memory (RAM) DDR2
Hard Drive Type Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
Hard Drive Size 120GB
Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
Optical Drive Speeds Drive speeds not available
Direct-Disc Labeling Yes
Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader
Diskette Drive No
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 (UMA)
Video Memory Up to 287MB
Personal Video Recorder (PVR) No
TV Tuner No
MPEG Yes
Modem 56 Kbps*
*Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps.
Networking Built-in 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Networking Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
S-Video Outputs 1
Additional Audio/Video Connectors 1 SPDIF digital audio out
Audio Altec Lansing
Speakers Built-in
PCMCIA Slots 1 ExpressCard 34/54
USB 2.0 Ports 3
IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports 1
Parallel Ports None
Serial Ports None
Game Ports None
Notebook Weight Standard (more than 6 lbs.)
Battery Type Lithium-ion
Pointing Device Touchpad with on/off and dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Included Software Microsoft Works; Adobe Acrobat Reader; Hewlett-Packard QuickPlay, Photosmart Essentials; muvee autoProducer Basic Edition; Roxio Creator 9 Basic and more
Included Accessories Hewlett-Packard mobile remote, ear bud headphones

It even has a remote! LOL. How fun. I like the specs, I think it’s a great deal. I had to drive 30 miles to pick it up because all the local stores were sold out. But I needed one NOW and so I’m happy. :) Anyway, I’ll be back to posting regularly soon, today is gonna be super busy, though.

On this day..

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  1. no imageChris [More Me!] on 31.07.2007 at 12:31 (Reply)

    Congrat’s on the new Laptop. Sounds very nice even tho I did not really understand quite all the spec’s :) But, I did undertand enough to know that I really really want one too ! loves XOXOX

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  2. Chris on 31.07.2007 at 12:31 (Reply)

    Congrat's on the new Laptop. Sounds very nice even tho I did not really understand quite all the spec's :) But, I did undertand enough to know that I really really want one too ! loves XOXOX

  3. no imagebrettbum [More Me!] (1 comments.) on 31.07.2007 at 15:52 (Reply)

    Congratulations on the new laptop!

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  4. brettbum on 31.07.2007 at 15:52 (Reply)

    Congratulations on the new laptop!

  5. no imageTina K [More Me!] (20 comments.) on 31.07.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    I’m a lovely shade of deep forest green with envy.

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  6. Tina K on 31.07.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    I'm a lovely shade of deep forest green with envy.

  7. no imageMolly [More Me!] (41 comments.) on 31.07.2007 at 19:53 (Reply)

    I have no idea what all that means…just glad you are back online!

    Take Care

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  8. Molly on 31.07.2007 at 19:53 (Reply)

    I have no idea what all that means…just glad you are back online! Take Care

  9. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 04.08.2007 at 18:20 (Reply)

    Hi Chris, the two main things I look at are the CPU speed and the amount of Memory. 1.7ghz on the CPU is pretty good, and 2Gig of memory is better… so I upgraded. :)

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  10. Cynthia Blue on 04.08.2007 at 18:20 (Reply)

    Hi Chris, the two main things I look at are the CPU speed and the amount of Memory. 1.7ghz on the CPU is pretty good, and 2Gig of memory is better… so I upgraded. :)

  11. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 04.08.2007 at 18:20 (Reply)

    Thanks Brett!

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  12. Cynthia Blue on 04.08.2007 at 18:20 (Reply)

    Thanks Brett!

  13. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 04.08.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    Hi Tina, I bet you look pretty! :)

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  14. Cynthia Blue on 04.08.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    Hi Tina, I bet you look pretty! :)

  15. no imageCynthia Blue [More Me!] on 04.08.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    Hi Molly, back online and finally replying to comments.

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  16. Cynthia Blue on 04.08.2007 at 18:21 (Reply)

    Hi Molly, back online and finally replying to comments.

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