My Birthday/Christmas Treat to Me!!..

Simian · 22 Dec 2008 at 22:10

After having a nasty year (I won't go into details but there are various threads on here about them!!) I decided to treat myself to a new Laptop/Desktop Replacement... it took a bit of searching and comparing loads of different Laptops of various sizes, but I finally decided and clicked 'Buy' on...

The Hewlet Packard HDX16-1005EA:

Intell Core Duo P8400 - 2.26Ghz (1066Mhz),
4Gb DDR2 RAM,
320Gb SATA Hard Drive,
16" Bright View Display - 1920x1080 Res,
nVidia GeForce 9600M GT - 512Mb,
LiteScribe Blu-Ray/DVD SM Drive,
Bluetooth,
Wifi (Pre-N),
TV Tuner with Remote - DVB-T,
WebCam,
Fingerprint Reader,
Windows Vista Home Professional 64bit.

I thought I'd treat you guys to the unwrapping Ceremony!!..

Unfortunately my copy of Nightmare before Christmas is still in the post!!

My Free Copy of Office2007 Home/Student

Crap Pic... Great Specs!!...

Who reads the 'Quick Start' manual!!??

Once Broken... Its Mine!!!..

Do I spy two Remotes... and an Aerial Adaptor??..

Nice Black Sock!... Flynn's not interested!!..

Mmmmm Pinstriping!..

Sexy 1080p Screen!..

I Spy HDMI... and one of those USB is also an e-SATA!!..

Temporary Home while I transfer all my Music and Documents!..

Illuminated Touch Sensitive Media Buttons..

Yep!... 2 Remotes!!..

That's where one of em goes!..

Mmmm Glossy Screen Goodness!!..

Get rid of That Crap!!...

Well its been on now since 2:30 when I got it through the door!... its very quiet... not too hot!.. even when transferring loads of files (Music and Video) over wi-fi...

its now playing some heavy metal in Winamp and the sound is awsome!.. I think the dedicated Sub-Woofer in the base is helping that!... not had a chance to get the Blu-Ray going yet!... and my DVB reception is crap in the Study!... but I've got tomorrow to have a longer Play!!

Stay Tuned!!

Simp

beermonster · 22 Dec 2008 at 22:27

great buy, seems to be the weapon of choice amongst the laptop technicians at work just lately.

ShaolinDreams · 22 Dec 2008 at 22:55

impressive laptop you got yourself there

enjoy to the max

btw.. how much?

Simian · 22 Dec 2008 at 22:59

Cost £880 delivered (guaranteed for today!!) with a copy of Office 2007 Home/Student thrown in (I haggled!!)...

I'll put a 'My Desktop' in the 'My Desktop' thread when I'm finished fettling!!...

Dangerous Dave · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:01

This laptop has also came onto my list as it has some very good reviews. Can I ask if the hard drive is easily accessible to replace ? As if I get it I would want to swap in a 7200rpm drive, I can't seem to find this info anywhere else.

james.miller · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:07

very nice. awful looking keyboard though!

ShaolinDreams · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:08

for that spec i was assuming it would be about £1300+

£880 :eek:

you shrewd haggler you

UberGT · 22 Dec 2008 at 23:19

can we have a screenshot fo the Vista experiance index please? such a shame they chose the ddr2 version of the 9600m gt. still a very nice laptop.

Simian · 31 Dec 2008 at 09:06

I'm back from Christmas with the 'rents... now for a play with this beast!!!...

Heres the system:

The Experience Index:

And my Current 1080p Desktop:

(I've actally got it extended onto my 720p HDTV and it looks Spanking on there too!!)

I watched Wall-e in Blu-ray the other day on it at 1080p and it looked Fantastic (my face was only about 2 feet from the screen).. i now need a HDMI amp to get the fullHD Sound out of this!!!... listening on Headphones is great but nowt beats 5.1/7.1 sound!!.. :cool:

slambo69 · 31 Dec 2008 at 13:59

Nice laptop.

Where did you get that awesome screensaver?

Simian · 31 Dec 2008 at 14:56

can't remember... its an edited screen.. I'll pop it on my webby if you want!...

http://simon2808.googlepages.com/Joker1080p.zip

Its graphics are awsome!!!...

slambo69 · 31 Dec 2008 at 15:11

Thanks!

Im looking for a new laptop to run my older games better, this seems to tempting but perhaps just out of my budget...

UberGT · 31 Dec 2008 at 15:25

slambo69 said:
Thanks!

Im looking for a new laptop to run my older games better, this seems to tempting but perhaps just out of my budget...

Id wait a few days and pick up a cheap dell XPS M1530, new models are arriving so they are knocking these out cheap, graphics are about the same performace as the HP.

reflux · 31 Dec 2008 at 15:32

Ta for posting the wallpaper, and my word, that's just about the nicest looking laptop I've ever seen! HP's design is great; I've got a 24'' HP widescreen that I absolutely love.

slambo69 · 31 Dec 2008 at 18:19

UberGT said:
Id wait a few days and pick up a cheap dell XPS M1530, new models are arriving so they are knocking these out cheap, graphics are about the same performace as the HP.

To stop this going of topic, can you look at my thread and post a bit more. I had a quick search and it could be what im looking for.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17958517

POB · 31 Dec 2008 at 20:52

That thing is way to bling!

Is the trackpad of centre?

Nice spec though.

Simian · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:48

the track pad is centered to the normal keyboard, because of the size theres a neumeric keypad like a normal desktop keyboard!..

I looked at the Dell laptops, and decided on the HP as it had the 64bit Flavor of Vista so it uses all of the 4Gb memory!..

Deluxe1 · 4 Jan 2009 at 15:44

How hard would it be to put in a 7200rpm hardrive in this laptop?

Simian · 4 Jan 2009 at 16:21

I think theres about 6 screws in the bottom covering the hard drive.. then its a SATA drive...

The HP bods will probly know more!!

The Halk · 5 Jan 2009 at 02:29

Is there room in the case for a 120x3 radiator?

Seriously though, for as much as I have no use for a laptop and pay little attention to them.... this one does look good and seems like it's powerful.