Thinking of buying hp dv9040us. Good or bad?

Question

I do a lot of Adobe Photoshop work. I also have thousands of music and video files that take up a lot of space. However, I need to mobilize my pc and get a laptop. I like the look of the HP's. I had bad experiences with both Dell and Toshiba, so I won't buy one of those. I need something that can run several programs at once, have a lot of storage space, and have a great screen resolution. I would also like to be able to access wireless easily. Is the HP dv9040us a good laptop choice for me?

I've never been please with the Mac OS, or else and Apple would be nice. $ really isn't an issue. I have student loan and grant money to help me pay for it. Thinking the 17" would be nice because I do large background images and such.

Answer 1

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5500, 1.66GHz, with Centrino Technology, 2GB RAM, 240GB Hard Drive, 17-inch WXGA+ TFT Display, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, Windows XP Media Center 2005

not bad

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Awesome - the specs look brilliant and should provide you with excellent storage and processing capability.

I myself am planning to buy an(other) HP, but I don't wanna go for a 17" (too big for me) nor do I need 260 GB (Have a 500 GB external HDD) - I am looking to buy one of these:

HP Pavilion 15.4” (DV6149US)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5500
FSB 667, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 120 GB HDD

or

HP Pavilion 15.4” (DV6135NR)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5500
FSB 667, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 120 GB HDD

Either of these are within $1200 (and might go down further in next couple of weeks - its Christmas) and barring the screen size and HDD, their specs are almost the same.

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Answer 4

i would say so, i have an hp zd800 which was the same thing before they came out with intel core duo then they discontinued my model and came out with the dv9000 series, i know my computer has a 2.8 gig processor and 512mb or memory, i would suggest atleast a 2.5gig processor (definetly Duo) and atleast 1 gig (best would be 2 gig) hope i was some help. (ofcourse the best computer is only limited by your budget mine cost me a year ago $1600 so be careful if you're on a budget, and hp's support is great as long as you don't get one of the stupid people).

Answer 5

I love the HP 9000 Series.

If you do get one, buy one off their website so you can customize it. With the 9000 series, you can get a Dedicated (NOT SHARED!) 512 MB of video ram. That plus 2 GB of RAM will suit your needs. It'll support 2 Hard Drives so you can store tons of photos and music.

My last 2 laptops were HP's and I've never had a problem.

I say go for it!

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=landing&landing=notebooks&aoid=38149&jumpid=re_R602_prodexp/hpcom/psg/notebooks_b

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

if prefer an imac. macs will still be able to work with photoshop. i prefer that because its a lot better than current windows laptops.

Answer 7

i think it's ok.