Good sites:

Slick, lightweight design; decent processor performance; built-in webcam; two headphone jack

Bad factors:

Mediocre battery life; optional glossy display can be reflective

Overview

The HP Pavilion dv6000z is a new mid-sized 15.4" notebook from HP. It is designed to replace the dv5000z. It comes with either the AMD Sempron or Turion64 X2 Processors. It is a DTR that can occasionally travel aimed at multimedia notebook users with its glossy screen and lots of connection options. It starts with a base price of $699 at HP.com though preconfigured models are available at retailers.

System information:

Model: HP DV6000z

CPU: AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-56 (1.8GHz/512x2 L2)

Memory: 2GB PC5300 DDR2 2 DIMMs 0 Open

Hard Drive: 120GB 5400RPM Seagate ST9120821AS

Motherboard: Quanta 30B8

Screen: 15.4" WXGA Glossy

Optical Drive: LG GSA-4084N

• 8x DVD-/+R
• 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW
• 4x DVD-/+R DL
• 5x DVD-RAM
• 24x CD-R
• 24x CD-RW

GPU: 256MB Nvidia 7200 Go(64MB On Board & 192MB Shared)

Wireless: Broadcomm A/B/G with Bluetooth

Inputs: 86 Key Keyboard, Two Button Touchpad with Left Side Scroll Device

Buttons: Power, QuickPlay, Play/Pause, Stop, FastFoward, Reverse, Mute, Volume Slider and TouchPad On/Off

Ports:

• 3 USB 2.0, Two Left-Side and One Right-Side
• 5-in-1 Card Reader
• Ethernet
• Modem
• VGA
• S-Video
• Microphone
• 2 Headphone Jacks, 1 S/PDIF
• Expansion Port 3
• IR Port
• AC Connector
• Security Lock

Slots: ExpressCard54 Slot

Other: 1.3 Megapixel Webcam and Microphone

Speakers: Altec Lansing

Battery: 12 Cell

Dimensions:

• Length: 14.0"
• Width: 10.2"
• Height: 1" or 1.5" with the 12 Cell Battery

Weight: 6.6 lbs. with Six Cell Battery, 7.1 lbs. with 12 Cell Battery.

Operating System: Windows XP Home