HP Pavilion DV9580US 17-inch Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300, 2 GB RAM, 240 GB Hard Drive, HD SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Ultimate)

HP Pavilion DV9580US 17-inch Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300, 2 GB RAM, 240 GB Hard Drive, HD SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Ultimate)

 
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The HP Pavilion dv9580 has been designed to provide you with advanced digital entertainment solutions, as well as fast and reliable mobile computing performance. Enjoy 3D gaming and video editing with the NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 GS graphics card. Watch your favorite regular or HD DVDs, or create one of your own DVDs, with the HD DVD ROM and Super Multi DVD burner. Movies and games look amazing on the 17" WXGA+ High-Definition Brightview Widescreen LCD. Being a widescreen, its also great for your day-to-day applications. True side-by-side multi-tasking has never been easier. See below for what else the HP Pavilion dv9580 has to offer... 2 RAM Slots NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 with 256MB of dedicated memory, and up to 1,023MB of shared memory (memory is taken from the mainsystem's RAM) 240GB HDD (Two 120GB (5400RPM) Hard Drives) HD DVD ROM with Super Multi Double Layer DVD Burner 17 WXGA+ High-Definition Brightview Widescreen Native Resolution - 1440 x 900 Ports - 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, 4 USB 2.0, 1 Firewire, 2 Headphone Out, 1 Microphone In, 1 VGA,&1 S-Video Out 802.11a/g/n Wi-Fi Support Webcam with Integrated Microphone 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader - supports Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia Cards (MMC), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro,&xD Picture Cards 56k Fax Modem Altec Lansing Audio 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) Unit Dimensions - 15.16 (l) x 11.65 (w) x 1.57 (h) Unit Weight - 7.7 lbs.
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • Entertainment-centric notebook PC with 17-inch screen, HP Imprint finish, and 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor
  • Dual 120 GB hard drives (240 GB total, 2 GB RAM (max), HD DVD ROM with LightScribe DVD-/+RW burner, integrated WebCam
  • Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, expansion port 3 connector, ExpressCard 54/34, 5-in-1 memory card reader
  • Quad-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), 10/100 Ethernet, Nvidia GeForce 8600M video card with up to 1023 MB of shared memory; Bluetooth
  • Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Ultimate (with Premium and Business capabilities)
  • BatteriesIncluded: 1
  • Binding: Personal Computers
  • Brand: Hewlett-Packard
  • CPUManufacturer: Intel
  • CPUType: Intel Core Duo
  • EAN: 0883585310319
  • HardDiskInterface: Serial ATA
  • HardwarePlatform: PC
  • Label: Hewlett Packard
  • Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
  • Model: DV9580US
  • MPN: HP DV9580US
  • OperatingSystem: Windows XP Home Edition
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • Platform: Windows
  • ProcessorCount: 2
  • ProductGroup: Personal Computer
  • ProductTypeName: NOTEBOOK_COMPUTER
  • Publisher: Hewlett Packard
  • Studio: Hewlett Packard
  • SystemMemoryType: DDR2 SDRAM
  • UPC: 883585310319

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Customer Reviews

Nice machine but not enough RAM for Vista2008-08-16
I bought this machine in August 2007 for my business. While I love the screen size, there is definitely not enough RAM to run with Vista -- this has 2Gb, which has proven to be too little. The machine is very slow to start up and locks up when a large file, such as Power Point or video, is opened. I often have to close everything up and restart the machine. I checked with HP, and the laptop will not take additional RAM -- I have a 4Gb jump drive that's using a Windows program to function as "virtual" RAM, but it really doesn't help much.

Also, the 120 Gb hard drive is almost completely filled, mainly due to Vista -- I don't store a lot of stuff on it (no movies, for instance).

HP support has been only moderately helpful.

I have a Dell desktop that originally came with 1Gb of RAM and ran like molasses with Vista -- but then I upgraded to 4Gb and now it screams. This tells me that there's really no hope for this laptop since it's stuck at 2Gb. Whatever you do, if you plan to use Vista, get 4Gb RAM on the machine and a gi-hugic hard drive. Therefore, don't buy this particular HP. :-)

And yes, it is very heavy when traveling...
Tech Support makes this a computer to avoid!2008-03-02
When I first brought this computer home I was thrilled. It had a dazzling screen display, fast and a delight to use. But after 4 months it stopped performing so well. I didn't buy it to play games but after trying out some of the trial games I got hooked. But now the games and videos do not work as well as they did at first. Performance is choppy at best and tech support is absolutely the worst I have ever experienced! I passed up buying a Toshiba because the price on the HP was attractive and in the past tech support had been stellar. No more, I've tried phone support and was frustrated that I couldn't understand the tech because of her accent. She was clearly "researching" was we went along. Nothing helped. Next I tried email support. That too was a fiasco. They are now ignoring my emails. If I could do over I would buy the Toshiba. If you value your sanity skip this computer.
HP Pavilion dv9580us Notebook PC2007-10-08
A good computer once it is started but it takes a lot in being ready from turned off. From time to time the webcam does not work and it is necessary a reebot.
DV9543cl2007-09-29
This product is horrible. Their tech support is disgraceful. when i first got this product i had it for less then 2 weeks before the wireless card died. then 3 weeks later i got it back. less then a week after that the computer crashed. I had to start from scratch again. then the internal wireless card died again. i would never tell someone to get it it is horrible.
Terrible service, nice screen. Don't buy.2007-09-21
Absolutely the worst, most frustrating tech support I have ever encountered. Any computer can have problems. To have to do 4 destructive recoveries, return the laptop twice for service and still have the same problems is unacceptable. Then to be assigned a case manager whose voice mail has no more space for messages is an insult. Finally they give you a phone number to call corporate. It is always busy. It has been 5 months of countless hours on hold and conflicting and uninformed instructions from barely intelligible "techies".
DON'T BUY UNLESS YOU HAVE MASOCHISTIC TENDENCIES.
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