Sunday, February 15, 2009

HP Pavilion HDX 20_INCh

Also known as "The Dragon", this monster sports a massive 20.1-inch WSXGA+ Ultra BrightView widescreen display! Perfect for High Definition movies. For complete entertainment pleasure, the HDX also comes with 4 Altec Lansing speakers with built-in HP Triple Bass Reflex subwoofer.
It also gets a HD DVD-ROM drive and HDMI port built-in. For gamers, it sports ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, which supports DirectX 10.
What about TV? Have no fear. This monster comes with HP HDTV Hybrid TV tuner along with a HP Mobile Remote so you can kick back, relax, and watch HDTV from this machine.
Wait, it's not over yet. 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB Hard Drive, Intel's latest & greatest wireless chip: 4965AGN, and Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Whew! Oh and it weighs only 15 pounds! OK more pictures after the specs.
Here you go, the specs!
Intel Centrino Duo featuring Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.40 GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
4GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB GDDR3
400GB (4200RPM) hard drive dual HDD (200 x 2 SATA)
HP Imprint Finish, Integrated Webcam and Fingerprint Reader
HD DVD ROM with Dual Layer DVD+-R/RW
20.1" WSXGA+ High Definition HP Ultra BrightView Widescreen Display (1680x1050)
Intel PRO/ Wireless 4965AGN with Bluetooth
5-in-1 Digital Media Reader
Altec Lansing (4 Panel Mounted and HP Triple Bass Reflex Subwoofer)
ExpressCard/54 (also supports ExpressCard/34)
4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 headphone out, 1 HDMI, 1 microphone, eSata, TV-out, IEEE, 1394 FireWire, Integrated HP HDTV Hybrid TV Tuner
18.7" (L) x 13.4" (W) x 2.3" (H)
15.5 pounds
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Are you still on the Windows XP Operating System and didnt upgrade to the Vista? If not you can still make your windows get the same looks of Vista using a Skin pack , also called as the Transformation packs. These are packages which contain lot of files and tweaks which includes changes to the Desktop, Start Menu Icons, Added Animations, Pictures & Menu’s.
The advantage of using this package is that its completely free unlike other available transformation packs which need you to pay some money, and also this installation can be rolled back if you dont want to continue with these new graphics. You wont need the Windows XP original CD in case you want to revert back to the old style. This Pack is supported by Windows XP SP1, SP2, SP3 and Windows 2003.
Alien ware,Dell



Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8700M GT - SLI EnabledChassis: 17″ WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Stealth BlackProcessor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSBMemory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MBNotebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV TunerSystem Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache)Optical Drives : 2x Blu-ray Writer/DVD±RW BurnerWireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-CardSound Card : Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme AudioMouse: Razer Copperhead™ High Precision Gaming Mouse - Chaos Green Edition
Cool right? The only problem was the payment: $4400, now this WAAAAAAY more than I can afford so, upset, I’ve closed alien ware’s page and went to dell.com as i remembered they had some good gaming notebooks. I chose a 17″ inch notebook, it’s actually a XPS 1730 with the following configuration
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English

MEMORY
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE
Speed: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) Free Fall Sensor

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)

VIDEO CARD
NVIDIA®GeForce®8700M GT graphics

WIRELESS CARDS
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 a/g Mini Card

BATTERY OPTIONS
85 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (9-cell)

SOUND OPTIONS
High Definition Audio 2.0
Nothing too fancy, this was actually the cheapest model they had($2500), if I were to go all the way, I would have got the same model but added a couple of features, it would had looked something like this
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X7900 (2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition - English

MEMORY
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE
RAID Performance: 400GB (2×200GB) 7200RPM Free Fall Sensor

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)

VIDEO CARD
NVIDIA®SLI™Dual GeForce®8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory

WIRELESS CARDS
Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965a/g/n Mini Card

BATTERY OPTIONS
9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery

EXTERNAL MODEM
Dell External Mini USB Modem

SOUND OPTIONS
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition