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I bought this HP dv2614XT about a week now and I am pretty happy with it. Here is a review of HP dv2614XT after a week of usage. This laptop is equip with:-

• Core2Duo T5450 @ 1.67GHz
• 2MB 2GB of DDR2 5300. Originally comes with 1GB
• Geforce 8400M it is only 64mb of dedicated graphic card, but could share upto 384MB
• Super Multi 8x DVD Writer Drive with Double Later Support
• Wifi 4569 AGN (It is a ABG and Draft N, which is suitable for future expansion)
• 1.3MP Web Camera
• Windows Home Vista Premium
• 14.1WXGA
• 160GB Hard Drive
• Remote Control (you can see pooping out of the picture) – Kinda cool but quite useless
• Other free stuff such as the carrying case, optical mouse, microphone headset, notebook lock, notebook cooler and a black premium gift pack limited edition (which contain a mug, notebok, candle w/ cup holder, and a pretty sleek carrying case)

This laptop suited my preference as it is mobile unlike my previous dell laptop, I bought a 15″ laptop, it look great on the website, but when I received it, it is just like a brick, plus it comes with an adapter which is a brick. I think the whole bag must have weight more than 5kg with a mouse.

Here is some of the picture from the laptop.

Oh, I nearly forgot, a fingerprint reader comes with this model. It should be the cheapest in the market for this price with a fingerprint reader. This is useful because I am using this laptop for my work as well, and I would read my fingerprint rather than typing a password to log onto Window Vista

After a couple of trial run and tried installing game, this computer actually hang about twice already. I hope this is because of Windows Vista and not the laptop having some malfunction.

The scree is a little glossy, which makes it look great but at time when the back of your workspace is brighter than the front, you will face some reflection as you can see from the picture below with some reflection of my lights.

I bought them at a price of RM4130 on my credit card. Overall, I am happy with it as my budget is on the average side for this laptop.

PRO: Sleek design with remote control, 1.3MP Web Cam, Finger Print Reader, HP Quick Play panel at this average price laptop. Quite mobile. Well build design.

CONS: Comes with Window Vista which I am not prepared to use, I would prefer getting XP Media Center with Vista Upgrade, it is buggy and it hangs. It is a little pricey compare to some other brand. I kinda click on the Quick Play often when I refresh my page when pressing f5.