Pavilion Dv5000Z - Multimedia Ready

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We often cater for business users looking for ultraportable notebooks with svelte profiles, and cutting edge wireless connectivity. But what about the humble graphic designer, or web site developer who doesn't boast the budget of Gordon Gecko? The HP Pavilion DV5000Z is a multimedia laptop with a generous 120 GB of hard drive capacity, and a 64 bit Turion processor. What's more, at the time of writing, a basic model can be purchased for under 650 dollars.

We here atLaptopical frequently chat about laptops for business users, butwhat, you might ask, do we offer in terms of notebooks for themore creative set on a tight budget? No offense, business folks.You guys are innovative - when it comes to making money. Butwe're talking about arteeests of the world - media people whowrite, download photos, touch up said photos, and then blend allthese artistic elements into a finished product.

Well, ifwe've been neglecting you arteeest guys, no more! The DV5000Z HP is a fullycustomizable multimedia laptop designed just for you (and for thearteeest's budget, as well, a basic model can be had for under650 dollars). Different from earlier models like the Paviliondv4000 - with it's Intel Pentium M processor-this new dv5000zsets a new course with an AMD Turion 64 ML-60.
That's 64 as in 64 bit cutting-edge processing here. Future 64-bit applications will deliver more data per clock cycle, meaning they should run much quicker and more efficiently.

Weighing in at a solid 6.6 pounds, the DV5000Z packs an ExpressCard TV tuner, meaning an arteeest can record all of theirfavorite programs when work is a little slack, or they're takingtime off due to carpal tunnel syndrome. It helps that the hard drive packs 120 GB,and that the drive is a DVD read and write.

Now, don't get an arteeest's laptop confused with a gamer's.This Pavilion issurely no gamer's notebook.Its ATI Mobility Radeon XPRESS 200 graphics card and 2.2 GHz AMDare no match for the Pavilion dv4000's Pentium M 770 and ATIMobility Radeon X700 when it comes to powering through 3-Dgraphics.

But where the dv5000z HP does pickup the slack is with its 6-in-1 card reader, and its specialtymedia keys. One, for instance, kicks up your DVD withoutlaunching Windows, while the other allows you to access yourmusic files in QuickPlay, again without Windows. The secret hereis a Linux app that does all the work. Yes, if it's ingenious, itmust be Linux.

So, ar-teeests on a low budget, never say we don't look out foryou at Laptopical. Scoot on over to HPshopping.com for the latestspecs and pricing for the DV5000Z.

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