64 Reasons to Buy a HP Pavilion DV8000Z

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Turion processors are gaining currency by the hour, as an ever increasing number of software developers are cranking out 64-bit versions of their programs. Are you and your notebook ready to board train Turion, destination Windows Vista?

The 64-bitcraze is steadily and rapidly picking up steam, as the vanguardof laptop users, especially the graphic artist ilk, are startingto grasp the benefits of the cutting-edge processingtechnology. Take the new HP Pavilion dv8000z with the AMD Turion 64ML-37 processor and its 2 GHz and 1MB cache. It typifies the newclass of laptops that can juggle massive 3-D modeling and animation software,video editing and composition applications, not to mentionbroadband, e-mail programs, Acrobat and other everyday butmemory-gobbling chores.

For graphicartists and other high-end software users, the 64-bit chip isgaining currency by the minute, as more and more softwaredevelopers are putting out 64-bit versions. Animator softwaremaker SoftImage recently put out a 64-bit version of its program.Epsom offers 64-bit drivers for its printers.
Even Microsoft, the software behemoth, has 64 bits on the brain. Its Beta WindowsVista will be a 64-bit operating system, and it already releasedWindows Media Encoder in a 64-bit version. And if you haven't heard yet, more bits is better bits. A 64-bitsetup could speed up processing times, which translates in thebusiness world to more productivity and greater cash streams. Agraphics job that may take days on today's standard 32-bitsystem, for instance, could take only hours on a laptop likethe Pavilion dv8000z.

Turion processing technology shouldn't be the only reason you choose thenew Pavilion.For graphic designers and other artists, the bold, crisp 17-inchWSXGA BrightView widescreen will come in handy, as will the ATIExpress Radeon 200M 128MB graphics card. And the laptopdouble-dips on both hard drive space (with 160 GB in two harddrives and 1.0GB of RAM in two 512MB setups).

The notebook is also loaded down with ports, such as an express card slot, 32-bit cardbus, an IEEE Firewire, four USBs, and S-video out link. And wereally mean loaded down. The HP DV8000Z weighs in at more thaneight pounds. So you may want to park this thing at a desk whileyou rage with its 64 bits.

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