HP's P4Mobile Hyperthreading based Pavilion zv5000 is a great value laptop. Its 15.4inch widescreen display is bright and crisp and the superior-sounding Harman Kardon speakers make for an excellent movie-viewing experience. It also has a 3.5-hour battery life and runs cool to the touch, and comes with a raft of productivity and multimedia software.



HP hasn't changed the standard silver-and-black outer case enveloping the 15.4-inch WXGA screen. The HP Pavilion ZV5000 is loaded with features for a rich multimedia experience. Whether youre into photos, music, or movies, this notebook delivers. Plus you get HP Image Zone software for editing, sharing, printing, and organizing photos and video clips. Both the Cinematic 15.4-inch Widescreen display and outstanding Harman Kardon speakers guarantee to excite the avid mutli-media professional. The laptop's Harman/Kardon stereo speakers are located along the whole front side of the system and sound both loud and rich, and produce a decent amount of bass - a refreshing change for a laptop. In fact, the speakers are among the best we've heard on a laptop.



Expect Extreme Power Power desktop-like performance with fast processors running at 3GHz. Hyper-Threading Technology is circuitry added to a processor that enables it to appear as two logical processors to an operating system and multithreaded applications. Each processor can execute a thread of a multithreaded application, which means that a single processor can manage data as if it were two processors by handling data instructions in parallel rather than one at a time. This translates into: Improved overall system performance, Improved throughput (since tasks run on separate threads), and more executable transactions<click here>

Like so many other desktop replacement laptops, you'll never be left wanting for connectivity options. The laptop's multitude of ports - including three USB ports, modem, 10/100 Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet not supported), FireWire port, VGA and S-Video out ports (no digital video-out), headphone and mic ports, Type II PC Card (for WeROAM Users), parallel port, and cable docking connector - are littered all round the system. There's also a port dedicated to HP's proprietary USB Digital Drive, which is basically a plug-and-play SD card reader. Thankfully, HP has added easy-to-see white icons on either side of the keyboard so you know exactly where most of the ports are without having to swivel the system.



These desktop replacement category encompasses notebooks that have enough power and flexibility to do nearly anything a tower-style PC can. They weigh seven to ten pounds, but can be moved from room to room without too much trouble. Also known as desknotes or transportables, these big systems are designed for users who rarely need to travel with their notebook but want portability as an option. If you want desktop power in something that takes up a lot less room, these laptops are for you. Not disappointing the HP Pavilion ZV5000 series notebook is optimized to provide all the power of a desktop PC for entertainment and home/home office functionality.