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Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Thrive Special Edition Entertainment Notebook PC dv6724TX

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Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Thrive Special Edition Entertainment Notebook PC dv6724TX 4.00

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RRP

$2099.00

Review Date

Monday, 17th of March, 2008

Features

Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500

Supported Media : BRD-ROM

Supported Media : DVD±RW (±R DL)

What's Hot

Blu-ray player, HDMI port, twin headphone ports, Altec Lansing speakers, good viewing angle on the screen

What's Not

Not a Blu-ray burner, doesn't have a high-resolution screen

The Final Word

Admittedly there's little to this Pavilion that we haven't seen from the range before, but as the saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it. The Blu-ray player is clearly a great bonus, as is the HDMI output. If you're after a notebook to handle your entertainment, this is a good option.

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World Bench 6 Component Results (Seconds)

Adobe Photoshop CS2:	448
Discreet 3ds Max 8.0 SP-3 (Direct X):	393
Discreet 3ds Max 8.0 SP-3 (Rendering):	724
Firefox 2:	227
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP1:	374
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0:	251
Multitasking - Firefox and Windows Media Encoder:	357
Nero 7 Ultra Edition:	635
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5:	236
WinZip Computing WinZip 10.0:	300