HP Pavilion DV7 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Plenty of RAM and a big hard drive ; slick, attractive design ; discrete graphics ; quad-core CPU

Cons: Screen resolution is low for the price ; no Blu-ray drive

Verdict: HP makes excellent, slick multimedia machines, such as the Pavilion dv7-2185DX, but we'd still trade its quad-core CPU for a full HD 1080p display and Blu-ray.

Pros: Attractive design skips the usual gray and black ; excellent battery life for a desktop-replacement ; big hard drive ; discrete graphics card

Cons: Low-resolution screen not ideal for HD content

Verdict: HP's Pavilion dv7-1245dx is a slick multimedia machine with great battery life, but for $1,200, we want a full 1080p display.

Pros: Attractive design skips the usual gray and black ; good battery life for a desktop replacement ; touch-sensitive multimedia controls

Cons: Slow performance ; low-res screen not ideal for HD content

Verdict: HP's attractive, multimedia-friendly Pavilion dv7-1245dx is an inexpensive choice for a desktop replacement, as long as you don't need too much horsepower under the hood.

Review summary: 17 inches of Blu-ray goodness for under -800 sounds too good to be true, but is it-

Review summary: A couple of years ago, HP's PSG (Personal Systems Group) came up with the marketing slogan ‘The Computer is Personal Again', under which a whole raft of interesting and stylish PCs and notebooks were launched. Now ...

Verdict: HP's ‘The Computer is Personal Again' campaign keeps producing some stunning notebooks, and on looks alone the Pavillion dv7-1000ea certainly stands out from the crowd. Add in Intel's latest mobile technology and a Blu-ray drive, plus a strong price ...