HP Laptops

For those who want innovative digital entertainment capability coupled with desktop replacement performance, the HP Pavilion dv9700 series Entertainment laptop computer delivers. Dual headphone jacks and Altec Lansing audio allow you to share your entertainment. And AMD mobile dual core technology enables use of multiple demanding applications, such as photo editing, DVD burning and playing a game, at the same time. This 7.7 lbs /starting weight/ light laptop delivers desktop comparable performance with its 17.0 in High Definition BrightView widescreen display and separate numeric keypad. HP innovation and technology leadership helps you work faster, connect in new ways and play more.

Processor:
HP Pavilion DV9740US laptop computer has Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 processor a 1.66 GHz processor speed, fast 667 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)
With two computational execution cores in a single processor, it provides greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include:
-Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by hiding memory latency, thus optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to provide data to the processor when and where it is needed.
-Advanced Digital Media Boost: Effectively doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications.
-Dynamic Power Coordination: Coordinates Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and idle power-management state (C-states) transitions independently per core to help save power.
-Deeper Sleep with Dynamic Cache Sizing: Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU voltage.

Hard Drive:
This HP Pavilion laptop computer offers a total of 320 GB of hard disk drive space from two 160 GB drives (5400 RPM). These Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives also quicken the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.

Memory:
HP Pavilion DV9740US laptop computer comes installed with 3 GB of RAM memory (DDR2), which helps boost the amount of available video RAM that's shared with this laptop computer's video card. It has a 4 GB RAM memory capacity.

DVD/CD Drive:
This HP Pavilion laptop computer is capable of playing back Blu-ray Disc movies in stunning clarity, as well as playing your current library of purchased and burned disc content. It also incorporates a DVD±RW writer that can also burn CDs, which is compatible with dual-layer (DL) discs that can hold up to 8.5 GB of data.

Keyboard & Mouse:
HP Pavilion DV9740US laptop computer has a 101-key keyboard (with integrated numeric keypad) and a touchpad with on/off button and dedicated vertical/horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad. It also includes two quick-launch buttons (HP QuickPlay Music and DVD).
This HP Pavilion laptop computer also comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, which includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be able to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.

This HP Pavilion DV9740US laptop computer measures 15.16 x 11.22 x 1.65 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 7.7 pounds.