HP Pavilion "Dragon" HDX 9000 review

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?20-inch? and ?notebook? are two words that should probably be never used together in a single sentence. This computer gives new meaning to ?the straw that broke the camel?s back?, but on the bright side, the camel can enjoy a feast of entertainment choices on this somewhat portable powerhouse.

A HP PR representative sent me an email asking if I was interesting in participating in a bloggers program to test drive Hewlett-Packard?s new Pavilion HDX9000 Series entertainment notebook PC, otherwise known as the ?Dragon?. Being a sucker for freebies I gladly accepted. And today it arrived.

Disclaimer: This notebook is on-loan from HP for purpose of this review, playing games, watching movies, smudging and weight lifting. For that reason, my judgment on how awesome it is may be impaired. However, trust me on one thing, it doesn?t make it any You can find the full review on my blog. on my blog.[/url] It's all:)n a single page too :)

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Huge notebook, a desktop replacement... Using 5400rpm HDD and a Radeon 2600... With only 1680x1050 on a 20.1 widescreen....

Since it's a desktop replacement that will be moved "sometimes", my guess is that battery life is not that important. They should have put 7200rpm drive and a better video card. Lets not forget that nothing is upgradeable on this thing...

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Since it's a desktop replacement that will be moved "sometimes", my guess is that battery life is not that important. They should have put 7200rpm drive and a better video card. Lets not forget that nothing is upgradeable on this thing...

Thanks for mentioning the battery life, I forgot about that entirely. I added a few words about the battery, but basically it serves as a nice UPS.

I agree with you that they should have opted for a faster hard disk.

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i like that wall care to share ?

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i like that wall care to share ?

You obviously didn't read to the very end of the review then :p

Download it here: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=14...157602082194372

[raider360]

Wow. Now this is real desktop replacement! This hp notebook comes with a lot of features!

Nice photos & great review!

[digitalsoft]

Woah, that laptop is crazy...! v.nice

[Soham]

Dell XPS M2010 anyone?

[Hungarian Salami]

Cool Review man!

[gkl]

wow, I though I'd never say that, but this laptop looks good. Extremely good, in fact.

[ZEROarmy]

Cool review. Although I do not consider 30 FPS an acceptable FPS to play at. I need at least 50-60 to feel lag free.

[Echilon]

Nice review. I'm surprised the battery even lasts an hour and a half.

[Leddy]

For such a large notebook, I was expecting some form of SLI video setup. A 2600XT is throughly disappointing.

[Knife Party]

i grabbed that wallpaper, thx for the link :)

[Mrcookjr]

Just got the upgraded version with an 8800M GTS and full 1080P screen. *Excited*

[imis]

nice review.

[Unto Darkness]

Just got the upgraded version with an 8800M GTS and full 1080P screen. *Excited*

Damn...How much did it cost you?

[Mr. Gibs]

Wasn't linking to blogs made an "offense" on Neowin?

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Good review!! Though I must say its rather a copy of the XPS M2010 in terms of design [though the XPS does seem to be a bit cooler in terms of functionality]

The touch things are just sweeeet though!

[Unto Darkness]

Though I must say its rather a copy of the XPS M2010 in terms of design [though the XPS does seem to be a bit cooler in terms of functionality]

Now that you mention it, yeah...The HDX does look a lot like the XPS M2010...

I like the optical drive in the XPS! And it looks way better!

[sundayx Veteran]

Integrated woofer what?

[Gabrielle]

The HP Pavilion "Dragon" is extremly cool