HP Pavilion DM3-1035DX Notebook PC - AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual-Core L335 / 13.3" LED / 3GB DDR2 / 320G

I have this notebook for about 2 months now. Although I only use HP DM-3 for mobile surfing, I have been able to perform heavy jobs from time to time.

This notebook weigh only 4.25lb and it is pretty light to carry around. I put it in my swiss gear bag and I barley notice the weigh. It doesn't have any CDROMS drive but it doesn't bother me a bit because I only needed only once during these two months and I think I can live with it because it is so light without CD-Drive.

The pros of the this Notebook is that

1. Light (as I mention only 4.2 lb)

2. Window 7 (better than linux and window vista)

3. 3 GB of memory in window 64 bit (window uses about 1GB), It is easily accessible in the back for upgrade. (although I never tried it before)

4. Wireless draft N, faster if you could get draft N signal.

5. Storage 340 with HP protect smart, you could get bigger space for this much money but not at this weigh.

6.Built webcam and mic is descent enough to hold video conference.

7. Keyboard and the metal cover is such a charm, many people think I paid a lot more than what I really pay for this.

8.4 USB, typical,one mic port and audio out. Nothing fancy but I am really sold for the one HDMI port. I can instantly hook up with my sharp 46" through HDMI cable and browse the web or watch online movie (I watch more movies and browsing the web).

Now the cons

1. Battery life is no where they claim it to be, they said nearly 6 hours in HP sites, I barely get past 4 with minimum power usage.

2.Track pad is difficult to operate.

3. Over heat quickly when watching movies or doing heavy tasks, otherwise, it is fine.

4. Hibernation does not resume window quickly.

As you can see, there are more pros than cons and I am one of those people who hate Netbook because it is too damn small. This worth the extra money.

This is the perfect size for school, as my classrooms all have small desks. I bought it for the HDMI port, and installed webcam. It is pretty fast until a lot of stuff is on it requiring a file purge every now and again. You WILL need a fan as it gets hot, and battery life isn't near what it should be. Had mine a year and the external edges show cracks and wear. I am deathly afraid of the pin in the electrical out breaking as they put the straight out plug in it. I do plan on upgrading the RAM because 3g isn't enough to run Adobe Suite.

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