Varun’s Blog on Technology

I bought my laptop (HP Pavilion dv9502AU Portable) around 3 months ago and I guess it is the right time to write up a quick review.

Overall I am very happy with this laptop. It suits my needs very well and I am very satisfied with it. The price (50K INR) is also a bargain for a 17 inch laptop in India. I bought this laptop from the Croma store in Malad.

This laptop has many good features (that is after all why I settled for it in the first place). Almost all of the laptop’s “basic” features get a pass grade easily. The processing power (1.8 GHz, 2 x 512 KB L2 Cache) and RAM (1 GB) allow Windows Vista to run reasonably well (though an extra gig of RAM would help significantly) and anything other than Vista (say Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux) runs like a breeze. The 8-cell battery consistently lasts for more than 3 hours and takes around 90 minutes to recharge fully after being fully drained. The laptop’s looks are decent enough but nothing stunning. The laptop also has all the bells and whistles expected from a modern machine (CD/DVD reader/writer, Ethernet card, modem, 5-in-1 card reader, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth, ExpressCard slot, all kinds of slots, VGA webcam, microphones etc.) and till now I have not felt anything amiss. The laptop weighs a respectable 4 Kg, though this is pretty heavy if you have to lug around your machine a lot. Continue reading ‘Review - HP Pavilion dv9502AU Portable’