Description:
Essentially a midlevel unit with an affordable midlevel price, HP's Pavilion zv5160us Notebook PC nevertheless sports several upscale luxuries. Featuring DVD playing capabilities, a movie-friendly widescreen display, wireless connectivity and a potent Intel Pentium 4 processor, the Pavilion zv5160us is quite sufficient for all but the most demanding users. Powered by a fast 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor (the standard Pentium 4 -- not the state-of-the-art Hyper-Threading variety), 512 MB DDR SDRAM main memory (expandable to 1 full GB) and an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics card with 128 MB shared memory, the Pavilion zv5160us will zip through most typical notebook tasks but may have trouble smoothly displaying graphics in high-end 3D games and animation packages. When the business day ends or when you're traveling from one meeting to another, you'll want to keep the Pavilion zv5160us nearby. Sporting a generous 15.4-inch WXGA TFT display (in widescreen format and supporting resolutions up to 1280 by 800) and integrated Harman Kardon-designed speakers, the unit is ready to lend impressive sound and visuals to everything from games to the latest DVD movies. You can store lots of programs and data on the system's sizable 60 GB hard disk, and burn CDs and archive files on its DVD/CD-RW combo drive. DVD burning is not supported. The Pavilion zv5160us features several of today's most important connectivity options, including three high-speed USB 2.0 ports for linking with external peripherals such as scanners and optical drives, a TV-Out for routing your video signal to a television screen, built-in 802.11 b/g Wireless facilities, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet for fast corded communication with a network or the Internet, and a standard v.90 dial-up modem. HP has not incorporated an IEEE 1395 FireWire port (commonly used for data downloads from digital camcorders), an infrared port or a memory card reader. The bundled software package features Microsoft's Windows XP Home Edition operating system, Microsoft's Works productivity suite, Quicken's New User Edition financial center, and a variety of multimedia and online utilities. At 14.25 by 11.18 by 1.8 inches and 7.9 lbs, the Pavilion zv5160us is of average size.
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