I bought the HP dv4t laptop about 8 months ago. I have used many different laptops but have found this one is a great deal for the price, especially when it is on sale. After bad experiences with other brands of PC laptops, I had settled on getting a laptop though HP.
I wanted a small size laptop that would be easy to carry around but also wanted extra features and memory that did not come in other small laptops and netbooks (i.e. DVD drive). I liked the idea of getting a Mac but didn’t want to spend the money.
After reading reviews from consumer reports (they ranked this laptop very well) and other review sites I settled on the dv4t. Most of the negative reviews mentioned a loud cooling fan. For me, the only time the fan is loud is when I start the laptop or when I first put a CD/DVD in. Otherwise it is very quiet.
Now I’m not a person that high memory games or programs running but I do usually have a ton of windows open at once and this laptop has been much faster and rarely freezes.
The one thing that bothers me about the laptop (which is why I’m giving it a 4 instead of 5) is because of the mouse. It works just fine, but if you spend a lot of time on the laptop the material the pad is made of (shiny surface feel) is annoying on the tip of your finger. The finger someone sticks to the pad so it isn’t as easy to move the finger as other surfaces. This can easily (and inexpensively) be solved by buying a cheap mouse that goes into the USB port.
Average Rating : 
Brand : Hewlett-Packard
Model : DV4T
Product Descriptions
HP Pavilion DV4T- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz), 14.1″ diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display , 4GB DDR2 , 250GB HD SATA, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support , Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 ,HP Imprint Finish (Mesh) , Microphone , Webcam , 802.11b/g WLAN , Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 , Windows Vista Home Premium
- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz), 14.1″ diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
- 4GB DDR2 , 250GB HD SATA, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
- Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 ,HP Imprint Finish (Mesh)
- Microphone , Webcam , 802.11b/g WLAN
- Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 , Windows Vista Home Premium
Product Reviews
I bought the HP dv4t laptop about 8 months ago. I have used many different laptops but have found this one is a great deal for the price, especially when it is on sale. After bad experiences with other brands of PC laptops, I had settled on getting a laptop though HP.
I wanted a small size laptop that would be easy to carry around but also wanted extra features and memory that did not come in other small laptops and netbooks (i.e. DVD drive). I liked the idea of getting a Mac but didn’t want to spend the money.
After reading reviews from consumer reports (they ranked this laptop very well) and other review sites I settled on the dv4t. Most of the negative reviews mentioned a loud cooling fan. For me, the only time the fan is loud is when I start the laptop or when I first put a CD/DVD in. Otherwise it is very quiet.
Now I’m not a person that high memory games or programs running but I do usually have a ton of windows open at once and this laptop has been much faster and rarely freezes.
The one thing that bothers me about the laptop (which is why I’m giving it a 4 instead of 5) is because of the mouse. It works just fine, but if you spend a lot of time on the laptop the material the pad is made of (shiny surface feel) is annoying on the tip of your finger. The finger someone sticks to the pad so it isn’t as easy to move the finger as other surfaces. This can easily (and inexpensively) be solved by buying a cheap mouse that goes into the USB port.
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