Comments on: HP DV6000 series laptop review

By: Juan Carlos Pozo (Ecuador)

Juan Carlos Pozo (Ecuador) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:06:43 +0000

HP DV6000 —> S.H.I.T

Don´t buy HP laptops, they are crap. My DV6000 is now just a piece of junk. The cooling system may be one of the causes of the mainboard damage along with the poor hardware components.
First the wireless stopped working, then the battery was gone, and now its over. Hope I can repair it, will buy a Dell or Lenovo instead.

By: Gerald

Gerald — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:35:09 +0000

All of this while my laptop is only 2 months out of warranty:

I like many others am having serious issues with my HP laptop. I’m posting here in hopes that others will follow my lead and do the same. Apparently my motherboard has also fried itself. My laptop now just powers on and off repeatedly with only a black screen. The first DV6000 I bought froze up while creating the backup discs so I took it back for an exchange 2 days after purchasing for a replacement. I’ve never dropped my laptop or otherwise subjected it to any abuse. In fact I’ve always treated it like solid gold. If anyone is having similar issues then I highly recommend you visit http://www.HPlies.com and join up as a member. So far HP has flat out lied to consumers and wants to cover up this whole problem. Voice your opinion and speak your mind at http://www.hplies.com as this seems to be the only solution for consumers thus far.

By: pmh

pmh — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:02:21 +0000

HP sucks, just like roshan sez a coupla months after i bought this laptop , wireless went bye bye and screen went piff. .i had to replace the motherboard which cost me 10 thousand rupees or 300 $
and it still keeps goin blank every two weeks, i’v been to the technicians atleast 20 times in the last few months

By: pip

pip — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:18:38 +0000

don’t buy, it’s shit

most dv6000 ARE DEFECTIVE by fabric. google it and see for yourself.

By: Lina

Lina — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:43:22 +0000

DO NOT BUY! After just four months of use my harddrive crashed and I was instructed to send it to HP. However, they FAILED to mention that I should back up my files! An external hardrive enclosure did not work so I took it to geek squad and it shut down their system! They presume I was sold a lemon and I am still waiting for my files to be backed up. This is slightly unlikely, however. I have many pictures dear to my heart on that hardrive.
IF you have any value for your money, time, dignity, precious memories and important files, DO NOT BUY AN HP PAVILLION dv6000!!!

By: Roshan Kulkarni

Roshan Kulkarni — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:31:01 +0000

The dv6000 series has some known design defects. HPs own website identifies the issues here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01087277&lc=en&cc=us

I’ve had a bad experience with this laptop. A few months after its purchase, I encountered the following:

* The broadcom wireless adapter was no longer detected.

* The DVD Writer did not write CDRs/DVDs. Blank disks were ejected.

* 4 out of 5 times, the laptop throws up a blank screen and does not boot.

I would not recommend buying this laptop. Here is another review I posted on this one:

http://www.mouthshut.com/review/HP_dv6000-147294-1.html

The laptop has good looks and aesthetic design. The configuration and features also seem good. Unfortunately the product is not very robust and has several known design issues.

By: John

John — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:28:49 +0000

Broadcom onboard wifi adapter is worthless for wireless auditing which was what bought the computer for. It doesn’t have a PCMCIA slot so I can use my good wifi Card. Other than that its a good pc. Read the specs before you buy.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:49:30 +0000

The 5400 v.s. 7200 RPM isn’t very noticeable if the drive is SATA and using perpendicular recording.The
data is pack much closer, the heads don’t need to travel as far.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recording

Given the benefits of a cooler running drive, and longer battery life, it’s a trade off that makes sense.