![]() ![]() Netbooks may be on the way out, surpassed by the swathe of ultrabooks hitting the market, but the DM1 offers just about enough for it to still be a viable option for a budget-conscious traveller. ![]() The HP Pavilion DM1 certainly won't be winning any awards for its raw processing power - or for its screen - but its comfortable keyboard, sturdy construction, superb battery life and ability to handle HD video make it a good choice for doing the basics on the go. We'd have no worries about heading off to work in the morning and leaving the plug at home - if we put it to sleep when not in use and didn't play too much video, we would certainly expect it to last the day. The test is extremely demanding on a computer and you'll get much better battery life with cautious usage. That's an extra hour and 20 minutes longer than the Zenbook UX21 so we're really very impressed. We ran our battery test and the DM1 kept going for an excellent time of 3 hours and 45 minutes. You should expect it to have a good battery that won't give up before you get back to a plug. If a laptop is small, it's because it's designed to be carried around. It uses a 1.65GHz AMD chip rather than Intel, and with 4GB of RAM, it keeps pace with the competition. However it gives better performance, which makes it more responsive without losing out on. The HP Pavilion dm1 is built with the same chassis as the Compaq Mini 311c netbook. For web browsing and enjoying videos on the go, however, it will cope fine. 80 HP Pavilion dm1-1110ef Origen: Digital Versus ENES version The HP Pavilion dm1-1110ef is a version of the HP Pavilion dm1-1010ef that we’ve tested. If you're looking for something to tackle intense tasks, such as photo or video editing, you'll want to look elsewhere - perhaps even opt for an iPad with a wireless keyboard. We asked it to encode our 11-minute 1080p-resolution video file into 24 frames per second H.264 but cancelled it after 20 minutes when it estimated a finishing time of just under three hours. Acer Parts Apple Parts Asus Parts Compaq Parts Dell Parts Fujitsu Parts Hewlett-Packard (HP). It's certainly not going to tackle anything too demanding. The Radeon HD 6320 graphics gave a helping hand in playing back high-definition video - something which other netbooks often struggle to do. The 4GB of RAM helped it to keep going when we opened up various web browser windows alongside Windows Media Player. We found performance to be generally swift. But at £500 less, we don't have a problem with that. By comparison, it easily beat the Toshiba NB550D, which achieved only 1,885 with its 1GB of RAM, but failed to beat the MSI U270, which managed 2,940 with 2GB of RAM.Īs the 11-inch Asus Zenbook UX21 racked up a score of 9,802, the DM1 is clearly residing in netbook rather than ultrabook territory. That's an okay score, considering the low price tag. The whole shebang gets going at just $449.99, but don't be shocked at how easy it is to push this cutie beyond six or seven Benjamins.When we ran the PCMark05 benchmark test, it gave a score of 2,801. On the CPU front, it's AMD's Athlon II Neo running the show, with a variety of choices ranging from 1.3GHz (K325) to 1.7GHz (K125) there's also an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 GPU, 1,366 x 768 resolution panel, 802.11n WiFi, optional WWAN and a total weight of just 3.24 pounds. At long last, the style-centered dm1z is up for sale, touting space for 5GB of DDR3 RAM, a 250GB hard drive (or a 128GB SSD), a 92 percent full-size keyboard, optional external DVD burner, a 6-cell battery good for up to 5.25 hours of usage, VGA webcam, three USB sockets, a 5-in-1 card reader and a 64-bit copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional. HP's Pavilion dm1 has done an awfully great job of living in the shadows, but it's just about time this 11.6-inch ultranote finally peek its head out to do battle with Gateway's LT32 and the host of others slotted between netbook and ultraportable. ![]()
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