HP Pavilion dv4030

performance, screen, reliability, usability

50% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

I thought I was buying quality when I bought this HP notebook. What I got was junk. The display failed after 2 months. Then HP's "customer dis-service" put me through hours of grief, before finally issuing an RMA to take it back. Now I'm without a...

I am an IT consultant. I was looking for a very good reliable laptop. I purchased my 4030 for 1290 when dells sold at 799 with better features. Problems: Its slow! My Inspirion same processor etc. is faster by a long shot. The mousepad stops responding...

I have had this laptop for about 3 weeks now. It is really quite, the processor runs really fast, and I love the HUGE hard drive. The screen on this is amazing! Crystal clear, I have taken huge advantage of the DVD player. The battery isn't as long...

i got this noteboob a couple days ago and all i can say is this is an excellent machine! key's are in the right position, it's responsive and easy to work with. touchpad's nice, sounds are nice too. and unlike what the other dude said, the fans are...

I bought this hard-to-find-in-stock laptop after doing some research and talking to friends who have HP products. I love the laptop itself--great screen and the widescreen aspect is wonderful. The keyboard has the usual laptop downfalls--i.e. likely to...

Received this very quickly using Amazon Prime. The most notable thing to say about this laptop is that the screen is widescreen in order to play DVDs. But this is also useful if you use certain software where a wide display is important (for example,...