HP Pavilion DV4-2140US 14.1-Inch Laptop (Black)
- AMD Turion II Dual-Core Mobile Processor M520 (2.3 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
- 4GB DDR2 System Reminiscence (2 DIMM) (expandable to 8 GB)
- 320GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
- Real Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, * Up to 3.25 Hours of Battery Life
- 14.1″ Diagonal WXGA HD HP BrightView, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Graphics with 128MB Show Cache Reminiscence with up to 1918MB whole graphics reminiscence
For those who want an all-in-one performance notebook with rich multimedia features, the HP Pavilion dv4 Entertainment series delivers mobile performance that looks as fantastic as it runs. Powered by the latest processor and graphics technologies, it delivers optimal mobile performance to support your lifestyle.
Rating: 
(out of 4 reviews)
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I wanted a laptop for cruising the internet and general purpose use. I don’t do gaming. This laptop fit the bill in nearly ever respect, but I was reasonably disappointed by the small battery life. It seems to discharge at a rate of about 1% per minute, so that gives 1.5 hrs of on-battery use. Yeah, you may possibly extend the uptime by dimming your show but that makes it reasonably hard to read. I’d say, if you want this laptop, plot on spending from 75 to 150 more for a 12 cell battery – prices vary depending on if you get it from HP or aftermarket.
Lots of people have commented about the metallic touchpad but I don’t find it an issue.
I like the touch sensitive volume control and mute button. Very handy, no fumbling around looking for the right key or key combo to exchange volume or mute.
Lightscribe works as advertised, kinda fun to make CD’s and categorize them, but it does take a while (5-10 minutes).
I was tempted to give it just 3 stars (It’s OK) vs 4 (I like it) and chose on 4 due to the value delivered.
My girlfriend bought the HP pavilion dv4 a small over a year ago. Two days ago on a cold morning, I turned on the unit, and the laptop itself started smoking. We saw a small flame underneath the laptop, and immediately unplugged the charger and removed the battery. I unscrewed the panel and took a peek into where the fire started, and it looks like an overheated microchip caused the fire. A microchip overheating from a cold start boggles me. I’ll be contacting HP in the next couple of days and see what they have to say about this.
It looks much like an older model of the HP laptop we bought a few years ago, except there are a few key differences. While the hardware seems to be more powerful, all of the possible advantages of that are ruined by the black hole that is windows 7. The touch pad is separated from the buttons and is awkward, but that’s not nearly as irritating as a touch based switch for internet. That means there’s no manual override and viruses can remotely activate the internet as soon as my computer turns on – that makes me feel superfluous safe.
The mute button can with the wave of the hand, activate and not deactivate in anticipation of you shut down and start over. This is an issue related to powering down and fortuitously pushing buttons you aught not.
There’s also an irritating nightlight that NEVER EVER shuts off unless the computer is turned off completely. This of course makes me feel superfluous GREEN and must certainly save energy in some other dimension where Earth and Reality don’t coexist. As usual the sound plugs are in the front, rather than the side, making it more like a desktop, rather than a computer that sits on your lap. This is an issue for anyone who uses a laptop the way most people do, but is not a problem unique to HP.
it is a very excellent one , only the thing what I want to exchange it is about mouse, it is made shine like a metal , but is ok , is not a issue . take it if you want a excellent and cheap computer.