This review is from 2007. The laptop came with Windows Vista and it didn’t go well. Vista didn’t work well enough to be usable and HP refused to provide a downgrade path to Windows 7, which was very stable. I had to purchase another laptop to replace this one and stuck with Windows 7 until forced to adopt Windows 10 nearly ten years later.
Here’s the original review from 2007 …
I’ve purchased a new HP dv 9000 with Vista. My first impressions are pretty mixed. It’s pretty. Vista is pretty. The off center keyboard is a bit strange and I’m not use to it. The keys ar just not in the right positions.
Vista is slow. I know there is more security but really. This computer has two processors, 4gb of ram. There’s no excuse. I’m running XP Pro in a VMWare virtual machine and it’s pretty snappy.
My next gripe is the lack of supporty by VPN vendors for 64 bit Vista. What? This is a year old OS that was available to them starting 3 years ago. Shame on you Sonicwall.
We’ll have to see if my opinion get’s any happier.