Pros: There's a lot to love in a little package, its not an ultra-light, nor super small, but the mixture of a nice artistic finish wrapped around a moderately well equipped system makes it a top pick in my books. Since I'm only a casual gamer and artist, this seems more than adequate for what I'll use it for, with the bonus of Media-Center and HDTV capability (HDMI, Remote, etc), its pretty dang perfect!

Cons: I noticed another reviewer commented on a poor viewing angle, which is both right and wrong. Due to the sheer reflectiveness of the screen, it makes it difficult to see whats on the screen from angles around 140-170 degrees, though the screen itself only seems to dim, theres no inversion or color loss - just lots of reflection. I will never understand the preference of gloss vs. matte finished TFT screens, and is probably the only Con I can think of for this laptop for what it cost me. Viewing outside in bright sun is not just improbable, but genuinely impossible!

Overall Review: [WARNING: GEEK DATA] The processor in this particular model (dv2990nr) is the Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 2.00ghz 667FSB, which may be a fair bit weaker than it's sister system's (dv2800t) Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.20ghz 800FSB. I've seen the dv2800t artist edition (more or less the same system) floating around closely priced to the dv2990nr, so you might just consider it if you're on the market for this laptop. Make sure to always doublecheck anything you read on the internet!

Pros: My wife loves it! Perfect size to take around with us. Everyone always says how cool it looks. The keyboard feels great! Better than my Dell D620 at work. Battery and heat is fine, we mostly have it plugged in and on the cooler though. The vent in the back is big. There are no clips to hold the lid down, it feels very solid though. Wireless N is fast! Transferring stuff to and from my server is great!

Cons: Viewing angle itself is not that big of a problem. Just my opinion but I just can't stand the glossy screen. I have been using Dell business laptops for years with matte screen so it's just hard to adjust to the glossy. HDMI sound. Not really a con but I read the manual and the only way to get the sound to go through the HDMI port is using the quickplay, meaning you can't use media center or iTunes. I guess it's not really a problem cause my mouse always gets stuck when I expand Media Center on my tv and Quickplay it does not. So just a heads up. Only 2 USB ports. We have a laptop cooler that has a hub on it so that took care of that problem. Home premium for my needs. I can't remote desktop to her. I'll be upgrading her to Ultimate very soon. And besides, who doesn't love the Ultimate Dream Scene!

Overall Review: We play BFME2. High settings at full resolution are cool. When you get into crazy 8 player battles it slows down a bit. Medium settings at the low res still looks good and no lag. If it was for me I would have gotten one of the Asus laptops with the 2600/3650 or 9500 video cards. This is for my wife and though it's not a beast it keeps up very well and does more than what she needs. We can take our entire iTunes movie/tvshow library with us. Great for the kids! We picked up a $20 cigarette lighter power adapter for the car as apposed to the HP car adapter. Well worth the money. I would have liked the 8100/8400 45nm cpu but you had to custom build it and to get the rest of the same specs it would have cost a whole lot more than the $850 we paid!

Pros: This is the fastest HP laptop I have ever owned. Comes with a nice built in webcam with built in mic. The viewing angle for the screen is not bad at all so ignore the others comment on the small viewing angle. Also, this comes with a Geforce gaming graphics card so you really can't go wrong with any applications. I ran many games in high quality with highest resolution and it still had memory left to use Photoshop. Seriously, for under $1000 ( I got for $900) this is definitely the laptop to go.

Cons: None, I just wish their were MORE Artist Edition colors to choose from instead of beige.

Overall Review: Definitely a laptop worth keeping until your out of college.

Pros: System does run WoW very well although I have not tried raiding yet. I ran a system check on canyourunit.com and it is equipped to run Wow, BC and WoL which is a huge plus! I also have a TON of addons for the game installed. Installation has been super fast and WoW still runs perfectly. Great eye cam software loads of fun, my teen kids simply love it! Gives instant access to loading videos on utube, sending via email etc. Windows and other programs load super fast. I spent hours loading WoW and BC and the system only got slight warm and I did not even have it on a cooling tray most of the time. Does not come with a ton of uselss software pre-bundle junk which is a plus for me. Smart system that has a lot of useful gadgets when using the web makes it easy to save and organize favorites, add RS feeds etc. The preloaded software is useful for work such as Powerpoint, MS Word and such - not a lot of junk preloaded that you will just uninstall! LOVE the lightscribe labeling system!

Cons: A larger screen and fingerprint scanner would be cool on this system.

Overall Review: I have only had a couple days but have been on it non stop and it seems to be a very excellent system for anyone - no it is not a hard core gaming laptop but I bought it mainly for work so when an inexpensive laptop can run WoW well that is a HUGE plus for me!

Pros: I've had this computer since August 08' and I havn't had any problems with it. Runs great, I am constantly multitasking (Gaming, Internet browsing, Word, iTunes at once!) and it has had no trouble keeping up. Runs the few games i play great.

Cons: Nothing serious. The touch controls above the keyboard are cool, but super sentive. I hit them alot without meaning to. Battery life isn't great, but i usually have it plugged in so it hasnt been a problem for me. Gets heated if you have it on for a REALLY long time (this was only an issue once when I was working on a paper for 5-6 hours straight) not a problem with normal use.

Overall Review: Lots of complements on the design. I love this computer, I had high expectation and they have all been met. I did alot of reasearch before buying it and it was well worth the money.

Pros: This laptop looks great, runs fast and smooth and has a long list of great features. I like the feel of the keyboard, the speakers sound good and the touchpad is smooth and accurate. There is absolutely no issue with the angle of view. The screen is sharp and actually has an excellent angle of view, so I do not understand what a previous reviewing was complaining about. This is fast enough for gaming, video and photo editing and multi-tasking. The DV2990nr has every port you could ask for and even has Bluetooth and a Web Cam. I have owned about 10 laptops. I also have the Sony TZ150 and receive a few compliments on how cute and tiny it is. However, I have never received so many compliments as I have with this one. This is one hot laptop! HP has outstanding customer service too.

Cons: NONE!

Overall Review: It is medium sized, so do not expect it to be small and light.

Pros: The performance is average. Remote and the design is cool

Cons: Batter life is TERRIBLE!!! i fully charged it and carried it to school when it's off. i turn it on and batter is already at 95% without even using it.

Overall Review: eh...

Pros: This laptop is so good, becuase of its speed, ram, and features. It has HDMI port, and many more! The speed of this laptop is pretty good. I've used it for gaming for Crysis and it works pretty fine with little lag. The art on ths laptop is amazing, the graphics are pretty good.

Cons: None at the moment.

Overall Review: I would recommend this laptop to anyone who will use this laptop for entertainment.