Pavillion DV2, Ultra Portable Notebook from HP

The HP model is thus a new segment, even in unoccupied France, the ultra-portable affordable. So far these machines for nomads remained inaccessible despite price cuts. The entry ticket for an ultra-portable and is close to € 1000 when it is possible to find a more versatile model for half the price. A gap in prices that have indirectly netBook fill with many models marketed to less than 400 €. But we must admit, qu'excepté self comfortable, these mini laptops low cost can not really compete with a ultra-portable. Moreover, their offer is now close to saturation because the models increasingly differ almost exclusively in the field of design.


It is probably from this fact that HP decided to launch its dv2 Pavilion. With a laptop designed around a low cost architecture, certainly fast but little suited to everyday use (office, surfing the Internet or playing multimedia content), the manufacturer is clearly inspired by the recipe for success netBook.

HP hopes therefore attract people who are not quite in a NETBOOK penalized according to them primarily through the slab too restrictive and the size of the keyboard / touchpad close.

The Pavilion dv2 might be an interesting alternative due to its slab 12.1-inch WXGA (1280 × 800), its large touchpad, its storage space comfortable, all in a footprint and a weight content, a rate slightly higher that of a NETBOOK.

But what does it mean in practice? The ultra-portable HP is he up to the expectations, autonomy does happen to compete with those offered on most netBook Some legitimate questions ... we try to answer throughout this test.