![]() Netbooks may be on the way out, surpassed by the swathe of ultrabooks hitting the market, but the DM1 offers just about enough for it to still be a viable option for a budget-conscious traveller. The HP Pavilion DM1 certainly won't be winning any awards for its raw processing power - or for its screen - but its comfortable keyboard, sturdy construction, superb battery life and ability to handle HD video make it a good choice for doing the basics on the go. We'd have no worries about heading off to work in the morning and leaving the plug at home - if we put it to sleep when not in use and didn't play too much video, we would certainly expect it to last the day. The test is extremely demanding on a computer and you'll get much better battery life with cautious usage. That's an extra hour and 20 minutes longer than the Zenbook UX21 so we're really very impressed. ![]() We ran our battery test and the DM1 kept going for an excellent time of 3 hours and 45 minutes. You should expect it to have a good battery that won't give up before you get back to a plug. If a laptop is small, it's because it's designed to be carried around. It uses a 1.65GHz AMD chip rather than Intel, and with 4GB of RAM, it keeps pace with the competition. For web browsing and enjoying videos on the go, however, it will cope fine. If you're looking for something to tackle intense tasks, such as photo or video editing, you'll want to look elsewhere - perhaps even opt for an iPad with a wireless keyboard. We asked it to encode our 11-minute 1080p-resolution video file into 24 frames per second H.264 but cancelled it after 20 minutes when it estimated a finishing time of just under three hours. It's certainly not going to tackle anything too demanding. The Radeon HD 6320 graphics gave a helping hand in playing back high-definition video - something which other netbooks often struggle to do. Model: AMD Athlon II Neo K125 Generation: N/A Base Speed: 1.70GHz TurboBoost Speed: 1.70GHz. The 4GB of RAM helped it to keep going when we opened up various web browser windows alongside Windows Media Player. Brand, HP Product Name, Pavilion dm1-2040ca CPU. We found performance to be generally swift. But at £500 less, we don't have a problem with that. Specifications 11.6 in 1,366x768 display, 1.6kg, 1.6GHz AMD E-350, 3.00GB RAM, 320GB disk, Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit HP is yet to launch a true ultrabook, but that doesn’t. By comparison, it easily beat the Toshiba NB550D, which achieved only 1,885 with its 1GB of RAM, but failed to beat the MSI U270, which managed 2,940 with 2GB of RAM.Īs the 11-inch Asus Zenbook UX21 racked up a score of 9,802, the DM1 is clearly residing in netbook rather than ultrabook territory. That's an okay score, considering the low price tag. When we ran the PCMark05 benchmark test, it gave a score of 2,801. HP : Series Pavilion : Item model number DM1-4310nr : Hardware Platform PC : Operating System Windows 8 : Item Weight 3.52 pounds : Product Dimensions 8.46 x 1.26 x 11.49 inches : Item Dimensions LxWxH 8.46 x 1.26 x 11.49 inches : Color Black : Processor Brand AMD : Number of Processors 1 : Computer Memory Type.
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