Hi Guys,
I am one of the guys who have brought the dv5-1015tx very recently around 1 week back, so listing my views on the reserch that went behind this laptop.I will also give you a sneak review of the same as per a user perspective in the coming days.
After searching over the internet for nearly 3 months for buying a laptop which should have a decent config and a very good GPU in the indian market i bought the above laptop.
Here were some of my considerations while going for the laptop.
1. Decent CPU and a good GPU.
2. Good Looks and Nice Build Quality.
3. Good Service for the laptop purchased.
4. Good Display and decent sound quality for watching some movies.
After searching for such a long time, i was completely confused in buying the laptops but listed down a few potential stuffs that i made as the final list and selected the above one, so the list goes as below
1. Sony Vaio CR353/L -> Great Looks , Very good CPU, one of the best displays in the market with very good sound effect and a low end GPU of 128 MB ATI Card.
-I got a deal of 53.5 k for the same
2. Dell xps 1530 -> Stunning looks, Very good CPU, Not so good display and very bad sound effect compare to any others of the same range and a very nice GPU of Nvidea 8600GT
- I got a deal of 63k for the same
3. Compaq CQ-137TX -> Not so great looks, very good CPU, Good Display and good sound but not that great GPU of Nvidea 9200GS
-I got a deal of 49k for the same
4. HP Pavilion DV5-1015Tx -> Good Looks but not as stunning as a xps 1530 or a Vaio either but decent enough. Very Good CPU, Good Display, stunning sound extremely good quality and very good graphics card of Nvidea 9600GT with 512MB dedicated memory and an additional TV Tuner Card.
- I got a deal of 64.5 k with a kodak camera free as everyone knows as well as a HP scanner cum printer cum copier free from the shop.
In the meanwhile i had also considered other brands of laptops such as lenovo, toshiba, asus and so on as well as other models such as inspiron or a studio and so on but i found these 4 were one of the best bets according to me.
Sony was the most attractive of them for me but did not go for the same because of the graphics card it has, so removed the option.
Then i saw the compaq laptop and somehow felt that it did not have the finish and the build quality of the ones these days. So ditched it even though it is the best value for money stuff.
Then there were only 2 competetors with me although my budet was around 50-55k when i started looking for the lappies. the xps 1530 and the dv5-1015tx.
I loved the looks of the xps, the red one is truely awesome as well as the feel of the laptop, the design and everything but as i have mentioned that its not only about looks and design but its also about value for money and a mean machine hence i went for the dv5-1015tx
The reasons for choosing the same were
1. HP service is lot better than dell these days.
2. For nearly same price as xps i am getting a better CPU and the GPU with more speed RAM Interface(Bus Speed). (core 2duo 8100 Vs core 2 duo P7350) (Nvidea 8600GT (256MB dedicated) Vs Nvidea 9600GT (512MB dedicated)) 667Mhz Vs 800Mhz.
3. Effective cost of laptop after the 2 gifts (64.5k - 8k(camera) - 4k(printer, copier, scanner)) is around 52.5k.
4. An Inbuilt TV Tuner Card additionally for watching and recording the tv stuff.
I will post some of the snaps and a review of the laptop quite soon. Hope this stuff would help many of the laptop buyers around and ask me any questions if you have on the same as i am quite happy answering the same.
Regards
Ashwin
. Lot of work. I will have to wait till September 5 (Friday) to start really using it. I will try to give you a review soon. If you want to know anything specific, please post it here.
