HP Pavilion dm3 1005AX

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HP Pavilion dm3 1005AX

Rohan Naravane, May 31, 2010 1255 hrs IST

HP enters the thin-and-light laptop range with an AMD chipset packed inside

Sleek and sexy design, lightweight, comfortable keyboard, four USB ports, good quality screen

Mediocre battery life, expensive, erroneous touchpad operation at times, overheating at the base

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In the past few months we've seen big boys Dell and Acer release a few 13-inch thin-and-light laptops. These are meant for people who don't like the tiny dimensions and under powered hardware of netbooks. They have comparatively large 13-inch screens, and ultra-low voltage dual-core CPUs that process applications faster than netbooks' paltry-powered Atom processor. However, one common missing component they share is a DVD drive.

Ideally these notebooks are placed between the price range of a netbook and a traditional laptop (i.e. between Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 40,000). While a majority of makers have relied on Intel's CULV (Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage) processors, HP offers the dm3 in two variants, an Intel CULV based and an AMD-based solution (that we have for review). While AMD processors are generally cost-effective, in our experience we found a few that seemed to have an overheating issue.