HP Pavilion is a line of personal computers produced by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in 1995. The name is applied to both desktops and laptops for the Home and Home Office product range.



When HP merged with Compaq in 2002, it took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement. As a result, HP sells both HP and Compaq-branded machines. Computers can be ordered either directly from the factory or over the phone, and can be customized through choosing desired specifications. This is known as a CTO (formerly BTO) option.

HP Pavilion is a line of personal computers produced by Hewlett-Packard and introduced in 1995. The name is applied to both desktops and laptops for the Home and Home Office product range.




When HP merged with Compaq in 2002, it took over Compaq's existing naming rights agreement. As a result, HP sells both HP and Compaq-branded machines. Computers can be ordered either directly from the factory or over the phone, and can be customized through choosing desired specifications. This is known as a CTO (formerly BTO) option.

History


.In 1995, The HP Pavilion PC marks the company's highly successful introduction into the home-computing market.
Dave Packard publishes The HP Way, a book that chronicles the rise of HP and gives insight into the business practices, culture and management style that helped make it a success. The industry's first low-cost, high-speed small infrared transceiver allows wireless "point and shoot" data exchange in a wide range of portable computing applications such as phones, computers, printers, cash registers, ATMs, digital cameras and more.[1]




[edit] The First HP Pavilion PC

The HP pavilion 5030 was HP's first multimedia PC designed specifically for the home market, and it went on to become a market leader in consumer PCs. It featured a quad-speed CD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing speakers, software for online service access and Microsoft Windows 95. This entry-level model features an 75 MHz Intel Pentium processor, 8 MB RAM and an 850 MB hard drive.[2]



[edit] Notebooks

HP offers 8 notebook lines under the HP Pavilion name, 2 under HDX, 4 under HP Mini, 1 under TouchSmart, 2 under G series, and 1 under Compaq Presario. These are customizable in the US only. A wide variety of different models with different setups are offered in Canada and elsewhere.



[edit] Current Notebook Models

18.4 inch : HDX18t

17.3 inch : dv7t

17.0 inch : G70t

16.0 inch : HDX16t / dv6t / dv6z / dv6zae (Artist Edition 2) / G60t

15.6 inch : Compaq CQ60

15.4 inch : dv5tse

14.1 inch : dv4tse / dv4t

13.3 inch : dv3t / Voodoo Envy 133

12.1 inch : TouchSmart tx2z / HP Pavilion dv2z

10.1 inch : HP Mini 110 Mi / HP Mini 110 XP / / Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam

[edit] Previous Notebook Models

20.1 inch : HDX9000

17.0 inch : dv7z / dv9000 / dv8000 / zd8000 / zd7000

15.4 inch : dv5 / dv6500tse (Special Edition) / dv6000 / dv5000 / dv4000 / zv6000 / zv5000 / zx5000 / ze5000 / ze4000 / zt3000

15.0 inch : ze2000 / ze1000 / zt1000

14.1 inch : dv4z / dv2800tae (Artist Edition) / dv2500tse (Special Edition) / dv2000 / dv1000

13.3 inch : dv3z / dv3500t

12.1 inch : tx1000z tablet PC / tx2000z Tablet PC / tx2500z Tablet PC

10.1 inch : Mini 1000 Mi / Mini 1000 XP / Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband Wireless

8.9 inch : Mini 1000 Mi / Mini 1000 XP / Mini 1000 Mobile Broadband Wireless

[edit] Model Number Suffixes

The two or three letter suffix on the model number indicates special information like country or language (dv----xx). The following chart describes each suffix.



t : Intel Processor

z : AMD Processor

ae : Artist Edition (Artist Edition Imprint)

bw : Broadband Wireless Series

se : Special Edition ("Intensity" dv4tse, "Renewal" dv5tse, Special Edition Imprint)

The following sufixes corresponds to the region the notebook is sold.



us : United States

ca : Canada

la : Latin America

ea / ee / (e + a letter) : Europe / Middle East

au / ax : Asia / Australia - AMD Processor (AU = AMD + UMA, AX = AMD + Discrete *UMA and Discrete refers to graphics *)

tu / tx : Asia / Australia - Intel Processor (TU = Intel + UMA, TX = Intel + Discrete)

Other suffixes include nr, cl, and wm.



nr : No Region

cl : Club Model (These models are available only through some clubs like Costco and Sam's Club)

wm : Walmart Model

br : Brazil

ap : Asia Pacific

The HP Pavilion HDX is only sold with Intel Processors, but it doesn't end with the suffix "t". It has no suffix.



The HP Pavilion tx tablet PC series are currently sold with AMD Processors only, but they still end with the suffix "z".



Take Action. Make Art


HP and MTV held a contest for young people around the world to help design a special edition HP notebook. The theme: the cause that is most personal to you. It all starts with your personal view. Imagine that your design is a positive thought, a belief, a message you want to tell the world. Your take on how to make our planet or your community a better place.



The contest went from September 5, 2007 to October 17, 2007 and over 8,500 designs from 112 countries were submitted.



"Asian Odyssey" the personal design of 20-year old João Oliveira of Porto, Portugal, was chosen as the winner of the "Take Action. Make Art" global notebook-design competition. The winning design is featured on the HP dv2800tae Series Notebook. There were 4 other top regional designs and they were featured as exclusive laptop skin covers at skinit.com. The regional finalists are Jeremy Kiraly of Queensland, Australia, Marco Feola of Rome, Italy, Eduardo Arevalo Lopez of Bogota, Colombia and Charles Williams of Ottawa, Canada.



HP Engine Room

“Engine Room” is a series of challenges created by HP and partners in which young artists from around the world can showcase their creativity and bring art to life with technology. HP held another contest to design a special edition notebook.



Artists from 94 countries submitted nearly 17,000 designs with the hopes that their art would be displayed on an HP notebook PC. More than 62,000 votes were received from 159 countries.



Hisako Sakihama, a 27-year-old designer from Japan was the winner of the “Engine Room” Notebook Design Contest. The regional finalists include Rodrigo Daniel Diaz from Argentina, Carlos Alonso Zebenzuy from Spain, Abhishek Goswami from India, and Stacy Pezzola from the United States. The regional finalists will have their art transformed into notebook attachable “skins” from SkinIt, which will be made available to consumers around the world.



 Criticisms

Some models of Pavilion laptop have been criticized as having faulty power jacks, which separate from the motherboard under normal use.

Some models have ongoing problems with wireless connectivity

Recently the dv9000 series notebooks have a Hinge problem, where the left side of the screen will snap off when opening. Some say this is due to a design flaw, but has yet to be publicly addressed. a website has been created for this problem, it is called http://www.notebookhingecrack.com/

Users with HP Pavilion laptops report having their volume button jumping erratically and clicking and the sounds moving up and down on its own accord, this can be fixed by uninstalling HP's QuickTouch on-screen display [9]