The dm3 is HP's latest effort at offering powerful performance in a slim and light package. Sporting a beautiful aluminium body, the dm3 is guaranteed to turn heads where ever it goes.

INTEL
Model: HP Pavilion dm3-TX series (1027TX, 1028TX, 1031TX)
Processor: Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo SU7300 / SP9300
Discrete GPU: Nvidia Geforce 105M 512MB DDR3
Integrated GPU: Intel 4500MHD

Model: HP Pavilion dm3-TU series (1014TU)
Processor: Intel Pentium Processor SU4100 (1.3GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Integrated GPU: Intel GMA 4500MHD

AMD
Model: HP Pavilion dm3-AX series (1020AX, 1021AX)
Processor: AMD Turion Neo X2 L625, 1.60GHz
Discrete GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 512MB DDR3
Integrated GPU: ATI Radeon HD3200

Common standard specs:
RAM: 2.00GB / 3.00GB / 4.00GB
HDD: 320GB / 500GB, 7200RPM
OS: MS Windows 7 Home Premium
Display Size: 13.3"
Display Resolution: 1366x768 @ 60Hz Native
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Wireless: Bluetooth, 802.11a/g/n
Battery: 6-cell
Weight incl. Battery: 1.9kg

Benchmarks
Intel: dm3-1028TX
AMD: dm3-1021AX


This post has been edited by shreaker: Jan 30 2010, 11:32 AM

NOt bad...thx for sharing..

Congrats on the new lappie! Looks lovely

nice..

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Added on November 24, 2009, 9:25 pmnice..

This post has been edited by Mr.Docter: Nov 24 2009, 09:25 PM

Thanks for all the comments. Wanted to add one thing: My pictures don't do the laptop justice. The body is made almost totally from machined aluminium, very nice. Not quite like the Mac unibody though. The Mac has a "smooth" finish, dm3 has a more "raw" finish - you can see the texture of the aluminium in the second last photo.

Apologies for the poor photo quality, was in the office and all I had was my phone camera.

ur photos are clear..dn worry...

Nice design , nice spec and nice price ( price included external optical drive ) But , for a 13" CULV laptop without internal DVD drive , the weight of nearly 2kg is disappointed .

By the way , mind to show the photo of the external optical drive ?

This post has been edited by dragonkiat: Nov 25 2009, 12:37 AM

nice lappy you have there.. eyeing for dm1 only... he he

wats the diff btwn dm1 n dm3?

This was just yesterday, 3 of us bought the same model ... the DM3-1028TX

basically this is the Intel brother of yours ...

Intel C2D SP9300 with 6MB Cache
4GB RAM
500GB HDD 7.2k
NVidia GForce G105M - 512MB

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Added on November 25, 2009, 11:45 amdm1 is a lower budget netbook, dm3 is a more slightly higher end netbook ...

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Added on November 25, 2009, 11:52 ambut eh bro, the graphic card yours is a little less on the benchmarking

check here

ATI Radeon HD4330
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobil...30.13973.0.html

GeForce G105M
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForc...5M.13790.0.html

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 25 2009, 11:52 AM

can' really rely on the benchmark on notebookcheck, since the mark is average between multiple notebook, which can be using different vram of the gpu and different cpu which also affect much on the score.

how much is DM3 intel version?

From what I've read:

- the Intel/Nvidia version is better for long battery life (up to 10 hours vs up to 6 hours).
- the AMD/ATI version is a little better for performance (some reviewers complained about the ULV C2D performance... but I haven't got any 1st hand experience.

Truth is, I would have bought the Intel version - that battery life is mouth watering! BUT it was not available at that time... oh well.

How much did it cost u? Wanna trade one unit of your C2D with mine?

yeah true, unless u wanna go run those test yourself la ...

RM3899 retail ...

When did you bought yours?

Trade? hahaha me no fan of amd ... intel kaki hahaha

home desktop is c2d, and office desktop is c2q ...

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Added on November 25, 2009, 3:11 pmand yeah will get more pics tonite ... no iphone cable to transfer for now ...

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 25 2009, 03:11 PM

Thx

More pictures here ...









This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 25 2009, 05:36 PM

can u guys contribute here??/

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1109389

This post has been edited by astria: Nov 25 2009, 06:08 PM

Thx for nice pics...

can kua ... will try one before formatting and and another one after formating ...

Still no owner share the photo of the external optical drive ?

ohh u wan ar, wait i go get from the box ... its not that matching as its in glossy black wan ...

Thank you ....

the 8x dvd burner with lightscribe ... dont really match the laptop ...


This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 25 2009, 11:52 PM

imo a slot in dvd writer would be better

cannot fit in bro ... this is like a higher end netbook ... and is in the thin and light series, fitting a dvd rom in will make it thicker and heavier ... defeats the purpose .. and how often do u really use the dvd rom anyway ...

Benchmark results.







Earl-ku, that C2D of yours really powerhouse la... where did u buy it from? I wanna switch to the green camp d haaha... have u tested for battery life? How's the heat output?

This post has been edited by shreaker: Nov 27 2009, 11:49 AM

This is my benchmark from 3dmark06 ...



but this is without all the hp stuff ar ... but doesnt make any difference also la ...

mine is from mtcs ...

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 27 2009, 12:36 PM

Some of the guys did this benchmark test over the Lenoyo Ideapad Y series thread ... this is Perfomance Test 7

Overall mark is 760.2 and that Lenovo Ideapad Series only scored 633.5

and yeah this is the model i did the benchmark with ... HP Pavilion dm3-1028TX

maybe some of you with the other model try the benchmarking tool Performance Test 7



This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 29 2009, 01:30 AM

well, you are comparing rm 3.9k machine with rm 2.7k machine.
can't say its a fair comparison.

that was the only test result i found here, thats why i am comparing them ...

dm3-1020AX (AMD/ATI version with 2GB RAM and 320GB HDD) is RM2,699 RRP... the 3DMark06 benchie shouldn't be too far off from mine, 2,310 3DMarks. So yup it actually is a fair comparison. However, I think the Lenovo is lighter. Heard it comes with stock 3 or 4 cell battery though.

yes, but his using the intel/nvidia version which is RM3899, not the amd/ati version.
do forgive me if I sounded harsh, I just don't want people who just passing by here misunderstood that the 2.7k version hp dm3 is better than the ideapad y series while the dm3 being tested is 3.9k version and ended up disappointment when they bought it.
since on Perfomance test 7, no spec of which dm3 is being told.

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Nov 28 2009, 11:10 PM

yeah should be lighter then as the batt does make a big bulk of the weight ...

LOL - like i freakin said, i saw that they were using that benchmarking tool, so thats what i compared it with ...

i even posted my result of 3dmark06 at this thread http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1109389 which has the result from the alienware model ... so what, i find whatever tool people are using and if there is a result, thats what i will use, if one is to come in here and make such an assumption like what u mentioned ...than they are just plain dumb ...

btw read what i quoyed u saying again ...



this is plain dumb, if one makes such an assumption that would would mean that person has not read everything nor do they really know what they are actually reading here ...

they should read from the top if they are really reading forums to find out more on this particular line ...

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Added on November 29, 2009, 1:33 amand yeah shreaker, why dont change this to a proper dedicated thread for this model ...

this is a new model and pretty high end for a sub laptop / sub netbook ...



This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 29 2009, 01:33 AM

okay, understood~
earl-ku, hows the battery life for intel/nvidia?
any screenshot of the temp while idle/load?

hahaha - no point arguing also rite ... most importantly, everyone got to read from first page if they wanna know everything ...



to be frank, i have not used the laptop outside my room yet ...

batt removed and using power only ...

i had the test running on real temp the other day, normal idle as low as 32 and up to 55++ on a afternoon ...


Separate graph for cpu core 1 and 2 and gpu as well for the idle duration and i ran win experience indexing to stress it ...

and surprisingly it brought it up a little from 4.6 to 4.7 this time around and this is in my room no aircond, just a fan blowing my direction ...


This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 29 2009, 02:48 AM

and what about heat on palm rest? or any hot spot on the keyboard? the bottom?

not an issue but using it the afternoon will be warm but with a fan blowing at it or using it an airconditioned room, its not noticeable at all ...

hot spot on top would be the left lower part under the keyboard, maybe thats where the hdd is ...

bottom not sure as i have a cooler blowing underneath ...

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Nov 29 2009, 07:26 PM

OK, I'll edit the title etc... any suggestions what I should put there?

proper spec/model/variation - some of the benchmark, official pic and our own pics - kekeke

may i ask this type of processor suitable for medium-level gaming?thanks..

should be able to play most games at medium settings i think ... i dont play much so i cant tell u much ...

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Added on December 4, 2009, 4:36 ami have also found out that the current 500gb 7.2k hdd is actually a Seagate Momentus ... from the part number ... fair review and is the same hdd on the macbook pro ...

Been informed that currently there is only the 5.4k model in the market not the 7.2k ones ...

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/...omentus_7200.4/

http://www.google.com.my/search?rlz=1C1GGL...8&q=ST9500420AS

This would be the interesting fact from Seagate ...

Seagate® Momentus® hard drives provide the optimum combination of performance, capacity and mobility in a 2.5-inch form factor. They are also a good fit in certain non-PC applications, including external storage, copiers/printers and entry-level blade servers

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Added on December 8, 2009, 7:04 pmunfair review by Star paper ...

http://star-techcentral.com/reviews/story....&cat=2&rid=1315

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Dec 8 2009, 07:04 PM

hey.. can u tell me where i could buy hp dm3-1028tx . i called up a couple of places like cycom and compuzone.. they dint understand much of what i spoke :0 . im from india. ill be coming down to kuala lumpur next week. Where can i get ready stock. because i cant wait as ill have to get back to my country . Please do let me know.

Go to Lowyat Plaza, there is a official HP store inside(3rd floor if i am not wrong) and outside(right outside of the main entrance) of the plaza, both are from MTCS Group if i am not wrong ...

i have also seen the unit being displayed at viewnet - the huge store and also all-it stores aswell

thanks alot earl. Would they have ready stock?. or ill have to pre order?

how would i know.

anyone has the full price list for all DM3 series?

http://ncs.com.my/index.php?categoryID=64&show_all=yes

jux bought dm3-1031tx last 2 weeks ago...i found tat the lcd screen facing tiny flicker problem at certain brightness level...is that the problem of the lcd screen?

my friends 1028tx aso got this flickeing issue and its back with hp edy ... not sure they replacing the whole thing or just the screen ...

dm3 recall?

we bought 3 at the same time ... only one had issue ... but i am not clear onthe issue also ... will ask my friend later on ...

how to buy this lappy?even in hp website they didn't state any price...any distributor in this forum?tq

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Added on January 8, 2010, 6:23 pmso..is't known that this laptop got this flicker LCD problem?any solution?

can we customize the highest config at Low Yatt Plaza?

This post has been edited by kirua_85: Jan 8 2010, 06:23 PM

dm3 mouse button abit cacat le..

get a wireless mouse la ...

true la.. but sometimes too heavy to carry evrything when u go out.. some more the space bar also not so nice to press le..

dude, i have been using a laptop since 2004... there has never once i really use the touchpad ... i get a wireless mouse i like ...

now, i have 2 laptops, one for the office and another is the dm3, and the office model i had is the business model and it even has a navigation stick in the middle ... makes no diff - only use them when i really have to or else i just use a mouse ...

and the space bar ... fien for me as well ...

u should have tested it properly before getting it then ...

to me i have 4 laptops and i use the touchpad and pointing stick most of the time. I tested 3 different dm3 all the same la.. space bar and left button

hmmm maybe you should have gone trying a diff brand before buying, these are some of the things u cant change ...

talking bout the left key yeah - i would actually say the up and down key should be proportionate to the left and right ... that could be my only complain ...

maybe i should hold on to it.. tm2 is on the way... enjoy your new toy!!

haha true ...

anyhow ... i dont fancy tablets from HP ...

can't wait for tm2. just ordered my dm3!!

wats the price u paid for the dm3? which model?

i am planning to get a laptop around RM3-4k
considering dm3-1128tx RM2999 or dm3-1129tx RM3399
or may be dv4-2120tx - from cycom i see the price RM4099
any comment?

3 - 4k, why dont u get the dm3-1028tx? its bout 3.9k

HP Pavillion dm3-1028tx
SPECIFICATIONS
- Intel® Core™2 Duo processor SP9300 (6M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
- 4096MB 1066DDR3 Memory (max to 8GB)
- 500GB 7200rpm Hard Disk Drive
- 13.3' Diagonal HD HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1366x768)
- External LightScribe 7 SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
- Bluetooth
- 802.11a/g/n Wireless
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset
- NVIDIA GeForce G 105M with up to 512MB dedicated graphics
- Altec Lansing Speakers, SRS Premium Sound
- Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
- 101 key compatible, a quick launch button, touchpad with 2-way scroll,
touchpad on/off button, dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad
- 4 USB 2.0, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45, Plug and play, Ethernet Network compatibility,
1 Stereo Headphone out, Microphone in
- 5-in-1 Integrated Digital Media Reader
- 6 Cell Polymer Battery
- 32.6cm(L) x 23.0cm(W) x 2.43cm(min H)/3.13cm(max H)
- 1.91kg with 6-cell battery
- One Year Internationl Limited Warranty (parts/labor/Carry-In)
- HP Webcam with integrated Low-light VGA with Digital Microphone

This Pavillion dm3-1028tx laptop or Pavillion dm3-1028tx notebook is about 1910 gram.

HP Pavillion dm3-1129TX
SPECIFICATIONS
- Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor SP9300 (6M Cache, 2.26 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
- 4096MB 1066DDR3 Memory (max to 8GB)
- 500GB 7200rpm Hard Disk Drive
- 13.3 Diagonal HD HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1366x768)
- External LightScribe 7 SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
- Bluetooth
- 802.11a/g/n Wireless
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Mobile Intel GS45 Express Chipset
- NVIDIA GeForce G 105M with up to 512MB dedicated graphics
- Altec Lansing Speakers, SRS Premium Sound
- Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
- 101 key compatible, a quick launch button, touchpad with 2-way scroll,
touchpad on/off button, dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad
- 4 USB 2.0, HDMI, VGA, RJ-45, Plug and play, Ethernet Network compatibility,
1 Stereo Headphone out, Microphone in
- 5-in-1 Integrated Digital Media Reader
- 6 Cell Polymer Battery
- 32.6cm(L) x 23.0cm(W) x 2.43cm(min H)/3.13cm(max H)
- 1.91kg with 6-cell battery
- One Year Internationl Limited Warranty (parts/labor/Carry-In)
- HP Webcam with integrated Low-light VGA with Digital Microphone

This Pavillion dm3-1129TX laptop or Pavillion dm3-1129TX notebook is about 1910 gram.

wat is the different? i get from this website..
http://buylaptop.com.my/web/products.asp?I...on%20dm3-1129TX

http://buylaptop.com.my/web/products.asp?I...on%20dm3-1028tx

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Added on February 5, 2010, 1:03 pmbtw, shall i consider on core i7?

This post has been edited by ken_twh: Feb 5 2010, 01:03 PM

i ordered 1129tx... specs wise should be like yours

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Added on February 5, 2010, 10:37 pmyeah i cant tell the diff too...

This post has been edited by tpl: Feb 5 2010, 10:37 PM

appears that our 028tx is no longer on their website, coul be replced with this 1129 ... everything is the same spec wise and ddesign wise ...

hi dm3 owners, mind to share the battery life ?

hows the batt life? sp9300 25w + g105m 14w = 4-5hours?

went to have a look on DM3 today.. and found out.. it's cool n nice body..
but the thing i dont like would be their keypad.. looks abit weird..

the keyboard is fine, u will definitely have problem on the touch pad ...

i had problem with the touchpad too..

wat kind of problem would it be?

finger hard to move smoothly. lol..

Solution: Put a cheap handphone screen protector over your touchpad and it works wonders

This post has been edited by shreaker: Sep 13 2010, 10:53 PM