I bought this laptop for $799 at best buy on July 4Th.
Specs of Laptop :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01061069&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3439474&os=2093%E2%8C%A9=en
I searched all over Internet for the reviews but found none...So i wanted to write a detail review after using it for almost 2 months.
Specs of Laptop :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01061069&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3439474&os=2093%E2%8C%A9=en
I searched all over Internet for the reviews but found none...So i wanted to write a detail review after using it for almost 2 months.
1) Its AMD Turion with 1.8 GHz which is equal to Intel Dual Core2 1.66 GHz. You can get the stats from AMD website or from this website
http://technology.domain4fun.info/IntelCore2DuoVsAMDX2.html
2)It has 2 GB ram with 533MHz speed and as far as i tested the Graphic Card is of 32MB dedicated and it uses 559MB of RAM for graphics when needed. So it’s not for Good Graphic Game players...But i played older games like NFS-II and it worked perfectly.
Pros :
Best Design in the laptops, Good Display, Touch Buttons, Best sound clarity, Inbuilt webcam and mic, Almost all the ports and Interfaces are available, Has remote which will work with Windows Media Center using Infrared.
Cons:
Laptop heats faster, you can listen to the inbuilt fan sound little bit load when it runs, No Blue tooth.
Performance:
Windows vista with this laptop is good but still long way to go since most of the applications and devices are not compatible.If you want windows XP you need to format and load windows XP for which, it’s very hard to find the drivers for the laptop hardware. HP does not support for Windows XP drivers since it came with Vista.To experience a real dual core performance you need to stick to Windows Vista. Up to me Windows XP didn’t provide good performance of dual core after installing some patches from Microsoft and AMD. So better stick to Vista.
Hard drive comes with 160GB. Don’t expect all the 160 GB space for you. ;-) . Around 9 GB is used for HP backup, Vista occupies around 20 GB and some of the space is occupied by HP system files. So when you open the laptop you will have a SOLID 120 GB free space.
Sound clarity is one of the best in its class. This comes with Altec Lansing speakers and you will have loud and clarity sound. Don’t expect BASS from the small speakers. Overall great for laptops.
Battery comes with this is not powerful and it withholds the batter for 1hr30mins when i watched the movie.Battery time depends on the type of applications and the load on laptop.
I have tested the laptop for dual core performance...
I Burned DVD, Converted a sample video from one format to other and watched movie on laptop at same time. DVD burning took a couple of minutes more than expected.
t passed the dual core test with out any problems...Iam overall satisfied with the purchase for price i bought…
Only problem is it gets heat fast. Heat doesn’t create any problem until you start playing games. You can always over come the heat by using laptop cooling pads.
Overall this laptop is good for Home users and College Students.
Not for Graphic Game players.
P.S.: Don’t forget to create to backup discs when you open the laptop for first time.It takes 2 DVD’s to take backup but it will be useful when some thing goes wrong to restore the laptop to factory settings.
http://technology.domain4fun.info/IntelCore2DuoVsAMDX2.html
2)It has 2 GB ram with 533MHz speed and as far as i tested the Graphic Card is of 32MB dedicated and it uses 559MB of RAM for graphics when needed. So it’s not for Good Graphic Game players...But i played older games like NFS-II and it worked perfectly.
Pros :
Best Design in the laptops, Good Display, Touch Buttons, Best sound clarity, Inbuilt webcam and mic, Almost all the ports and Interfaces are available, Has remote which will work with Windows Media Center using Infrared.
Cons:
Laptop heats faster, you can listen to the inbuilt fan sound little bit load when it runs, No Blue tooth.
Performance:
Windows vista with this laptop is good but still long way to go since most of the applications and devices are not compatible.If you want windows XP you need to format and load windows XP for which, it’s very hard to find the drivers for the laptop hardware. HP does not support for Windows XP drivers since it came with Vista.To experience a real dual core performance you need to stick to Windows Vista. Up to me Windows XP didn’t provide good performance of dual core after installing some patches from Microsoft and AMD. So better stick to Vista.
Hard drive comes with 160GB. Don’t expect all the 160 GB space for you. ;-) . Around 9 GB is used for HP backup, Vista occupies around 20 GB and some of the space is occupied by HP system files. So when you open the laptop you will have a SOLID 120 GB free space.
Sound clarity is one of the best in its class. This comes with Altec Lansing speakers and you will have loud and clarity sound. Don’t expect BASS from the small speakers. Overall great for laptops.
Battery comes with this is not powerful and it withholds the batter for 1hr30mins when i watched the movie.Battery time depends on the type of applications and the load on laptop.
I have tested the laptop for dual core performance...
I Burned DVD, Converted a sample video from one format to other and watched movie on laptop at same time. DVD burning took a couple of minutes more than expected.
t passed the dual core test with out any problems...Iam overall satisfied with the purchase for price i bought…
Only problem is it gets heat fast. Heat doesn’t create any problem until you start playing games. You can always over come the heat by using laptop cooling pads.
Overall this laptop is good for Home users and College Students.
Not for Graphic Game players.
P.S.: Don’t forget to create to backup discs when you open the laptop for first time.It takes 2 DVD’s to take backup but it will be useful when some thing goes wrong to restore the laptop to factory settings.
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