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Summary: Best for the money
Review: 4 friends bought notebooks at the same time Dell, Sony, (2)Toshibas all of theirs had P4 chips, and this HP simply outclasses them- 3 my friends admitit! And they paid $500-$900 more! Their notebooks weigh a full pound more, they are thicker, and the P4's are much louder requiring a loud cooling fan. The S video, Firewire, serial ports are awesome features. Made several videos already with the firewire. Screen resolution is beautiful! Graphics card is good- handles computer games well.
Best feature- touch pad w/scroll wheel. I'll never buy a notebook again without one.
Cons- Sound is average for notebooks (not like the new Mac power books). If it had USB 2 it would be my dream come true. Good Job HP- fantastic machine
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Summary: First Laptop
Review: I bought this laptop a month ago and so far I love it. I have owned several desktops but this is my first laptop. I found this laptop easy to use, well built and it has as many features as you could reasonably expect in this price range ($900). Athlon processor is faster than my Desktop Pentium 3. I also bought a Netgear Wireless router($27) and am now using "wi-fi" to surf, network and print from every room in the house! I got a lot more than I expected for less than a grand. Highly recommended.
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Summary: First Laptop
Review: I bought this laptop a month ago and so far I love it. I have owned several desktops but this is my first laptop. I found this laptop easy to use, well built and it has as many features as you could reasonably expect in this price range ($900). Athlon processor is faster than my Desktop Pentium 3. I also bought a Netgear Wireless router($27) and am now using "wi-fi" to surf, network and print from every room in the house! I got a lot more than I expected for less than a grand. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Good laptop for the money
Review: I bought this laptop about 3 months ago, and I've been pretty happy with it. The only problem I've had in 3 months is some minor skipping on the DVD/CD drive (good thing it's still under warranty...) I chose to buy a laptop with an AMD processor because I've been extremely impressed with AMD processors I've bought for my desktops in the past. If I had it to do again, however, I might choose to buy a P4 because the Athalon still tends to run a little hot, although I haven't had a problem with it running _too_ hot. This laptop is fine for watching DVD's, and I've been able to do all of my work on it (including some image-analysis work), but it's not a good machine for gaming because the 64 MB video memory is shared memory. If you're looking for a laptop to use for gaming in your spare time, this isn't the one. The wireless technology has been absolutely terrific, and it has consistently maintained a better connection with my router than my stationary desktop. The hp ze4560 laptop is a bit on the bulky side, but I personally don't mind the extra weight because I love the screen size and the price.
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Summary: My First Laptop
Review: I needed a laptop and wanted an AMD based laptop for around $1100, this is my first laptop, the quality is excellent, screen is good, and I like the glowing blue keys. Feel of the keyboard is great too. What can you say, great price, great look, etc. and its AMD. The best part was formatting the hard-disk and installing Linux. I laughed with glee as I threw the HP Microsoft XP install disks into my wood-burning fireplace.
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Summary: My First Laptop
Review: I needed a laptop and wanted an AMD based laptop for around $1100, this is my first laptop, the quality is excellent, screen is good, and I like the glowing blue keys. Feel of the keyboard is great too. What can you say, great price, great look, etc. and its AMD. The best part was formatting the hard-disk and installing Linux. I laughed with glee as I threw the HP Microsoft XP install disks into my wood-burning fireplace.
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Summary: Adequate
Review: I purchased this computer in November of 2003 from Amazon.com. I am not particularly hard on my computers. Since I've bought this computer, I've been extremely busy, and haven't had the free time to do much more than check my email. As a resuly, the computer has essentially been sitting on a desk since I've gotten it. This Saturday, I had to send it in for a repair. The screen completely died. I've only had this computer for five months, and it isn't as though I've been hauling it around, abusing it, or even using it a whole lot. While I'm not saying this is a bad computer--after all, I've only tried this one--I feel obligated to post this problem. The computer has to be sent out to Texas; I'm in Illinois. I'm going to be without a computer for over a month. I like this computer--I really do. Aside from this, it's been a great little notebook. This incident, however, doesn't bode well for its reliability.
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Summary: Adequate
Review: I purchased this computer in November of 2003 from Amazon.com. I am not particularly hard on my computers. Since I've bought this computer, I've been extremely busy, and haven't had the free time to do much more than check my email. As a resuly, the computer has essentially been sitting on a desk since I've gotten it. This Saturday, I had to send it in for a repair. The screen completely died. I've only had this computer for five months, and it isn't as though I've been hauling it around, abusing it, or even using it a whole lot. While I'm not saying this is a bad computer--after all, I've only tried this one--I feel obligated to post this problem. The computer has to be sent out to Texas; I'm in Illinois. I'm going to be without a computer for over a month. I like this computer--I really do. Aside from this, it's been a great little notebook. This incident, however, doesn't bode well for its reliability.
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Summary: Problem with the MousePad
Review: I've had this computer for 6 months. The system works well, but the mousepad is a disaster and makes all use of it frustrating. It's not responsive - I have to press the left-click button 1-3 times to get it to work. It is also not an ergonomic key pad. Think about this before you buy, the buttons are ineffective, and positioned for elf hands - I've never had hand strain in 15 years of computing until this HP! My wife's Dell is the opposite - easy buttons and ergonomic. I only use my HP with a different mouse in the USB port.
It has shut down once or twice for no reason, and sometimes won't start without pressing the "reset" button, but otherwise it's been smooth riding with the system itself.
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Summary: Problem with the MousePad
Review: I've had this computer for 6 months. The system works well, but the mousepad is a disaster and makes all use of it frustrating. It's not responsive - I have to press the left-click button 1-3 times to get it to work. It is also not an ergonomic key pad. Think about this before you buy, the buttons are ineffective, and positioned for elf hands - I've never had hand strain in 15 years of computing until this HP! My wife's Dell is the opposite - easy buttons and ergonomic. I only use my HP with a different mouse in the USB port.
It has shut down once or twice for no reason, and sometimes won't start without pressing the "reset" button, but otherwise it's been smooth riding with the system itself.
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