My Laptop is about three weeks old and is a HP Pavilion zd8000 widescreen.
I only really need the laptop to be portable as I take it to work then bring it home again three months later so I do not need very light and portable machines. This laptop is consequently a bit on the big and heavy side but perfect for what I want.
At the moment I am over the moon with it as I have never used XP before and it's connectivity is a revelation as regards USB and wireless. The spec is unbelievable, most of which I can't remember, but it has a 3.something Ghz Pentium 4 processor with 100 Gig hard drive. Graphics and sound are stunning with a screen that I still find amazing to look at and a sound quality from the on board Altec Lansing speakers being superb.
The keyboard is a very nicely laid out full keyboard with a perfect touch that is actually similar to my old Dell. It even has a numeric pad so the space on top of the chassis is used to its best advantage.
It has three USB ports, numerous card slots for cards I have never heard of and a neat little SD card reader that plugs into a slot. It also even has a remote for playing DVD's. The DVD is a rewritable drive and seems to work very nicely.
Overall it seems to run a bit warm, obviously this has been an issue as it has three fans underneath it, and the fans are a bit noisy in operation.
All this performance and hardware and the absolutely stunning screen comes in at 1300.00 pounds which I didn't actually see as to expensive when I compared it with the other machines along the line in Curry's.
If you want performance, fantastic screen, amazing connectivity and features and are prepared to pay in money and weight then this is highly recommended.
I also bought a Microsoft laptop Mouse with the transmitter a little unit that clips below the mouse to turn it off. When you want to use it unclip it, stick it into any USB port and you are away. Cordless and optical and the best toy I have bought in ages!! |