A Laptop for $999 or less!
Written: May 09 '01
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Pros: Nice price and good quality!
Cons: Needs 128MB of memory!
The Bottom Line: If you’re looking for a decent laptop at a decent price, then check out this one.
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| surferdude7's Full Review: Hewlett Packard Pavilion N3410 (F1921A) PC Noteboo... |
Yes you can find a nice laptop with plenty of features and a color screen for under $1000. This laptop has the AMD K6-2 550MHz processor with a 13-inch High Performance SVGA display. This is a Windows ME loaded Laptop.
The HP Pavilion Notebook N3410 has 64MB of 100MHz SDRAM modules of memory, it is expandable to 512MB and there is one empty memory expansion slot.
It comes with a Removable 5GB hard drive, 24X Max CD-ROM drive and a 56K ITU V.90 Modem. Also included is a 16-bit SoundBlaster Pro-compatible audio with dual built-in speakers by Polk Audio.
It has an 87-key full-size keyboard, that is spill-resistant, an intuitive touch pad-pointing device and a built in Microphone.
The Notebook
It is a small lightweight laptop (or Notebook) that when opened up displays the keyboard, the touch pad, the built in microphone and the two built in speakers.
The speakers and the touch pad are located closest to you with the microphone being up close to the screen and the keyboard right under the microphone.
To the right side of the Notebook you have the CD-ROM and modem jacks.
To the left side of the Notebook you have a floppy disk drive (3 1/2) and a PC card slot.
The bottom of it is where the battery, hard drive and memory goes.
The Back of it
The back of the laptop has all of your connections,
Parallel port, Serial port, USB port and a VGA port for an external monitor.
Audio out for external speakers, when using the external speakers it will turn off the built in ones. You can also plug in a set of headphones here.
Microphone jack
PS2 port for an external mouse or keyboard
AC adaptor jack
The Battery
The battery is a Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery.
There are three lights on the laptop to let you know what is happening to the battery while it is plugged into an AC outlet.
Green – with the AC plugged in the battery is fully charged.
Orange - with the AC plugged in the battery is charging.
Red - with the AC plugged in the battery is not excepting a charge.
When the AC is not plugged in you can see an icon of a battery in the Windows taskbar. Run the mouse pointer over it and it will tell you how much time is left on the battery before it needs to be recharged. The computer will warn you when the battery is getting too low. Use the AC adapter anytime you can to save on the battery power.
Software
They include a Pavilion Recovery CD that will restore Windows ME and all software included with the laptop.
Microsoft Encarta – a nice encyclopedia with some sound and video.
Microsoft Works – is a word processor, spreadsheet, database and more.
Microsoft Money – helps to manage your money, on line banking is available.
Intuit Quicken Basic – another money managing program.
VirusScan – to help protect your laptop from viruses.
Also included are Adobe Acrobat Reader, AudioRack CD Player, MusicMatch Jukebox, HP Diagnostic tools and more.
Overall
This is a nice laptop computer, no it won’t break any speed records, and it won’t break your bank account either. At less than $1000 you get a laptop that should run about any program out today.
This is not for the gamers, I haven’t seem a gamer yet wanting a laptop anyway. This is great for students and anyone who is on the road and cannot live without a computer. This is also great for a business person who doesn’t need the fastest speed.
It is really not a slow laptop at all but, when you compare it to some of the desktops now running at 1.5 GHz, is does look slow.
The laptop or Notebook, which ever you wish to call it, is easy to use and operate. One thing I can never get use to is not having a regular mouse, I sure am glad there is a plug for one.
It has a One-year U.S. limited warranty on parts and labor.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 999
Operating System: Windows
Processor: AMD K-2
Processor speed: 501-600
Screen Size: 13
RAM: 64
Internal Storage: CD-ROM
Hard Drive (GB): Over 50
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