Some good, some bad
Written: Nov 17 '05
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Pros: CPU, screen, sound, built-in Wifi with on/off button, on/off button for touchpad.
Cons: Hard drive, fans, heat, CD, touchpad, USB power.
The Bottom Line: If you can live with the CONs, then go for it.
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| mindthegap's Full Review: Hewlett Packard Pavilion ze5375us (DC964A) PC Note... |
I've had this laptop for about 2 and a half years. Before the BIOS update, I was unhappy with this laptop. Now, I can say that it's a good laptop. It has it's pros and cons as you'll see below but it's been good value for the money. HP support has been helpful. I had to replace the keyboard because my child spilled orange juice on it. This was fairly inexpensive ($40) and much easier than I imagined. On the other hand, the drive died prematurely. Drive replacement (Hitachi) was easy but I expected to get a few more years out of the original (Toshiba). And, it seems to have problems pulling music from a CD these days. The first half of the MP3s will create successfully. The second half will be half or nil in size and unable to play. I blame this on heat as the CD when it pops out is sizzling. DVDs get equally toasty. Haven't had a chance to check out this issue with HP yet. Oh yeah, I can't stand having the touch pad enabled. You're always accidentally sending the pointer across the screen while typing. Thankfully, it has an on/off button. I always use an external mouse. You might also want to know that there isn't enough juice coming out of the USB ports to power the typical nonpowered external USB drive. A powered USB hub is necessary. I believe a single powered USB channel will deliver about 500ma. The drive that came out of my laptop for instance runs 700ma. The 2.5" external drive cases can use a second powered USB port to get the remaining juice. This laptop seems to be sharing the power amongst the various USB ports.
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No
Amount Paid (US$): 1300
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
Screen Size: 15 inches
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): 31-40
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