Hewlett Packard Pavilion ze1210 (F5398H) PC Notebook

Pros: Light weight, compact, fast
Cons: short battery life with heavy use, Win XP,touchy mouse pad

I have had my HP ZE1210_L for several weeks now and so far am mostly happy with it.

I got it when I broke down and got cable internet access
for home and found out that my computer that I've had for
a couple of years wasn't...

Pros: FAST, Smooth Running AMD Athlon XP Processor, Logistically Logical
Cons: Jittery Keyboard

After being pooped on by Dell, my eyes were wandering toward a company that was projecting professionalism, quality, and powerful products. Comparison shopping both on the Internet and the local retail electronics store revealed to me that...

Pros: Highly portable, comfortable keyword, very nice mouse pad, VERY nice screen
Cons: Poor speakers, need more RAM, lacs several ports, too hot to use as a laptop

This laptop has everything anyone could expect... or almost everything. When I first bought this ...

Pros: Easy to use when working 2 USB 2.0 Ports (Not high-speed)
Cons: Bad workmanship, HP didn't honor warranty Poor battery life Overheats Power jack failure

Pros: Seems to be a good initial value for the purchase price Cons: Multiple Hardware Problems within first year; Not durable. Conclusion: An expensive paperweight! Note that other reviewers of the HP ze1210 reviewed it when it was brand new and ...

Pros: Strong Processor
Cons: Tends to be hot on bottom

This labtop operates at 1.4 Ghz. In AMD words this is a strong processor. It is usefull for multitasking.. meaning that you can open multiple programs at the same time. You may have never heard of AMD but it is one of the strongest processors on the...

Pros: Generally a good value; decent customer support overall; pretty good workhorse.
Cons: Power jack breaks; no WinXP CD; some other shoddy parts; short battery life.

This laptop has been pretty good, except after about 2 years, the power jack (where you plug the adapter into the PC) started coming loose and eventually broke off. This is evidently a fairly common HP design flaw [see ...

Pros: Lightweight, low cost, easy to use
Cons: no internal 3.5" drive

WOW! What a deal!!! I purchased my ZE1210 from Staples, who was selling the last 3 on clearance for $779.50 each! And I still am able to submit the $100 Dollar Rebate, for a final price of $679.50 tax! So, I should have bought them all at that...

Pros: This laptop is easy to carry around.
Cons: The mousepad is very sensitive.

This is the first computer that i have owned and it has been a good experience for me. When i first purchased this laptop, it found it to be in perfect working order in order to start immediately working on. The instructions have been easy to understand....

Pros: Inexpensive. Nice display. Plays DVDs and CD-RW.
Cons: A bit slow. Small hard drive (20G). Runs REALLY hot.

I've had my ze1210 for over a year and it's a competent machine. Too slow for a new machine now, but it was good value last year. Main problem is it runs really hot. I run a motherboard temperature sensor program and I've seen it up at 90 degrees. That's 90 Celsius! When I say this is a hot machine that really cooks, I am speaking literally. It seems to run hotter after I upped the memory to 768Meg. But as hot as it gets, it doesn't stop working. I don't think they should have used this Athlon chip in a laptop

My solution was to buy a small fan base for it (about $8 on eBay). This keeps the temperature to around 45 degrees C.