Graphics cards - Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with up to 224 MB shared system
Network - Intel 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection
Wireless - Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG; Broadcom 802.11 b/gFor the price i paid for this laptop i got more than i barganed for,the screen is excellent with the Brightview technology,A DVD Writer and 80gb Sata Hard Drive all for just £350 from ebuyer.
First thing i noticed when i opened the box was the size of the laptop it is quite and quite heavy, It came preloaded with windows vista basic edition all i needed to do was enter what username i wanted.
The main things th HP have done wrong is they have only put 512 DDR2 in to this laptop and i think that this is not enough for windows vista to run smoothly,would be ok for Windows Xp .After a few days i upgraded the memory of the laptop to 2gb ddr2 this is very easy and was cheap only £30. After i did this the laptop was perfect.
The touch pad is made from the same plastic the case and i think it is very good.The Graphics are Intel GMA 950 with a maximum resolution of 1280 x 800 will handles videos ok but will not be enough for games.The wireless on the laptop works about 80metres away from my router which is excellent range i would say. If the 530 had more connections on it such as memory card reader i think it would be perfect but you get what you pay for i suppose.
After testing the DVD Writer i found that it failed a lot of times using Nero Express it also failed using the HP Backup Software,Worked perfect when tryiing to copy music disk.The Lid on my laptop has got 2 scratches after only 2 month of using.One more problem i have found with this laptop is that the power cable is in the wrong place always seems to be in the way.
i would reccomend getting this laptop if you are on a tight budget and if you are not botherd about the size of the laptop(would reccomend Ram Upgrade).
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(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
Hey yeah i have to agree with previous 2 comments but its still a good review, i'm still quite new on here too and sometimes don't put enough detail in my reviews and its your first review too i know my first review wasn't that detailed. Good first review x
Advantages: Have great features like picture quality, huge memory attractive model. Disadvantages: weight is some what similar to other 15.4" models. It s should be less.
tushark1 25.09.2008 (25.09.2008)
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Advantages: Have great features like picture quality, huge memory attractive model. Disadvantages: weight is some what similar to other 15.4" models. It s should be less.
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