Hi I'm a 30 year old male living in South Wales. I like most music (especially live music) and films...
Hi I'm a 30 year old male living in South Wales. I like most music (especially live music) and films and also enjoy a drink.
Am now married so have so time to catch up all the reviews I've missed - Enjoy
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We have been looking for a good quality laptop at the right price, so when we saw the HP G60 for £379 we went for it.
The laptop is has a good specification. It has 3GB of RAM which is more than enough to run Windows Vista, a 250 GB hard drive, and 2 GHz AMD Turion dual core processor which means it is more that quick and powerful enough to hand most things.
The screen is 15.6 inches (a fraction larger than the standard 15.4 on most laptops) and has a glossy finish, there is little glare and ample brightness and contract in it.
This slightly larger screen has enable the laptop to be fitted with what is almost a full sized keyboard, complete a numeric keypad, the only exception being the cursor and function keys which are half height, in use the keyboard has a good solid feel to it. The track pad is average size but has a very glossy feel making it very easy to use.
The HP G60 has the standard connectivity ports, 2 x USB 2, an Ethernet port, a VGA output so it can be used with a normal monitor. Internet connectivity is good too because as well as a built in wireless card (which is the norm now) that can be enabled/ disabled via a button above the keyboard (it glows red when disabled and blue when enabled) it also has a built in dial up modem which is rarity. The other features are a web cam and microphone (so the computer can be used for video messaging) and a DVD recorder drive.
The case itself is matt black plastic apart form the lid which is a high gloss, this gives it a classy feel. The case is well built with a solid feel and very little flexing. The battery is not very large hence the battery life is only 2 hours but this does keep the weight down, which to me gives the right balance between weight and longevity.
Setting the machine up was easy, just power up via the large button above the keyboard and away to go, after the few minutes it takes to set up the standard windows elements (set the language, time zone, users etc) it is ready to use.
The laptop comes with all the full Microsoft Works suite as well as trial versions of Microsoft Office and Norton antivirus. The only downside as with most computers these days there is only a 'getting started' guide, all other documentation is accessed on line
All in all this is very solid package at a great price – definitely recommended !
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Advantages: Dual-Core Processor, Webcam, Good memory, NVIDIA Dedicated graphics, DVD+R Lightscribe Drive Disadvantages: Vista ends up pretty slow, Battery life is satisfactory, Plastic is very dust prone, 120GB HDD
Jackd4567 06.06.2009 ·
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