Laptops > Hewlett Packard Laptops > Less than 80 GB > Less than 500 GBP

Advantages: Ability to recover to initial factory settings, durable and easy to use
Disadvantages: It comes with windows vista

I bought a HP Compaq Buisness Notebook 6720 (GR647EA) from a HP partner two months ago. He gave me the Laptop without the recovery discs. I found it strange because the laptops I had used came with discs. I requested for them and he informed me that it has inbuilt back up and recovery. For two reasons - wrong configuration of keyboard and download of an update incompatible with microsoft office - I had to perform full system recovery twice. Each ...
...not miss a thing. This thrilled me because the last laptop (a different brand) I used, the full factory image/settings was not recovered when I had to format it. It came with a trial version of microsoft office 2007 (I did not need to buy MS office for a while), a sixty subscription of Norton Virus and windows vista which can be a nuisance. But I understand that one can request for a downgrade to windows XP professional. ... Read review

Advantages: Nippy little peice of kit, good graphics, biometrics scanner
Disadvantages: Battery problems

...to have these problems, the hp forums are very helpful, I couldn't say the same for their call centers though, could not understand a word that 'Romeo' the indian legend said. Ok well now I've got the bad out the way, the good is surely to follow! Brilliant speed for a 1.8 Ghz, although I recommend you whack in another 512 of RAM to beef that baby up! The fingerprint scanner is amazing, very bond! Tested it out on my friends and family, no one ...
...WoW. Although I set the graphics to lowest for optimum performance. The computer also synced perfectly with my wireless router first time (Belkin high speed) with talktalk as my isp. One tip though, delete all the hp help crap that comes pre-installed on the computer, its all pretty useless. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheep laptop, resonable quality
Disadvantages: Spend a little more, get a faster laptop

I have been using this laptop for a couple of months and I think, for the money, this is an exceptional piece of equipment. My couple of gripes are long charging time, the right mouse button feels loose, it now takes a very long time to boot up (it was fine new and I have not added much software) and a very limiting hard drive. Also, this unit comes with 512mb ram but can only be upgraded to a max 1gb and uses special ram chips that need to be ordered ... Read review

Advantages: cheap no nonsense
Disadvantages: small ram for you modern chaps

...experience a couple of glitches. HP kindly provides you with software for creating your recovery disk, (which is basically a copy of Windows XP and the few bits of software the machine comes with). You need either 2 blank DVDs or 11 CDRoms and just have to follow the instructions which pop up on the screen. I opted for the DVDs, but after inserting the 1st DVD and waiting about 40 minutes while some dubious chugging went on, I then got an error message ...
...my fingers, inserted another DVD and tried again, and this time all went smoothly. The whole process took just over an hour, then I was ready to go. By far the best and most fun bit of this laptop is the wireless connectivity. This is because there is nothing in life I enjoy better than getting something for free, and with wireless I can connect via the café next door and they foot the bill. Truly marvellous! I find the signal a bit iffy at times, ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap in Price compared to other laptops
Disadvantages: Slightly bulky and heavy in weight

...their prices with the other Dell laptops out on market. I purchased the laptop at £339 with the same spec on the inspiron coming to a total of £529. The machine overall is excellent for the type of work I use it for, as it is very fast and quite simple to use with minimal functions. The downfall is that it is slightly bulky compared to all the other machines and can take up quite a bit of room as it is pretty thick aswell. I have had a few problems ... Read review