Packard Bell EasyNote R0205 > Reviews > Easynote Review

Author's product rating:   

Speed	Average
Look & Feel	Good
Comfort & Portability	Good
Robustness & Durability	Good
Value For Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Simple Design, Cheap
Disadvantages:	Constant Flaws & Poorly Constructed laptop

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

I exchanged my Apple iBook G4 for a Packard Bell EasyNote R0205 (second hand), the EasyNote is 512MB Ram, 50Gb HDD, 15" Screen, Gigabite Wireless Card, Windows XP Professional installed.

I am generally quite happy with the laptop and use it nearly all the time, I have quit using my desktop which is very powerful compared to the easynote.

But even with my constant use I have found a few problems.

- Cheaply created laptop
- Old Model for Today
- The laptop mouse always has occasional problems

I wanted a laptop for everyday use, so something quite powerful but with all the flaws it does the trick.

My advice is that don't buy this laptop if you are a heavy downloader or play games or anything major of the sort, because the laptop won't be able to handle it. If you want to download and are very keen to buy this laptop, i'd try an external HDD or a large USB stick. I transferred all my movies onto a USB stick, and happily watched away.

But as the laptop has a small HDD for this model I would only use a reasonable amount of space.

I looked for a student laptop for three year's and the apple was total rubbish I used my parents laptop which was always a constant bother with loads of programs popping up all the time, but this is more for what I needed and I am going to use it to study my second year of BTEC and my AS Level Computing.

If are looking to download lot's and store loads of programs, etc. Then this laptop isn't for you.

If you are a student or something along the line or need it for web use, general surfring, reports then this laptop is definatly for you. It has just what you need.

Saying that there are probably better laptop's for the price range but buying a simple laptop is a good start, I bought this laptop and was new to laptops and it does the trick.