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(More customer reviews)Beats an overpriced macbook easily i believe, never owned a mac but this HP packs a punch !
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Positives:++++
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+Looks super stylish like a macbook
+Has both Intel HD graphics for low power use and ATI Radeon 5650 for powered on use. Easily switchable with a mouse click. 5650 has 40% performance compared to the most powerful graphics available for laptops as per notebookcheck.net website. Good enough considering a 60% perfomance GPU like GTX 460m integrated into a laptop will cost at least $1250
+Windows Experience index WithouT considering low speed hard drive and 4GB RAM is 6.6 out of max 7.9. With considering hard drive/RAM it drops to 5.9. Though 4GB RAM is pretty much enough unless you plan to play intensive games such as Crysis for which i am getting 8GB 1333 Mhz corsair.
+ The installed RAM seems to be 4GB PC3-10600 which is a DDR3 1333Mhz. Should be at least good or even better than a 1066 Mhz RAM in other laptops of similar price
+ Intel HD graphics looks surprisingly good when compared to another laptop i tried with same graphics. Good enough for online browsing, videos and desktop use.
+Altec Lansing Dolby 7.1 speakers.
+Plays crysis super smooth at medium-high settings. Can play at high settings at around 30fps
+Esata/usb, Touchpad tap locking mechanism
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Negatives:- - - -
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-A slightly lower ranked i3 370M intel chip. Would have been great if it were i5 4xxm with Turbo-boost. Nevertheless still good performance.
-HP clutterware, get your own copy of windows and clean out all that. (Students get it free from msdn alliance with your university).
-Could get really hot easily if using the ATI 5650 GPU. Make sure you use it only when at home and over a notebook cooler like Zalman2000 or Nzxt cryo. Otherwise stick to Intel HD GPU to prolong laptop life.
NZXT ACC-NT-CRYO-LX 120MM Aluminum Notebook Cooler Adjustable Fans (Silver)
-Monitoring with RealTemp Software tells me the CPU cores could get to about 70C degree celsius and ATI GPU to 64C (throughout averaging 64C and 59C respectively) under 5 hours+ prolonged gaming load (crysis) even when cooled by a high speed NZXT cryo Aluminium cooler with external DC adapter plugged in. The left side of the laptop is where all the CPU/ATIGPU/IntelGPU is located and thats where all the heat is generated. The left side of the touch pad and top of the laptop also gets hot and i recommend using something like "thermapak heatshift" over the laptop keyboard (if you are not using it) which should be help it cool down further for a good 4 hours+ of worry free gaming . Though make sure your ambient temperature of not over normal comfortable room temperature for good performance in cooling down your laptop.
ThermaPAK HeatShift Laptop Cooler 15 inch Black
-Havent found a way to make the laptop choose intel GPU by default at starup. The default choice is ATI GPU.
- Got blue screen of death and restarted a few times by itself when trying to install a few antivirus trials with Zone Alarm firewall and Windows Defender enabled. Finally figured out Zone alarm works with Bit Defender 2011 Antivirus with everything except Antivirus capability turned off.
-No finger print reader, USB 3.0, PCIe Express Card Slot.
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