will someone with computing experience please rate this laptop

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/5451732/Hewlett-Packard-Pavilion-G7064EA-Pentium-Dual-Core-T2370-1-73-GHz-1GB-250GB-DVD-SM-15-4-Vista-Home-Basic-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?searchtype=genre#

That is the laptop i am considering. i will need it for:

general internet browsing
downloading video and audio files
general PC tasks
to run an xbox live account through
in-built webcam

THats mainly it, i dont need it for online gaming etc. so dont care about graphics card and stuff but would like to it to run smoothly and boot up quickly.

Please can someone who knows what there talking about rate this against other laptops in the £379 price range and take into account a in-built webcam is key.

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11 Comments

davrukin

It’s ant okay laptop. You can get better ones, but this one is good for the price.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 3:06 pm | Permalink
Tony B

Looks OK for that price to me. Maybe a little thin on RAM for running Vista well, but it will do everything you specify above without trouble.

HTH

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 3:49 pm | Permalink
DeFtOnEs

That will work fine for what you want to do. A little more ram would help it run even a bit more smoothly, either that or turn off all the extra “eye candy” in vista. You can always get more ram if it becomes a problem. If you don’t game or do video editing you have nothing to worry about.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 4:16 pm | Permalink
AJ

I would rate this laptop at a 5 at best. It comes with windows vista which is a demanding OS and needs at least 2GB of ram to make it boot up in a decent amount of time. Second the processor probably won’t handle video and audio downloading do to the fact that it will be busy running vista.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 4:22 pm | Permalink
Bob L

ok, this laptop is ok if you don’t want to play games or watch HD movies. If you are a casual user, then i suggest you get a medison celecrity laptop which cost abot $150. Go on their website and check out the specs

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 5:04 pm | Permalink
Rodrigo

I rate this laptop for you a 5 out of 5.This laptop is perfect for you it is cheap has 200+ G it is good.It has a bad graphics card but you will not need it so it is perfect for you.for me i need a good graphics card.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
lacy_64_99

Its just ok, I would consider it bottom end. Since your only getting 1gb of ram and Windows Vista Basic. As for the positives it does have 250gb instead of something more basic like a 160 and you are getting a dual core processor.

So something with

2gb minimum ram
250gb or larger HD
Windows Vista Home Premium
and a built in webcam since you want one.

Would be minimum I would go with. Vista with 1gb of ram is SLOWWW.Regardless of processor

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 6:15 pm | Permalink
Nick

It’s a normal standard laptop. Oh and it’s “built-in” not “in-built” you silly.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 6:22 pm | Permalink
Roddy S

If you are in the UK then go to Tesco’s. Tesco (Perth) had the same or similar (with webcam) HP for £278 and a couple of others with your specifications (Fujitsu) for a little bit more.

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
john

i would give that 7/10. this one is better for an extra £50 http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/3595633/Acer-TravelMate-5720-302G16Mi-Core-2-Duo-T7300-2-GHz-2GB-160GB-DVD-SM-15-4-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 6:40 pm | Permalink
The Nerd

Hp is a good make but if i remember correctly u can get it with 2gb of ram 4 the same price at tesco’s other than that it should be fine 4 general use

Posted on 08-Nov-09 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

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