Customer Reviews

Averatec AV6210HX60-01 Laptop (AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW/CD-RW Drive)

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This is my first laptop. Overall it works pretty well with 3 major exceptions. 1. If I don't keep the right underside of it open to constant ventilation, it overheats within 30 minutes and shuts down. Averatec {Hitachi} claims this model was not included in their overheating battery recall earlier this yr. I beg to differ. My son, who builds and programs computers says this laptop definitely should not be getting this hot, EVER!
2. The DVD/CD Rom, Drive/Player stopped working after 5 months and I had only used it 4 or 5 times. It simply does not recognize that there is a DVD/CD in the drive.
3. Averatec's customer service stinks. They do NOT stand behind their products when things go wrong.

This laptop looks great but its performance is very poor in several areas. First, the battery overheats to the extent that after an hour or so, the area around the touchpad is literally too hot to touch for any period of time. Second, the wireless capacity is absolute garbage. Even sitting next to my router, I loose my wireless signal every couple of minutes. Meanwhile, my brother's Dell keeps a signal into the next zip code. Don't get me wrong, I dislike Dells, which is the reason I bought an Averatec in the first place. But my purchase was misguided. If you're going to spend $1000+ on a laptop, get an HP, or suck it up and get a cheap IBM.

I bought this about a month ago (at a warehouse club) and it has been everything I expected from a first laptop. I wanted something I could carry out on the deck with me and after setting up my wireless network, it has worked great and I haven't noticed any speed reduction from my usual broadband connection in regular wireless G mode. I'm not sure what the other reviewer's complaint is about DVDs as I haven't had the problems watching DVDs as they suggested and, though it takes some figuring out, you can get back to the menu while watching DVDs (a mouse helps). The battery life when using the computer has been about 2 hours. I haven't tried it in just DVD to time the battery life in that mode. I'm not a heavy gamer (Scrabble, Backgammon) so I can't speak for it's response in that area though other reviews I've read have vouched for it in that area. I will state that after reading laptop reviews on the net I was worried about the LCD screen and dead pixels, but I've not noticed any on this laptop. If fact, I prefer surfing the net on the laptop's wide 15" LCD screen over my desktop's regular 17" CRT screen. All in all, I find this to be a purchase I have not regretted.

Earlier this year I was in desperate need of a laptop for school. I did a little online research and didn't find too many user reviews and it was the cheapest tablet pc that had an internal cd/dvd drive within my price range. I purchased it in February and not even a month later I was having major issues. The cursor would spontaneously get stuck in the upper right hand corner of the screen causing me to accidently close out of the screen if I was in mid-click. The bottom would burn up after about 30 minutes. The screen has went completely black on a number of occassions, it has went completely white numerous times (I would have to turn the monitor to get the picture back), and other times the screen would shake or blink. The computer pads at the botton of the computer have fallen off as well as one of the pads on the monitor. The paint on the latch that holds the stylus comes off easily, and I had hairline cracks on the left side of the keyboard that have evolved into larger cracks. Another thing that I don't care is the fact that that images on the screen can only be scene clearly if you are facing it. The picture quality from any other angle is horrible and it does not adjust to lighting at all. I have to constantly move my screen to get a good picture. The speaker volume is also extremely low even at it's highest level. Also, my battery only lasts 120 minutes and it only gives you a a few seconds before it shuts off.

The good things about this computer are it's capabilities and versatility. I love that fact that it has voice functions and of course the ability to handwrite notes, and I love the cd/dvd combo. It has a speedy procecssor and adequate memory.

I definately wouldn't recommend this tablet pc to anyone unless you are willing to deal with all these inconveniences on a regular basis.

At first I was a little skeptical, since I have never even heard of Averatec, but after 4 months of owning it, I have to say it's the best notebook I ever had, including HP. It is fast and reliable. The battery lasts 2 and a half hours. The screen size is great. My kids love the DVD player. I take it to gymnastics meets and the kids watch up to 3 movies, like advetised, and they don't care if the picture is a little stretched. It works great with my router, never had any problems whatsoever. I reccommend it to anyone.

This laptop is a pretty good buy. Its fast and does everything I need it too. The only downside to this thing is that DVD feature. Don't bother using the DVD part of this thing because the aspect ratio is never right (the picture was either squashed or streched out no matter what aspect ratio I chose). So if you want to watch a DVD just start up the comp and use the included DVD program. Overall, a good product.

I bought it because it said it's the biggest screen Dvd player in the world/ notebook computer. AS a notebook it's works great and has good screen size except DVD burner[it comes with one even though not advertise ] needs firmware upgrade [ not found].
As a DVD player it's a joke. it plays DVDs but widescreen shows one inch taller as it suppose to be and no way to watch full screen movie since it straches it as widescrren regardless of settings. once movie start playing noway to get back to manu screen. [ No help there either.]