HP Pavilion ze4125 Laptop (1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard drive)

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 10.7 x 1.6 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LHE8
• Item model number: F4892H#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 24, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Nothing transforms a long airplane ride or a prolonged layover into a civilized experience faster than a notebook with a brilliant 15-inch display and a built-in DVD/CD-RW drive for screening DVD movies and listening to CDs. The Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ze4125 is just the kind of notebook PC that business travelers, or anyone, for that matter, might long for on such a journey.

An AMD Athlon XP 1600+ processor provides enough computing sinew to handle a plethora of productivity tasks and entertainment duties. At roughly 7 pounds and barely more than 1.5 inches thick, the ze4125’s 15-inch, active-matrix TFT display coupled with an ATI Mobility Radeon 4X AGP (including 3-D architecture for cutting-edge gaming) is likely to elicit envious glances from fellow travelers. The ze4125’a DVD/CD-RW combination drive (24x/8x/8x, 8x DVD) provides not only multimedia entertainment, but also the flexibility to make CDs and back up data.

The ze4125 heaps on the memory and storage. Its 40 GB hard drive devours large application and data files, and its 256 MB of DDR SDRAM--expandable to a maximum of 1,024 MB--lets you easily run several applications simultaneously. An integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN connector makes it simple to network the ze4125. External ports include two USB inputs, a 25-pin parallel port, a serial connector, a PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector, and 15-pin VGA and S-video TV-out plugs. The notebook also includes a 56K integrated modem with RJ-11 connector.

Bundled software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, InterVideo WinDVD, HP RecordNow CD-RW recording utility, ArcSoft Funhouse and PhotoImpression editing tools, Corel WordPerfect and Quattro Pro productivity applications, Quicken Financial Center by Intuit, Encyclopedia Britannica Ready Reference, Wild Tangent 3-D games, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, and Norton AntiVirus 2002 with three-month live update.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very good for price/performance, October 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4125 Laptop (1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

I have done some research before buying this laptop. I found this one, one of the best for its price/performance. I can say that it satisfies my needs. First of all AMD processor has a good performance and it has a 40 GB large hard drive. It has an integrated modem and ethernet card, so you dont have to deal with buying external network cards. Also it has pretty good L2 cache size when compared to others which makes it run faster. Its DVD/CD RW combo is quite good, you can watch movie, burn cds, do whatever you want with one device... Graphics card has 32 MB memory which satisfies average user needs. The sound quality is better when compared to lower models of HP, which was one of the main concerns from HP laptop users. The only issue for me is, it gets a little bit hot, but i guess this is not so important when considering all the cool features...

well, in short, i would say, buy it...
As a cheaper alternative i would also recommend hp-ze1230

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good overall performance, November 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4125 Laptop (1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

This is a good economical laptop overall. A little heavy but has everything you need. I was looking to replace my old laptop which broke.

The pro's: 15", 40G, CDRW+DVD, serial port, 256M of DDR memory, ATI video card, altec lansing sound system.

The cons: No firewire, no usb 2.0, no option for wireless via minipci slot, and only one pcmcia slot. I wish hp offered the HD as a 5400 rpm drive, shared 32M of video memory. Can get a little hot.

Not as configurable as the dells but considering the price a good buy. The software bundle is pretty much useless except for quicken. Most ppl will want to install office suite instead of the wordperfect suite.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid notebook, excellent value, December 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4125 Laptop (1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 256MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

Solid notebook with unbelievable features for the price - particurally with rebates ...Unfortunate how 'official' reviews at another site totally overlooks it, concentrating on high-end laptops/tablets, while their middle and low end reviews are obsolete models.
Do miss the lack of a floppy and ordered the 'free' after rebate but had a use for it when seting up network - wanting to save settings to floppy, but of course had to wait on the mail. If HP is going to give away the floppy, they really ought to include it. This is a solid chassis. As I looked at the various models from all manufacturers, I flexed the front corners to see how stiff the chassis was. Only HP and Toshiba passed that test for durability. Then became a choice between AMD Athalon XP (HP) or Celeron (Toshiba). Software a non-issue as will be trashed. Already have Office Pro so why do I need Works or WordPerfect?. Wish they would have it operating system only and reduce the price even further. Had to call HP service during the initial setup. Turned out to be a network communication problem that we eventually resolved. Very knowlegeable and responsive staff.
One thing I wish all manufacturers would work on is their recovery process. Basically, if something goes wrong, the solution is to trash everything on the hard drive and reinstall back to 'as sold.' It is a simplistic approach, but has to be a better way as I know several people who have lost important letters, e-mail address lists etc. Plus it is a pain to then re-install the software you actually use, and updated drivers for the components. Another reason HP should include the floppy - keep external as saves weight, but include. I have avoided the manufacturers 'customization' of software in the past by building my own computers - but a notebook is too proprietary to homebuild.