HP Pavilion ze4805us Laptop (2.133 GHz Athlon, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive)

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002FBN40
• Item model number: PF175US#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 27, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A great laptop for the student or home office, the HP Pavilion ze4805us notebook has all the features you need for power, convenience, and utility, including a 2.133 GHz Athlon processor, 256 MB RAM, and 60 GB hard drive. Powered by Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and packed with multimedia software, you'll have everything you need to store, edit, and share digital photos, audio, and video. It features a built-in 54g Broadcom 802.11b/g wireless LAN so you can get online easily wherever you are, and a large, integrated 15-inch display.

The Basics

• Hard Drive: The 60ÊGB hard drive (4200 RPM) gives you more than enough room to take your digital photos, music, and video, along with games and other files on the road with you
• Processor: The 2.133ÊGHz AMD Athlon XP-M processor provides lightening-fast speeds for more efficient operation and better performance while running multiple applications.
• Memory:ÊWith 256ÊMB DDR SDRAM, you can run more applications at once without sacrificing speed. DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM is designed to provide faster access speeds, because data is sent to both the beginning and the end of each clock cycle. You can also choose to upgrade later to more memory (up to 1 GB) with one more DIMM slot.
• CD/DVD Drive: Featuring an integrated CD-RW/DVD drive, the HP Pavilion ze4805us lets you play and record CD media (with 40x read, 16x write, and 10x rewrite speeds) and play DVDs (with 24x read speeds).
• Keyboard & Mouse: It features aÊ101-key compatible keyboard and touch pad.
• Display: The extra large 15.0 inch TFT XGA (1024 x 768) display gives you more room for more applications with crisper, brighter color on a high-resolution display.

Sound and Graphics
The built-in ATI MOBILITY RADEON 4x AGP graphics card has 64 MB shared video memory for some 3-D support, and can also drive a second monitor. A 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio card supports the integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers.

Connectivity and Expansion Slots
Get online wherever you are with the 54g integrated Broadcom 802.11b/g wireless LAN. Or use the integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN modem to connect with a DSL or cable modem with speeds up to 100 Mbps. It also features the following external ports:

• 1 PCMCIA expansion slot for adding a variety of upgrades, including memory, modems, portable disk drives, and more
• 1 IEEE 1394 port to connect to digital video cameras or other peripherals
• 2 USB ports for connecting to a wide range of peripherals, from digital cameras to MP3 players
• 1 parallel port for connecting to printers or cameras based on older technologies
• 1 serial port for connecting to older electronics like modems or mice
• 1 S-video out port to connect your laptop to your television
• 1 VGA video out port to connect to another monitor

Preloaded System and Software
The Pavilion ze4805us notebook comes loaded with Windows XP Home Edition, which makes it easy for you to get up and running as quickly as possible. It's packed with multimedia features to help you get your creative juices flowing. Windows Media Player lets you burn and play CDs, in addition to playing and organizing digital audio files. Windows MovieMaker is a basic video editing tool that helps you capture and edit digital video to save your memories and share them with others.

Other options for digital audio and video are packaged with the notebook, including Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD SE Player, HP Image Zone Plus photo and imaging software, and Apple iTunes with access to the Apple iTunes Music Store. Additional preloaded software includes Symantec Norton Antivirus, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Encarta Plus, Quicken New Users Edition, AOL Dial-up, MSN Dial-up, Earthlink Dial-up, and SBC Yahoo!.

Dimensions and Weight
The notebook weighs 7.5 pounds and measures 12.9 x 10.7 x 1.9 inches (W x D x H)

What's in the Box
Pavilion ze4805us notebook and power cable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Video Card Shares with Physical RAM; USB Ports Tightly Spaced, December 18, 2005

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chimerical (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4805us Laptop (2.133 GHz Athlon, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) (Personal Computers)

The only significant problem with this computer was that the video card was sharing memory with the physical memory (RAM). This meant that the notebook actually had only 192 MB RAM of the original 256 MB RAM remaining for physical memory use.

The only minor problem I found in this computer was that the USB ports were spaced too closely to the round AC power jack. This would be important if you were trying to plug in a wide USB device, such as the iPod Shuffle or a variety of other MP3 stick players.

Besides these two issues, the HP Pavilion ze4805us is a very quiet, reliable, and decent-performing computer with excellent value.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars upgrade the ram, September 24, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4805us Laptop (2.133 GHz Athlon, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) (Personal Computers)

Upgrade the ram. If you add a 256 stick, it will allow you to allocate 128 megs to video, and it actually runs cs well :)

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for games,but slow speed for all else, October 8, 2004

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jermy man "jerm" (West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Pavilion ze4805us Laptop (2.133 GHz Athlon, 256 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) (Personal Computers)

I have this same laptop i got at wal-mart although it only has a 30gb hard drive(yet another draw back).When you actually go into the system settings it only has 192mb of onboard RAM to run windows with,64mb of it going to the powerful graphics card that it has. So yes unless your an avid gamer pass this one up,but if so then you can play any of the latest PC games out there with no trouble.Even though its clocked at 2.1ghz(processor) it still doesnt help when opening regular programs in windows because it has a bit of lag to it.Although this can be rectified with a good 256 stick of extra RAM,if your willing to do it,then its a pretty nice little machine.And btw shoppers beware of the Averatec at the wal-marts its nice,fast,and a good looking computer but the DVD/Burner CD-RW's are horrible for going bad.