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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
Great laptop
I don't know about the other reviewer's experience, but I can say that I love everything about this computer. The screen is bright and the colors are vivid. I have listened to other laptop speakers, and these sound very good. The keyboard is wonderful to type on. I had to uninstall some bloatware, but that was expected. Will upgrade to a 12 cell battery as soon as I can...
Published 19 months ago by Clark Hamblen
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43 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
Dead within first week
The first few times I used this notebook, the startup took a looooong time and hung a few times. Then, maybe the sixth or seventh time I turned it on, there was no response from the monitor ... dead screen. I called the support line, and per their instructions removed the battery/wireless card/RAM/hard drive and reassembled everything ... still nothing. Seemed like a...
Published 17 months ago by WM
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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
Great laptop, February 3, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
I don't know about the other reviewer's experience, but I can say that I love everything about this computer. The screen is bright and the colors are vivid. I have listened to other laptop speakers, and these sound very good. The keyboard is wonderful to type on. I had to uninstall some bloatware, but that was expected. Will upgrade to a 12 cell battery as soon as I can afford to. I highly recommend this laptop to anyone who wants a well made machine. Read the specs listed above and you will find that this machine has everything you would want in a laptop or desktop replacement. Con: somewhat large and slightly heavy, but then again your going to carry it in a bag anyways!
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
Very good price/performer from HP, January 25, 2009
The G70-250US laptop is a very capable laptop but with a 17" screen it is not a lightweight. After 3 days of use these are my initial comments. The "HP Imprint" silver finish on the keyboard is very smooth which has a glassy feel which I didn't' like initially, but it may grow on me. The 4 directional keys, which are grouped below the right shift key, are half height keys which seem a little too small. The volume control is a two key operation which uses the left function key and a volume key, and that is a slight annoyance as compared to my other HP laptop (NC6220) which takes only 1 key press. The speakers and the LCD display perform very well when viewing HD movie trailers and various DVD's. There is nearly 25GB of preloaded software, and I removed about 50% of which I don't care to use or have acquired previously. Microsoft Vista is a decent OS, however I found a case where it was not compatible with my Netgear WGT624V3 wireless router (search the web for details on making a registry change in Vista). I'll describe my laptop use to be 70% business, 30% casual audio/Photoshop editing and web shopping mostly at home. I'm pretty satisfied with this laptop knowing it's not a stellar performer but capable one for doing ordinary office work and recreational stuff which doesn't require the Intel "Genius" processor. It's a pretty good price performer from HP (and my 3rd HP laptop).
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39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
absolutely gorgeous!, February 24, 2009
after careful consideration & tons of research, I bought this laptop direct from the hp website mostly because of the hard drive space & the huge screen. I was a bit worried that i had gotten my hopes up too high but this product absolutely did not disappoint! This is the fourth laptop computer i've owned, the others being two ibms (one bought through my university, it imploded two months after the warranty ran out) & an iBook that i absolutely hated. this computer is by far my favourite. It runs fast, quiet & smooth & the screen has such a brilliant picture! For school i use a lot of (allegedly) very high end computers for Computer Aided Design & Illustration classes, & honestly the picture on this notebook is a thousand times clearer than those more expensive machines. Vista has taken some time to get used to, but eventually i will adjust, just like i did when XP came out. This computer is an absolute steal. It's definitely the best $700 i've ever spent.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
Great basic computer for the money, May 14, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
I purchased this laptop after comparing price/performance for low cost laptops. I ruled out AMD CPUs as comparable Intel mobile processors are faster. I have been using this HP for 10 days and have found it to be an excellent computer after a number of changes as follows:
1. Uninstalled all the trial software and other programs I will not use.
2. Ran MSConfig, Startup, and removed every program from Startup except the four items for the Intel Graphics processor.
3. Went to Administrative Services and comparing it with the recommendations on [...] changed a lot of services from Automatic (startup) to either Manual or Disable. This removed a lot more programs that ran at startup.
4. Added a number of new programs that I use.
5. Upgraded the memory from 3GB to 4GB.
Even before I performed step 5. above, this computer was now very fast It uses an Intel T4200 mobile dual processor which is only about 8% slower than the Intel T6400 processor featured in most of the higher priced mainstream laptops. If you wish to upgrade memory, there is one step that is not included in any instructions I have seen. After changing a memory module, you must disconnect the hard drive for 5 seconds or more or your computer will not start. I found this out after an hour on the phone with HP tech support. I highly recommend HP tech support as I found them to be knowledgeable even if they are in India. Upgrading the memory will not void your warranty. One thing to note - the HP warranty is 90 days with HP paying for shipping both ways, labor and materials. After that for the balance of one year you pay shipping and labor and HP pays for parts.
Everything works well, from easy wireless connection to the modem, etc. I like everything about this laptop and recommend it if you can buy it a low price. HP has a rebate on this computer until June 27th, and also offers a full or partial rebate on certain HP printers when you buy this computer.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
Best PC for that price!, March 29, 2009
First of all.., I've been an Apple computer user (lover) for almost 10 years that swear never to go back to PC.., however, due to a change of career and compatibility reasons I had to buy a PC.., I was SUPER hesitant, so after a couple of weeks of research I decided to go for the HP G70.., I use it to run a full version of AutoCAD 2008 on Vista for 3D mapping and engineering design and I can just say I'm more than happy, It has been the best buy ever!.. Thumbs up to HP for this one!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
I love my first laptop, May 5, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
This is the first laptop I have ever owned. I know I dont have anything to compare it to besides my home PC, but it is fast, has a nice sized screen, lost of storage and a pretty good graphics card (I installed NWN2 on there and have had no problems with it). I got it for a really good price too. I highly recommend it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Overall, an excellent laptop, May 11, 2009
Hardware-wise, an excellent machine.
But too loaded with useless crapware that needs to be removed before you can really use it. Not a surprise.
Once cleaned up, works wonderful !!
Black outside case is stunning, but picks up fingerprints way too easy. A matte finish would work better.
I know... Picky Picky Picky...
Definitely recommended if you know how to clean it!!!
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43 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
Dead within first week, March 16, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
The first few times I used this notebook, the startup took a looooong time and hung a few times. Then, maybe the sixth or seventh time I turned it on, there was no response from the monitor ... dead screen. I called the support line, and per their instructions removed the battery/wireless card/RAM/hard drive and reassembled everything ... still nothing. Seemed like a nice laptop for the hour or so that it worked. The support staff were friendly and helpful and I am now shipping the laptop to the service center for repairs. Will definitely not purchase an HP computer again.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent computer for $449, April 12, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
It's has good size hard drive and 3Gb memory which makes this inexpensive computer very fast. Battery life is way over 2.5 hours, and the wireless N maskes gives you 130 Mbps of downloads, and another good thing is that it does not get hot like other computers, last the web-cam is great. The only thing I can say I did not like is the numeric keeboard size (smaller that normal) but for the price and alltogether features it is a nice laptop for work, school or home. I'll give it a 10!!!!!!!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Warranty Worthless - Customer Support Terrible, July 7, 2009
This review is from: HP Pavilion G60-230US 16.0-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)
After five months my G60-230US LCD screen went bad. Vertical and horizontal lines on the screen. When I sent it back to HP for my warranty they said the damage was my fault and would cost me $435.00 dollars to fix. By looking at other web posts I have found out that this is the standard response to anything you want fixed by your warranty. If you buy an HP just remember your warranty is worthless. If you notice when you open this laptop the LCD screen is very flimsy. This seems to be a terrible engineering design. Maybe this is what led to the LCD screen going bad. It appears to me that the LCD could easily be damaged under normal use which happened evidently to me. The reason HP computers cost less than other brands is because they evidently don't have to support there warrranty or pay much for there engineering.
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