Thanks for all these comments. Again hugely appreciated.
Really interesting stuff about the Gen II SATA. I wonder how long is "very near future".
Out of interest if the HDD is Ultra ATA in the nc8230, I wonder what the...
Teck and Tommi,
A big thank you for your comments. Really helpful.
Tommi, I agree with you on the internal mic, although I thought it would be easy to solve by buying a clip on mic.
Teck, You make some interesting answers.
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I require a 2gb/2.13GHZ machine, 1GB RAM, 60/80GB HDD laptop with a WSXGA+ 15.4( I believe the 15.4" is better than the 15.1") bright LCD
for use in Software development(.NET/DB), and potentially for moving around a bit to...
mtnmasher, thanks , this is a very interesting reply. So this is an HP thing? Do you think it affects all the 8000s ie 'nc' and 'nw' or is it just a 'nx' feature?
You say the only negative impact is when burning or ripping CD/DVD? I...
Perhaps a slightly unfair comparison. But my need is for a .net development machine which will be often connected to an external monitor. I am a little worried about the wide screen resolution of the 8220 and the increased size. Hence...
Unfortunately I still have not been able to get an answer to this from my different posts. So if anybody can help then that would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sam