HP nc6120
Just received this laptop this morning, so this wont be an extensive review yet. Its just a 'first look' review.
Build quality is very good - good support behind the screen, and solid frame in around the keyboard and palm rest. No plasticy hollow noises if you tap the laptop anywhere. So overall, a good impression here.
Keyboard - its a bit 'clicky and sticky' but its not at all bad. Naturally, as you have come to expect by now, its no comparison with IBM, but its not a bad example either. I've been typing on it for the past 3 hours, and I dont feel uncomfortable or annoyed by it for any reason (such as key placement). The Keyboard is slightly recessed below the palm rest - this would be my only real negative point. After prolonged periods of typing Ive found recessed keyboards to be not very good at combating wrist fatigue. I guess it does have a functional role, and doeant rest up against the screen when the lid is closed.
Screen - Nothing to write home about. Standard, business quality notebook screen. Its not as sharp and bright as Sony, or Benq. Actually is fairly average and not really the best for watching movies. Viewing angles leave a lot to be desired.
Touchpad. Again recessed, like the keyboard. But I dont mind that quite as much, as it prevents accidently tapping the pad when typing. The onyl drawback could be in future when dirt and oil acumulate along the edges of the pad.
Looks and styling - its very good. Makes a good impression on me. not boring tacky budget silver, nor extravagant sony design, but a modest classy executive design that I like. Think Volvo.
noise - initially the fan was hardly ever on, but over the last hour or so, it has come on permanently I think (Im running off mains power). The hardrive doesnt make any noise.
Sound - well, its a laptop, not a stereo. the sound quality reflects this as well, but its not so bad that you would be disappointed.
Who is it for: Students, business people.
Nothing more I could elaborate on till I get more time to asses this notebook. I will keep updating this thread till complete, including some photos.
Just received this laptop this morning, so this wont be an extensive review yet. Its just a 'first look' review.
Build quality is very good - good support behind the screen, and solid frame in around the keyboard and palm rest. No plasticy hollow noises if you tap the laptop anywhere. So overall, a good impression here.
Keyboard - its a bit 'clicky and sticky' but its not at all bad. Naturally, as you have come to expect by now, its no comparison with IBM, but its not a bad example either. I've been typing on it for the past 3 hours, and I dont feel uncomfortable or annoyed by it for any reason (such as key placement). The Keyboard is slightly recessed below the palm rest - this would be my only real negative point. After prolonged periods of typing Ive found recessed keyboards to be not very good at combating wrist fatigue. I guess it does have a functional role, and doeant rest up against the screen when the lid is closed.
Screen - Nothing to write home about. Standard, business quality notebook screen. Its not as sharp and bright as Sony, or Benq. Actually is fairly average and not really the best for watching movies. Viewing angles leave a lot to be desired.
Touchpad. Again recessed, like the keyboard. But I dont mind that quite as much, as it prevents accidently tapping the pad when typing. The onyl drawback could be in future when dirt and oil acumulate along the edges of the pad.
Looks and styling - its very good. Makes a good impression on me. not boring tacky budget silver, nor extravagant sony design, but a modest classy executive design that I like. Think Volvo.
noise - initially the fan was hardly ever on, but over the last hour or so, it has come on permanently I think (Im running off mains power). The hardrive doesnt make any noise.
Sound - well, its a laptop, not a stereo. the sound quality reflects this as well, but its not so bad that you would be disappointed.
Who is it for: Students, business people.
Nothing more I could elaborate on till I get more time to asses this notebook. I will keep updating this thread till complete, including some photos.
SuperPi, 3dmark 01, pcmark 2005.
It will be nice to see those benchmarks.
P.S. i`m going to buy this laptop in a few days and chnage the 256mb that comes with it to a 512*2 @ 1gb, what you think ? or adding another 256 will be fine ?
It feels very cool to the touch, much cooler than the Dell Latitude D600 I have at work. It seems like the cooling is way too aggressive, and the fan noise is actually quite annoying (even though it's more of a 'whoosh' than a whine).
Does anyone have the link to the HP forum with the "fan issue"?
I have searched the forums there, but can't seem to find it.
Having a NX6110, I am following very closely this HP forum thread, in the hope that HP will come up with a fix for that fan issue.
Kiwi, could you post the temps as reported by MobileMeter ? What is the first fan trip point on the NC6120 ? And when browsing or doing some basic text editing, what is the fan behaviour ?
Except for this heat/fan problem (which I find very annoying), I agree with you, the NX/NC6xxx is a very pleasant notebook and built quality is far above the average in that price range.
Specs? Model number? Processor, RAM, HD?
How's your battery life? If specs are right, Centrino II (Sonoma-Alviso) consumes more be power than Centrino I, and hence battery life should be shorter than what the first generation Centrion laptops have.
Also, could you check the quality of your sound system? Put on headphones, and try to hear if there is any electrical noise.
Check out Hp's web forums (the Evo section).
Thus far 65+ posts (5 of which are from Hp/Compaq employees). They are aware of the issue but are not sure which resolution will be made available and no eta on that resolution at present.
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