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"A must have for every laptop enthusiast" on by us97233
Pros: Very quiet, great cpu throughtput, nice design, good construction, screen is brilliant, graphic card is not bad either (GF8400M GS), Very quiet HDD
Cons: Comes with Vista, BIOS is lacking the options for a true power user, poor driver support for XP, poor battery life (standard 6 cell0
Summary: Many people complain about the quietness of this machine: I got to say it runs VERY QUIET. Under medium usage (web browsing and some HDD activity) the fan won't even spin. It will make some noise when you tax the CPU though but nothing that should be unconfortable for anyone, not even for a sound fanatic.
Graphic card is also good enough to play games like Half Life 2 and the new NFS MW and Carbon at the highest levels but without AA enabled - it will hick up sometimes but rarely.
CPU whining doesn't exist or at least I couldn't hear it on this machine (I did on others though, non-HP).
If you want a slick, quiet and yet performant machine this is the way to go.
I ordered this product on HPs website and I got it 10 days after.
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