(Longer bars indicate better performance)
 Juice box | |||
| HP Pavilion G60-445dx | |
| Off (watts) | 0.9 |
| Sleep (watts) | 1.18 |
| Idle (watts) | 15.86 |
| Load (watts) | 68.88 |
| Raw (annual kWh) | 70.67 |
| Annual operating cost (@$0.1135/kWh) | $8.02 |
The HP Pavilion G60-445dx's battery lasted a mere 1 hour and 47 minutes in our battery drain test. That's more than a half-hour worse than HP's G60-235dx, and is significantly below what we'd expect in a mainstream 16-inch laptop. Only the Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8930 performed worse battery-wise, and that laptop has an 18.4-inch screen. In our Juice Box energy-consumption tests, the G60-445dx also cost more yearly to run than our other category laptops, although the differential is no more than a few dollars.
HP includes an industry-standard, one-year, parts-and-labor warranty with the system. Support is accessible through a 24-7 toll-free phone line, an online knowledge base, and driver downloads. Retail stores offer a variety of extended warranty plans with your laptop purchase, but they're generally expensive, and we do not recommend them.
Note: While this machine comes with Windows Vista, many retailers, including Best Buy, and some hardware manufacturers, are offering a free upgrade to Windows 7 for systems purchased after the end of June.
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System configurations:
HP G60-445dx
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.2GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-75;
3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce 8200M G; 320GB Seagate 5,400rpm
Toshiba Satellite A505-S6960
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500;
4096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD; 320GB Western Digital 5,400rpm
Toshiba Satellite P505D-S8930
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 2.19GHz AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-74;
4096MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200; 320GB Toshiba 5,400rpm
Toshiba Tecra M505-S4945
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1; 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6500;
3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 128MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD; 160GB Toshiba 5,400rpm
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Quick Specifications
- Release date07/8/09
- Processor AMD Turion X2 mobile processor RM-75 / 2.2 GHz ( Dual-Core )
- Memory 3.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
- Hard Drive 320.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm
- Display Type 16.0 in TFT active matrix
- Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
- Optical Drive DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM
- Graphics Processor NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
- Weight 6.6 lbs
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