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3.0 stars
"Okay Deal, Some Annoying Problems"
Pros: Cheap, Good Screen, Lightweight
Cons: Poor USB Management, Unstable Wireless
Summary: I bought this machine about 8 months ago because it was a very good deal and had decent ratings. While the machine is not terrible, I would definitely not buy this machine again.
Performance is pretty good about 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time, I am busy rebooting.
The machine suffers from apparently poor management of USB ports. Once a device is plugged in, the port will recognize no other device until reboot. This is even after releasing the port through the management software. A trememndous pain for anyone who has more than 2 USB devices. (You mean I can't have an mp3 player, camera, printer, AND jump drive? I have to reboot when synching my palm? Oh that's fun...)
The other problm is the stability of the wirless connection. No matter what wireless network I'm on (school, home, caribou, panera, the library...), my machine randomly decides to lose the connection every couple of hours and list the connection as disabled. It will refuse to reenable until I reboot the machine. It is NOT a network problem, no other computer in the room will do this.
So, why do I give this machine a 5 instead of a 3 or some other horrible score? Well, because when the machine behaves, it runs extremely well (and it's cheap) and when it is connected by an ethernet cable and not via wireless, there's no problem with internet connections, ever. So if home use on a wired network is your cup of tea, it's still a pretty good deal. Otherwise cross this machine right off your list.
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i have had the hp pavilion zt3000 for three years and now is when i am experiencing real problems. but i accept that is because of the age. i have absolutely no problem with my wireless connection, and i accept the fact that the computer is rather fast. it is really big, and a bit heavy, if we consider the amount of stairs and long walks i have to take with it. however, the screen has a comfortable size that helps avoid that helps reduce eye soreness, and the keyboard is really, way too comfortable. For its priceit is an excellent computer.
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I have the same machine, and haven't experienced either of the problems mentioned above. Take with a grain of salt - my USB ports work fine without re-boot, and wireless is completely stable.
