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HP Compaq NX9005 review

7.4

Editors' Rating

Very Good

8.2

Members' Rating

Excellent

Typical price:£ 769

Verdict

The NX9005 has almost everything you need in a business notebook, for a realistic price. One or two aspects could be improved, but this is a respectable offering... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Plenty of ports
  • Large screen and usable keyboard
  • Three-spindle design
  • Touchpad off button.

Cons

  • Weight
  • Plastic lid construction
  • Fairly average battery life.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: AMD
Processor model: Athlon XP-M 2400+
Clock speed: 1.8 GHz
RAM installed: 256 MB
Hard drive size: 40 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Radeon IGP 320M
Graphics RAM: 64 MB
Display diagonal size: 15 in
Dimensions (W x H x D): 33x4x27.3 cm
Weight: 3.3 kg
Operating system: Windows XP Professional

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Member Opinion

8.2

Average Member Rating

Excellent

39 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

great all-round latop

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9.0

Spectacular


Felipe Simoes

Felipe Simoes

Very good machine!

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7.5

Very Good


Tim Tamblyn

Tim Tamblyn

Hardware failure after failure.

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4.5

Mediocre


Anonymous

Anonymous

value for money

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9.5

Spectacular


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