HP Compaq 6730b

By Alex Serpo, ZDNet.com.au on 24 November 2008 11:59 AM

Tags: hp, 6730b, notebook, intel, centrino 2, hp compaq, port, display

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they call it a business laptop ...peter -- 11/12/08

they call it a business laptop, well it has cost my business with the repair downtime in the past month.

The good: specs are good, battery life good, keyboard nice

The bad: build quality,

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I know it's a business laptop, ...Jon Slack-Smith -- 08/01/09

I know it's a business laptop, but it should be able to playback mp3 files and avi files without abysmal breakups, no matter what the playback application I've tried. Turning off Aero helps - a little. Also, the most recent available BIOS update (F.08) - still available on the HP website by the way as at 8 Jan 09 - will permanently disable the on board microphone. My motherboard was replaced due to this, and one of the first things I did after replacing it was update the BIOS. At least I could downgrade to the older version and get it working again.

The good: Still thinking.... oh here's one. It serves as a reminder as to why I stopped buying HP laptops for my clients. If something's on special, it could be because nobody wants it.

The bad: Appalling video/sound quality. Not great battery life. Stupid fingerprint reader positioning removing the L R click as a middle click possibility. A keyboard that needed to be removed and padding placed behind it to stop it rattling.

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Lame article Anonymous -- 29/08/09

Hey, look we've got HP and here is a Lenovo. Hey, Lenovo/Dell has better graphics, cheaper and so on go buy Lenovo or Dell. Dude, do you know that HP costs more because of its matte screen? Those nbs are incomparable. I had a glossy notebook before and i've returned it back to shop, because of its glossy screen.
And discrete graphics is not an argument because it gives only max 30 fps in modern games and that is very poor. I prefer to play on a normal desktop pc with GOOD graphics and GOOD FPS. And in HP I've got 4500, so I can program graphics if needed and can play old games. Exactly the same i can do with discrete. So what is the difference?

And for Jon Slack-Smith. Your client should do something with their hands. Because i'm currently profiling my application (very processor consuming thing), have opened several other programs, typing this post and normally listening to the mp3 music.

The one thing is that a touchpad between mouse buttons is really not best decision and as moving 'home, end' keys too.

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