If you’re looking for a notebook, which is a bit more powerful than your average netbook, then this item’s a good place to start. I’ve always been a fan of HP notebooks, so it’s no surprise that we’re looking at the HP 615 AMD Notebook.
Let’s have a look at the specs:
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AMD Turion64x2 QL-64 Dual-Core 2.1GHz (L1: 2x128k, L2: 2x512k)
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1GB DDR2-800
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AMD RS780MN Chipset upto 512MB Hypermemory ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200 vga
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15.6″ LCD (1366 x 768 WXGA), no tv-out,
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160GB 7200rpm SATA HDD, DVD+/-RW (DL)
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built-in card reader + bluetooth + WiFi + 10/100 LAN
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56k modem + express card
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With Windows 7 Home Basic
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Office 2007 Ready (Professional with 60 day free trial)
Very decent mid-level machine, perfect for most people who are on the move and want a machine that will act quickly, which is essential if you’re on the move.
This notebook’s going for R4,550.00 and includes free delivery!
You might be interested in some of our other hardware specials too.
It could do with another 1GB of ram for like an extra 250bucks, coz face it… W7 hogs RAM
Wow thats a very decent spec, upgrade to ultimate x64 edition chuck in 3gb of ram and it would be a very decent work horse, and the 3200 chipset even does GPU acceleration for Adobe PS cs4 and after FX, with decent Pixel shader support. Thats a really good deal.
@Cameron – I concur.
@Craig – Agreed, it’s a great PC and your suggestion around upgrades is tight!
Nice machine, but I have to ask about issues relating to overheating with the AMD CPU’s?
Several of my clients lost their beloved HP Compaq NX AMD laptops due to fried CPU’s, and I wonder if AMD now does a better job of managing heat than before…?
I also always try and encourage clients to always spend that little bit extra, for (as Cameron pointed out) extra RAM and HDD space, and possibly a quicker CPU.
Too many times have people been caught out by an over-eager Incredible Connection salesperson who sells them a sub 2.0 GHz machine with 1GB RAM, running Windows 7.
Come 6 months, the client then wants to know why their machine is so slooooooooooooooooow…
:)
You will find over heating occurs when people use their latoptops in bed on blankets (blocking the vents) I have the NX 5000.
Simply enabling the fan to run in both modes, and not being silly when using your laptop you will never have a problem my laptop is ten years old and works just as well as when I bought it, and its been through lots including data tracking in a stunt plane.
AMD chips also can handle far greater heat than their intel counter parts.
So remember when your not using your laptop on a desk, put a tray or any flat solid item like a magazine beneath it to ensure that it breaths properly.
90% of the burnt out laptops I have seen are from people watching movies or series in bed, or working late on blankets.
In normal operation there would never be a problem.
Ive got the Compaq 610 – C2D 2.0, 4gb ram, 300gb hdd and came with Windows 7. Brilliant laptop i have to say, runs like a charm.
Yeah the 4GB tells me you are running athe x64 edition, which means technically every kernal request is using a full 64 bits of input to the cpu, it basically means your getting about 40% more bang per millionth of a second than your counterparts running the 32bit edition.
Even with a 1gb of ram on the Baby Atom based netbooks Win 7 benches faster than xp (although the graphics card on the netbook is a woeful piece of sh1t
Darn it Chris, you have me at the edge of buying this laptop its a great deal, (and this time god willing my GF will not appropriate my third laptop tend seconds after I get it) ;)
Hehe, I’m running an Acer TravelMate 5720, which I got about 1.5yrs ago and I’ve had ZERO problems with it..
Craig – Ye, for this price it’s actually a steal, hardware costs are so low atm, it’s amazing!
i personally have one gig of ram at home and am running windows 7 ultimate with no hassles. its a really efficient OS, that being said this machine is ideal for a basic user with the 1 gig. an extra gig or two of ram would make it super efficient. have sold many of this series in the last couple of months and have people raving about it, got a client who is a flash developer who is using his to compile his code. he is a huge mac fan and says that his HP amd notebook is the tits! loves it, absolutely loves it!
If you have overheating issues, or like to use your notebook in bed, you might want to consider getting a notebook cooler/stand. They are relatively inexpensive.
@Darryl – Yup, you’re right on that one; I actually use one at work always :) How’s Cafe Java these days? I haven’t been in for a while, but know we’re coming in to purchase a monitor, same RAM and a few other bits and pieces. No offense Phil, this one was out of my hands mate!