Battery life was comparable with that of other notebooks in its class

Calendar September 2, 2010 | Posted by admin

Battery life was comparable with that of other notebooks in its class, which means it’ll get less than two hours on a full charge (1 hour and 41 minutes, to be exact).

For those who want to take advantage of their existing libraries of software and movies on physical media, HP offers both a $75 USB DVD writer and a $225 Blu-ray reader/DVD writer drive.

Just keep in mind that the system does not come with any OS at all, so you’re on your own in this regard. Be sure to factor in that expense, plus about $75 for an external optical drive, if you’re installing from a CD and don’t have access to such a drive.

On the right are an ExpressCard/54 slot, an eSATA port, a DVI video output, another USB port, and headphone, microphone, and S/PDIF audio jacks. Around back are two additional USB ports, an HDMI port, an Ethernet connection, and the power input.

Parents can customize the preloaded software depending on the age and interests of their child. Also included are 436281-422 typical PC games like Solitaire and Minesweeper.

But even in apps like iTunes, where the song list is quite tightly 440772-001 packed, the screen did a good job of correctly discerning which line we were poking at.

As with other Windows tablet PCs, you also can use Tablet PC Input Panel for adding handwritten notes to an open document, converting written characters to text, and tapping out URLs and other text via the onscreen keyboard.

In DVD and video playback, we noted natural color reproduction and minimal motion blur, but (as with other panels) a severely constrained viewing angle; moving even slightly off-axis caused an annoying color shift.

Sound quality from the speakers flanking the keyboard is good for a machine this thin. There’s plenty of volume to use the notebook for presentations at a conference table, though music sounded a bit flat.

The keyboard itself is a bit mushy for our tastes, as are the touch-pad buttons, though all are a comfortable size. Speakers at the front of the notebook push out clear, loud sound.

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