Compaq NX6125 – 64 Bit With Turion

Five years ago you’d walk into a tech store with three thousand dollars, and emerge bow legged, carrying a bulky, expensive computer the size of a sewing machine – about as cutting edge as a Josh Groban Christmas album. Today you can pick up a Compaq equipped with a biometric fingerprint sensors, and dual core processor for less than a grand.
A few yearsago you’d walk into a computer hardware store with two thousanddollars, and emerge bow legged, carrying a heavy laptop the sizeof a sewing machine, with a 2GB hard drive – about as cuttingedge as a Josh Groban Christmas album.

Those primeval days still haunt Laptopical’s sensitive editor,occasionally manifesting themselves in a series of nightmarishflashbacks, but thankfully as more and more quality notebooks arereleased onto the market, these worrying episodes are becomingless frequent. Today $999 will buy you a durable, business class PC, boastingsolid performance, airtight security features, and an array oftech bells and whistles.
The new Compaq NX6125 from Hewlett Packard is a great example ofthe bargains available on the current market. The NX6125is equipped with a 60GB hard drive, integrated biometric fingerprint sensor, wireless connectivity, bluetooth, a firewireport, 3 USB ports, and a 6-in-1 card reader.

Weighing around 6 pounds, this Compaqlaptop isn’t what you would call ultralight, or ultraportable,but it is durable, with it’s scratch resistant lamination, HPspill-resistant keyboard, and panel protection system. Thesefeatures all help to protect the notebook’s dark chassis from theinevitable nicks, and scratches picked up on the road.

We like that the NX6125 comes with a biometric Fingerprint reader, which provides users with a powerful level oflaptop security. The notebook is also powered by an AMD Turionprocessor, a chip that is rapidly gaining popularity withlaptop manufacturers the world over.

To summarise, the Compaq NX6125 isn’t the most attractivelooking on the shelf, but it should provide durability,security, value and performance, for small business roadwarriors.

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Hewlett Packard’s Compaq nc8200

Anticipating the inexorable trend towards mobile technology, Hewlett Packard have decided to regain the coveted number one position on the laptop seller podium, by releasing 5 shiny new compaq notebooks – The Compaq 9600, 8200, 6200, 6100 and 4200 business laptops. We decided to take a quick peek at the Compaq 8200, which comes equipped with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combination drive, FireWire port, 15.4 inch screen, and some interesting safety features.
Hewlett Packard, the 2nd most popular global manufacturer ofnotebook computers has boldly announced that 2005 is the “Year ofmobility!”

Here atlaptopical we’ve decided to declare 2005 as the “Year of potnoodles”, but that’s anotherstory….

Anticipating the inexorable trend towards mobiletechnology, HP have decided to regain the coveted number oneposition on the laptop seller podium, by releasing 5 shiny newcompaq notebooks – The Compaq9600, 8200, 6200, 6100 and 4200 business laptops.

PCMag are one of the first out of the blocks to look at thisrange of HP/Compaq laptops, indeed they made the Compaq nc8200 an editor’schoice in the sphere of mainstream business portables.

This laptop comes equipped with a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combinationdrive, FireWire port, 15.4 inch screen, and some interestingsafety features including – a laminate palm rest, magnesium alloycover/chassis, and HP’s Mobile Data Protection System. Thissystem is said to reduce the chance of data corruption byprotecting the hard drive from everyday shocks andvibrations.

While not making rugged laptopstatus, these features should all help to safeguard the notebookagainst the inevitable bumps and scratches that can happen whenon the road.

HP state that battery life of the 8200 is up to four hours ofpower, this can be increased by another 4 hours if an optionalexternal battery is purchased.

Compaq Presario B3800

Hewlett Packard recently announced the release of it’s Compaq Presario B3800 Series Notebook. Unfortunately right now it seems that this laptop is not available in europe or the states, just the southern hemisphere. That’s a shame as this beauty comes with a multitude of attractive features such as a Centrino Pentium M 745 1.8 GHz processor and an 80 BG hard drive. HP also states that this notebook PC has a battery life of up to 4.5 hours. Seems like they’ve come up with a real winner!
Image of Presario B3800Hewlett Packard recently announced the release of it’s CompaqPresario B3800 Series notebook pc. Unfortunately right now it seemsthat this laptop is not available in europe or the states, justthe southern hemisphere. That’s a shame as this beauty comes with a multitude ofattractive features such as a Centrino Pentium M 745 1.8 GHzprocessor and an 80 BG hard drive. HP also states that thisnotebook has a battery life of up to 4.5 hours. Seems likethey’ve come up with a real winner!
Here’s what Chin Teik, HP vice president of consumer Productshad to say about the Presario B3800:

“Mobile professionals can now efficiently and quickly accessinformation and communicate anytime, anywhere with the CompaqPresario B3800 Series Notebook PC. Loaded with the latestIntel processors, wireless connectivity and superb graphics, thisnotebook delivers the ultimate in mobile gaming and 3D graphicsexperience.”

Sounds as though he was most impressed. Do you like the sound of this laptop? At the time of writing we have no official release date, but hopefully the Compaq Presario B3800 will be available in the West – soon.

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Desktop Replacement: The HP Compaq Nx9600

If you’re looking for a desktop replacement notebook, check out the HP Compaq Nx9600. This chunky 9.4 pound laptop Goliath, comes fitted with a 17-inch widescreen display, an elevated, spacious keyboard, 100GB hard drive, and a multitude of ports, including a six-in-one memory card reader, ExpressCard slot, FireWire, and 5 useful USB ports.

If you havea couple grand to spend and a strong back, take a look at the HPCompaq Nx9600. This 9.4-pound mammoth features the latest inconnectivity technology. Its 17-inch widescreen is worth an ogleor two. And it packs a desktop-sized wallop in storage and speed.But at an estimated cost of $2229, it’s not a cheap notebook.

The Nx9600 is definitely not light on ports and multimediaoptions. Buyers can choose an optional multi-format DVD burner drive, while a six-in-one memory card reader is standard.For storage and digital cards, there is an ExpressCard slot and aHP USB Digital Drive. Besides these cutting-edge features, youalso have FireWire, S-Video, docking station, and 5 USB 2.0ports.

Inside of its plain black chassis, the HP Nx9600 houses evenmore powerful tools. The 100GB hard drive is complemented with 1024MB of DDR2-400SDRAM. The 128MB ATI Mobility Radeon X600 graphics card can lightup the 17-inch monitor. And for Internet and networking, turn tothe V.96 modem, the gigabit Ethernet, and the 802.11gconnectivity.

The Nx9600 also gives your fingers room to dance with itsluxuriously big, elevated, and sloped keyboard. Other ergonomicfeatures include mouse buttons that are easy to grip and volumeand Wi-Fi controls on the keyboard.

The laptop has room to run when it comes to upgrades, too. Memory, harddrive, and other components are easy to reach in the Nx9600. Andfor an additional $250, the HP Xb2000 expansion base boostscomputing with keyboard, wireless mouse, additional ports andstorage, and Harman Kardon speakers.

For a few grand, you would expect this notebook to be perfect inevery aspect. But alas, it is not. Journalistic tech giants, PC World, discovered it had a middle-of-the-roadperformance on the WorldBench 5 with a score of 85. Moreimportantly, for a mobile computer its battery is limited. It mayonly last for an hour and a half on the road. That’s only longenough to play one game of solitaire!

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