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HP
15.6" Pavilion G60-519WM Entertainment Laptop PC with Intel Celeron
Processor 900 & Windows 7 Home Premium Review.
Review by Jim Baudo |
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THIS COMPUTER IS PACKED WITH FEATURES |
Enjoy the beautiful clarity
of full-screen movie
playback on the HP 15.6"
Pavilion G60-519WM
Entertainment Laptop PC. The
powerful Intel Celeron
processor, 3GB memory and a
250GB hard drive help you
easily manage everyday
computing tasks. Get online
more quickly with Windows 7
and high-speed wireless LAN,
or create personalized DVD
and CD labels on LightScribe-enabled
discs with the LightScribe
DVD burner.
HP 15.6" Pavilion
G60-519WM Entertainment
Laptop PC:
- 15.6" diagonal
BrightView widescreen
display
Presents 1366 x 768
resolution (WXGA)
- Intel Graphics Media
Accelerator 4500M
(shared) with up to
1309MB of total
available graphics
memory
- Intel Celeron
Processor 900
Provides 2.2GHz speed,
an 800MB frontside bus,
and 1MB L2 cache
- 3GB of DDR2 system
memory
Furnishes enough memory
for today's demanding
applications and can be
expanded to 4GB
- 250GB SATA hard
drive, 7200 rpm
Stores up to 71,000
photos, or up to 62,000
songs, or up to 30 hours
of HD video, and more
- LightScribe
SuperMulti DVD optical
drive with double-layer
support
Plays and creates CDs
and DVDs with support
for 11 different formats
- LightScribe
technology etches custom
labels right onto
LightScribe-ready discs
- Wireless Wi-Fi and
wired Ethernet
Connect to a broadband
modem (cable or DSL)
wirelessly or using the
wired 10/100 Ethernet
port
- Also wirelessly
connects to a Wi-Fi
signal/hotspot with
802.11b/g wireless LAN
- Built-in 56k modem
for dial-up connections
HP 15.6" Pavilion
G60-519WM Entertainment
Laptop PC Specifications
- HP Imprint finish in
black and silver
- Three USB 2.0 ports
- VGA video output
- Microphone and
headphone ports
- 6-cell rechargeable
lithium-ion battery
- Altec Lansing audio
HP 15.6" Pavilion
G60-519WM Entertainment
Laptop PC Software
- Genuine Windows 7
Home Premium, 64-bit
edition.
- Microsoft Works 9
- Microsoft Office
Home and Student 2007
Edition, 60-day trial
version
- Symantec Norton
Internet Security 2009,
trial version including
60 days of complimentary
live updates
- HP Software: HP Help
& Support, HP Advisor,
HP DVD Play, and HP Set
Up
- Cyberlink DVD Suite
- Muvee Reveal
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- HP Games Powered by
Wild Tangent
HP 15.6" Pavilion
G60-519WM Entertainment
Laptop PC Support and
Warranty
- 1-year limited
hardware warranty with
toll-free support>
- 30-day free limited
software support with
1-year (from date of
purchase) free limited
software support with
product registration
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| REVIEW BY JIM BAUDO |
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i choose this computer on its features and on the fact that it was a HP
brand product. Over the last couple of weeks i test drove a
Toshiba with Vista and a Everex with Windows 7. The Toshiba
disappointed me in that it was very poor in picking up the WI FI
hotspots and would freeze up after watching videos online. The Toshiba
still uses a old system to burn a image on the cd.
i was unable to buy a any Label Flash cd disks for it even after
calling 14 stores. The Everex was very slow at downloading
and the power plug was tight and required a lot of effort to plug into
the computer. |
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On the HP the 15.6" diagonal BrightView widescreen
display,
Presents 1366 x 768
resolution (WXGA). The
display is very clean and the text stands out and the small text is
sharp and very readable. |
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I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR NEW
HP OR COMPAQ THAT SOME OF THE LATEST FEATURES AVAILABLE ARE THE
LIGHTSCRIBE CD BURNER. Burn a CD
or DVD, then flip the disc over
and burn on a durable, permanent label that won't peel off or get sticky
and jam in your DVD writer/reader. Write and design your own original,
creative labels using YOU OWN photos.
THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF THE MANY FREE TEMPLATES
AVAILABLE FROM HP / COMPAQ. |
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I
LOADED MY GPS SOFTWARE ON THE COMPUTER. I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MY
COMPUTER SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO TELL YOU ABOUT MY GPS UNIT AND HOW WELL
IT WORKS ON A COMPUTER. I USE MICROSOFT STREETS AND TRIPS. I WAS IN
CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO AND I SELECTED MY DESTINATION AND A ROUTE WAS
OVERLAID ON THE DISPLAYED MAP FOR ME TO FOLLOW. IT PICKED A FAST ROUTE
TO I 25 NORTH, THEN EAST ON I 76, TO I 80 AND I FOLLOWED IT AND IT TOOK
THE TRUCK I WAS DRIVING RIGHT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT HOME, 548 MILES AWAY.
THE BUILT IN SPEAKERS ON THIS HP COMPUTER ARE THE LOUDEST AND
BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD. THE DRIVING DIRECTIONS SPOKEN FROM THE GPS
SOFTWARE WAS LOUD. THIS MUST BE WHY THE HP 15.6" G60-519WM IS CALLED A
ENTERTAINMENT LAPTOP! |
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HP ENTERTAINMENT LAPTOP I JUST SAID! RIGHT ON IT IS. IT EVEN
HAS A BUILT IN MICROPHONE. YOU CAN DICTATE VOICE MESSAGES AND ATTACH
THEM IN YOUR E MAIL. NO MICROPHONE TO WORRY ABOUT. |
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THIS IS THE COMPUTER THAT IS CURRENTLY CREATING AND UPDATING 23 WEB
SITES INCLUDING THE ONE YOU ARE ON NOW, AND IT IS USED TO EDIT THE
MOVIES OR AS SOME PEOPLE CALL VIDEOS. THE POWER OF THIS COMPUTER IS
UNREAL! IT RENDERS OUT HD MOVIES FROM THE CANON CAMERAS I PURCHASED FROM
WAL-MART THAT I AD STILL PHOTOS IN THE VIDEOS AND MOVING TITLES |
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