This laptop is a great piece of gear. The 802.11 B,G,N wireless picks up my linksys G router at the opposite end of the house and up one floor as the strongest possible signal. The unit it replaced couldn't connect at all unless I held my mouth just right. I have no trouble printing wirelessly to either my Brother laser printer or Epson all-in-one inkjet after installing the right drivers. Both printers are attached to a 32-bit Vista desktop that's hooked directly to the wireless router and shared. HP gives excellent phone support. I was on the phone to them when we discovered the HDMI hookup problem mentioned in Cons. The tech support phone rep worked with me for almost an hour, and he did a very good job.
May 26, 2009
Cheap HP G60-230US For Sale + Review
This laptop is fast with a generous 3 GB RAM and 320 GB hard drive. The display is bright and wide, great for watching DVDs. I also like that it has an HDMI port for easy connectivity to an HDMI-capable HDTV. With Windows Media Center or just about any other multimedia application, you can watch the DVDs or other videos on the HDTV. The HDMI yields an excellent, crisp picture on the HDTV, and since HDMI carries audio too, there's no need to run a separate audio cable or external speakers! The touchpad is among the best I've ever used, and it's not over-sensitive so your cursor doesn't jump around the screen as you type. The laptop also comes with a LightScribe DVD burner, supporting DVD +/-, R, RW, DL, etc. DVD-RAM is also supported.
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