Review By: Avi Review Date: 18 Feb 2009
Pros:
Battery life screen size.
Cons:
No optical drive.
The lack of optical drive means this is not the best around, but its certainly a decent contender.
Slim and stylish, the NC4000 is HPs first Centrino-based notebook for the mobile business user. Its light, at just 1.6kg and, while it lacks an optical drive, it does come with a great screen and a decent battery life.
Running on a 1.5GHz Pentium M processor and 256MB of memory, the 4000 should run reasonably fast, though sadly we couldnt get Sysmark to run in the time we had. Graphics are nothing to speak of, as it uses a rather antiquated ATI chip, but this is good enough for office use and even the odd DVD. However, as mentioned before, there is no optical drive - you can only get one by using the multi-bay docking station. We feel the chassis is thick enough to have accommodated one.
Our test models chassis was not a final build, but was nevertheless made of pretty sturdy black plastic. There are two USB2 ports, modem, S-Video out, headphone and wired Ethernet, as well as the built-in 802.11b wireless. Theres also an SD (Secure Digital) slot at the front. The keyboard has been shrunk to fit, but is still pretty easy to type on, though some of the buttons were squashed. The 12in TFT screen is bright and clear even when removed from mains power. Battery life was pretty good, lasting for just under two hours in our tests.
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Good: Battery life, screen,size.
Bad: No optical drive.
Recommend: No
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