HP ZE4323EA review

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How often have you heard people say that you pay extra for a big brand name? HP has set out to prove them wrong. At just £680 before VAT, HP's Pavilion 4323EA notebook looks to be amazingly good value.

The key to this laptop's bargain price is its processor. HP has chosen a 1.8GHz chip from Intel's budget Celeron range for desktop PCs. This saves a few pennies compared to technologically more advanced Pentium-Ms, which consume less power in an attempt to maximise a laptop's battery life. The Celeron is a cut-down version of Intel's beefier Pentium 4 chip, with a slower front-side bus (the connection between the processor and the rest of the system's components). The Celeron also has slightly less onboard cache than the P4. Cache is fast memory that sits on the processor itself, and stores regularly used instructions so that the processor can access them far more quickly than it can from the hard disk or main system memory. Don't let that put you off, though: the Celeron has more then enough power for everyday jobs. Unless you're a gamer or a video editing enthusiast, this laptop is powerful enough to cope with pretty much anything you can throw at it. Despite using an older chip, it's also a lot easier on the battery like Hp HSTNN-UB02 battery, Hp DP390A battery, Compaq PP2100 battery, Compaq Presario R3000 battery(Compaq r3000 battery), Compaq Presario X6000 battery, Hp Pavilion ZV5000 battery(Hp zv5000 battery), Hp Pavilion ZV6000 battery(Hp zv6000 battery) than most of its competitors. It lasted an incredible two and half hours in our exhaustive battery tests.

The HP's Celeron is backed up by a very decent 256MB of fast memory. The 20GB hard disk is a little on the small side - but again, more than enough for everyday tasks. Graphics are supplied by a basic 64MB ATI Mobility chipset. At 15 inches, the HP's screen is a decent size. It's bright and crisp, with only a tiny number of dead pixels.

The screen isn't the only thing about the HP that lights up. Turn it on, and you'll see every feature button on the body of the laptop fringed with glowing blue light - somewhat suggestive of the Tardis. These are a matter of taste: if you like this kind of effect, you'll love what HP has done with this laptop. If you don't, they'll be a bit of a headache.

The laptop's layout is fairly standard. The touchpad sits in front of the keyboard, and is responsive enough for the awkward job of mousing on the move. The keyboard is also standard fare - with springy, flat keys that are comfortable to type on. The small blue button between touchpad and screen turns the pad off - a nice touch, as brushing past these accidentally can often interfere with typing.

The HP's built-in speakers are made by Altec Lansing, a company that also makes big posh surround sound speaker sets. This being the case, you'd expect superior sound quality. In reality, the diminutive size of these built-in speakers prevents them pumping out any kind of bass at all - a common failing in laptops. They did, however, produce a sound that was pleasant, even if it was a little tinny.

The software bundle that comes with the HP is fairly meagre, consisting mainly of DVD playback and CD writing programs. The image editing software supplied by HP is a decent extra. For this kind of money, we'd be greedy to expect more.

One buzzword you won't hear bandied around this notebook is Centrino. This is the name given to notebooks built around Intel's 855 chipset, which offer built-in wireless networking and have a Pentium-M processor that prolongs battery life by drawing only enough electrical current for the job it's doing. Sounds great, eh? Unfortunately, the HP doesn't have them. If you really want to surf the Web wirelessly in Starbucks, save your money and put it towards a slightly pricier Centrino machine.