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HP Pavilion 1260us Review Of The G7

G7-1260us has a simple look, the color two-tone contrasts well its silver-gray lid and wrist rest against a dark gray plastic frame. The plastic construction bends a little, but still feels pretty steep when you pick it up. The size of the G7-1260us (1.44 by 16.22 by 10.55 inches, HWD), making it more of a stationary desktop replacement. It weighs 6 pounds, which is lighter than the Gateway 17-inch NV77H05u (list $ 629.99, 3 stars) (6.5 pounds), but still not as friendly as the suburbs of the lightest 15-inch Asus U56E -BBL5 (list $ 649.99, 4 stars) (5.5 pounds).

G7-1260us has a large 17.6-inch widescreen, shown in 1600 by 900 pixels, the same resolution offered on the bridge NV77H05u. The screen has an LED backlight for improved visibility in bright environments, and it is big enough for two tiles side by side windows for multitasking. G7-1260us has SRS Premium Sound enhancement software, but then it can provide a pure tone at a decent volume, it can not compensate for the lack of bass, or the distortion at high volume.

HP Pavilion g7-1260us
HP Pavilion g7-1260us
The full-size keyboard and numeric keypad has a traditional layout, unlike the distance-out keys on the chiclet-style keyboard. The key type quietly, but they offer very little resistance. Some people prefer a keyboard pasty, but I did not. The touchpad is molded seamlessly into the palm rest, but the textured surface is easy to distinguish by touch. It supports multitouch gestures, such as two-finger scrolling and zooming, and the mouse button separate right and left click.

Feature

The G-7-1260us is a key feature of top-down, is from an integrated webcam, three USB 2.0 ports. You will not find faster USB 3.0 or eSATA port seen as gateway rivals NV77H05u. However, all ports and connectors are based there, such as headphones and microphone, lock slot one case, VGA video output, HDMI output for connecting to an HDTV and an integrated card reader (SD, MMC ). A DVD recorder lets you watch movies and burn data discs. Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11n Wi-Fi network offers a choice of wired and wireless. What you will not find WiDi 2.0 conveniences such as a wireless alternative to HDMI found in many big budget laptops like Asus U56E-BBL5.

HP Pavilion g7-1260us
HP Pavilion g7-1260us

The G-7-1260us comes with a 640 GB 5400 rpm hard drive, like disks of 640 GB in the Asus and Gateway NV77H05u U56E-BBL5, and a step in the capacity of 500 GB disk HP Pavilion G-7-1033cl ($ 649.99 list, 4 stars). Comes with Windows 7 Home Premium installed, and Microsoft Office Starter 2010, a 60-day trial of Norton Internet Security and HP QuickWeb. You can remove some bloatware Blio book reader includes a collection of sample WildTangent games, Evernote, and links to eBay's office, and a website promoting webOS deceased and HP TouchPad.

Hewlett-Packard covers the G-7-1260us with a 1 year warranty. Customers who purchase this system of staples can take advantage of several services the store offers. This includes the establishment of the new system in place, the transfer of data from your old PC to the installation of new software and technical support and protection plans ranging in price from $ 14.99 to $ 169, 99.

HP Pavilion g7-1260us
HP Pavilion g7-1260us

Performance

While many desktop replacements for less consumption of low power, low-cost processors that are obsolete or best suited for netbooks, the G-7-1260us comes with an Intel Core i3-2330M processor, dual-core 2.2 GHz CPU. The pairing of this processor with 4 GB of RAM, the abundance of the G-7-1260us offers muscles everyday tasks as well as the possibility of establishing the base and moderate multimedia work. The G-7-1260us scored 1933 points in PCMark 7 and 2.5 points in Cinebench R11.5, scores in line with similarly equipped Gateway (2004 to PCMark7, 2.04 in Cinebench) and equipped with Asus Core i5-U56E BBL5 (1920 PCMark7 in, 2.60 in Cinebench).

The hand brake G-7-2160us completed in 2 minutes 21 seconds, and for Photoshop CS5 5:23. In comparison, the gateway NV77H05u completed these tests until 2:23 (handbrake) and 5:44 (CS5), but the Asus beat BBL5 U56E-time (at 1:55 handbrake, 4: 13 in CS5). It may not be ideal for a budding artist in the media, but to build the book of family photos, which goes very well.

G7-2160us has experienced its biggest bump performance with new Intel Core i3, which include improved graphics processing in the line of Sandy Bridge. This improvement was significant compared to the previous line, which was much more limited graphics capabilities. In 3DMark 06, scoring 3816 points 2160us G7 on a medium resolution and detail settings, and 1928 points when mounted on its original 1600 by 900 pixels. For comparison, has scored the most HP 1033cl G7 does 1995 points and the Moderate Resolution 1533 with eye candy turned up. It also contains a considerable improvement in the capacity of games. G7-1260us pumped 19.3 fps in Crysis (DirectX 10) and 14.3 fps in Lost Planet 2 (DirectX 9), where the old system was unable to perform one or the other. You should have no problem playing games like Portal and Basic Team Fortress 2, but high-end game will be out of reach.

The HP Pavilion g7-2160us has a 55Wh 6-cell battery, which lasted 4 hours and 43 minutes in our MobileMark battery tests in 2007. It was a little ahead of the other budget laptops 17 inches, as NV77H05u Gateway (04:36 with a 6-cell, 48Wh battery) and HP-G7 1033cl (04:05 with a 47Wh 6-cell battery). The little Asus U56E BBL5, however, lasted 7:43 with increased 8-cell 74Wh battery.

With its 17 inch screen, 640 GB hard drive, Intel Core i3, it is possible that the HP Pavilion g7-2160us delivers exactly what you need, but lacks some cutting edge features. Among the two-tone style, nearly five hours of battery life and decent work throughout the performance, the G7-2160us to pique your interest. If you want more portability and functionality of a better game always within your budget, try the Editor's Choice for budget laptops, the Asus U56E-BBL5.
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