HP Compaq 6730b
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Compaq 6730b Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: HP homepage Compaq 6730b (Series)
Average Score: 69.6% - average
Average of 5 scores (from 7 reviews)
mobility: 79%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 66%, emissions: 80%
Reviews for the HP Compaq 6730b
70% HP Compaq 6730b
Source: Gadget Zone 
Overall we’re very pleased with the design and features of this versatile business model. Unless you’re in the market for a smaller, more lightweight model of notebook, the HP Compaq 6730b’s business-savvy features should keep your data safe, and be a welcomed addition to any office arsenal.
3.5 von 5, Ausstattung gut, Mobilität mäßig
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/14/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% features: 80% mobility: 60%
80% HP Compaq 6730b Notebook
Source: Geek.com
The 6730b may seem like any other 15.4-inch business notebook, but a few tweaks here and there really brighten things up for it. A nice selection of materials (albeit mostly plastics), solid keyboard, bright display, and new components were able to get this reasonably priced notebook and make it seem a bit different from the rest of the pack. It would be great to see a discrete graphics option and many of the features will only appeal to business users (serial port anyone?) but overall HP is taking its notebooks in the right direction with their Montevina rollout.
Gut, Display gut, Preis gut, Ausstattung zufriedenstellend,
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/12/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% features: 70% display: 80%
72% HP Compaq 6730b Laptop
Source: Computer Shopper
It may not have much graphics muscle, but the HP Compaq 6730b business laptop combines nice looks with impressive battery life to give users a road-worthy travel companion.
7.2 von 10, Leistung mäßig, Mobilität exzellent, Preis schlecht, Display schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 40% performance: 60% display: 40% mobility: 95%
Foreign Reviews
Test HP Compaq 6730b Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck 
online available, Long, Date: 12/02/2008
Rating: display: 80% mobility: 90% emissions: 80%
48% Test: HP Compaq 6730b
Source: PC Welt
online available, Short, Date: 11/14/2008
Rating: Total score: 48% price: 26% performance: 63% features: 40% mobility: 81% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 42%
78% Test: HP Compaq 6730b (Notebook)
Source: Chip.de
online available, Short, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 100% performance: 68% features: 85% display: 84% mobility: 65% ergonomy: 90%
HP Compaq 6730b
Source: PC Go - 11/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 10/16/2008
Rating: price: 90% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD: Onboard (shared Memory) GPU built in the GM45 chipset (Montevina). Because of two more shaders and a higher core clock, much faster than the old GMA X3100. Still not advisable for gamers (DirectX 10 games not playable or only with very low settings). The integrated video processor is able to help decode HD videos (AVC/VC-2/MPEG2) , e.g., for a fluent Blu-Ray playback with slow CPUs.
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
P8400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.5 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
HP: HP is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and reviewed models at the German- and English-speaking market. HP notebooks are often in top positions according price/value ratings.
69.6%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
