HP Compaq 6730s
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Compaq 6730sProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5670
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 600 euro
Average of 6 scores (from 6 reviews)
Reviews for the HP Compaq 6730s
Source: Techradar
HPs 15" is a competitively priced business machine, but slightly lacking in features. The HP Compaq 6730s is aimed at the business market. However, unlike some similar laptops, it is competitively priced and boasts some sensible features that make it a good proposition. The Compaq 6730s is the most competitively priced business laptop, and its simple design is matched by good performance, making it recommend it for corporate users on a budget.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Gadget Zone
The HP 6730s is coated in a plain matte black finish with a black gloss trim around the screen and keyboard. With this being a business notebook, we weren't expecting the usual shiny and love it or hate it designs that plague consumer notebooks. A cheap notebook for the business that’s after current technology and isn’t too fussed over the simple black design.
3 von 5, Preis gut, Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/19/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 80% performance: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 03/09/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 40% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
Source: Chip.de - 2/09
DE→EN, Long, Date: 02/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 68% price: 80% performance: 55% features: 69% display: 81% mobility: 64% ergonomy: 75%
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→ENonline available, Short, Date: 10/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 65% features: 75% display: 83% mobility: 82% workmanship: 75%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 10/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
Comment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410: Entry level dedicated GPU from AMD which supports only PCI-E 1.1 (3430 and upwards support PCI-E 2.0). Technically a slower clocked HD 3430/3450.
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.
T5670:
>> 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. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy 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: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
74%: 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.
