Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Display: 15.6 inch, , 1366x768 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 500 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 4 reviews)
Reviews for the Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65
Source: Techradar
A stylish and well-specified laptop that offers great value for money. Packard Bell is renowned for offering good value machines at prices that are hard to beat, but in the past we've often been left wanting when it comes to designs that stand out. The EasyNote TJ65-AU-010UK looks set to change this, offering a highly stylish design at an impressively low price. Overall, despite its flawed office and multimedia capabilities, we really like the EasyNote TJ65-AU-010UK. It's a stylish, well made and competent machine.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/12/2009
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Pocket Lint
A budget model, but does it impress? Packard Bell is renowned for its affordable laptop ranges, but it’s rare that they excite. Recently, however, it seems that more time and effort has been spent on the design side of things, and the EasyNote TJ65 is a great example of this. We’re very impressed by the Packard Bell EasyNote TJ65. Sure, there are more powerful options, but if just need a machine to edit documents or browse the internet on, and put quality and style ahead of processor specifications, then this may be the machine for you.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/14/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Trusted Reviews
Before the EasyNote NJ65 came along, it had been many years since we reviewed a PC from Packard Bell. However, now that it's been acquired by Acer, the company is going through a bit of a <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> revival. Assaulting the budget end of the market is its EasyNote range and today we're looking at the NJ65's larger yet slightly cheaper cousin, the 15.6in TJ65, which can be yours for just £450. Packard Bell has put together a fairly good system for an attractive price, but it's not without its flaws and it doesn't stand out from the crowd in any particular way.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/27/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: PCM
NL→ENonline available, Short, Date: 08/19/2009
Rating: Total score: 90%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M:
The graphics core of the Intel GL40 and GS40 chipset features a slower clocked GMA 4500MHD (400 versus 533 MHz). Because of the slower core speed, full Blu-Ray Logo support is not given and the gaming performance is a bit worse.
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 Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.
T4200:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.6": 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. However 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.
2.7 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.
Packard Bell: Packard Bell is a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Acer. It is a name used by two different consumer electronics companies. The first was an American radio manufacturer founded in 1926, that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as television sets. Teledyne acquired the business in 1978. In 1986, investors bought the name for a newly formed personal computer manufacturer. Originally the company produced discount computers in the US, later computers were produced for the European market. NEC took it over in the late 1990s. Acer acquired it in 2008. In spite of the similarity of their names, there has never been any corporate connection between the original or later Packard Bell and Hewlett Packard, or Bell System. Packard Bell is an international notebook manufacturer, but with quite few market shares and few reviews. Until now (2009), the company focussed ruggedized laptops.
77.5%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
