HP Compaq 530

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Reviews for the HP Compaq 530

90% HP 530 Notebook
Source: Inside HW Archive.org version
It is close to perfect business notebook: fast CPU, enough memory, decent autonomy and low price. Did we mention that you get Windows Vista Business with it? This model can get job done as good as most of pricier models but without all those fancy accessories. HP 530 is a real budget saver.
Sehr gut, Leistung gut, Mobilität gut, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80%

Foreign Reviews

Will ich Billig?
Source: c't - 16/08
Comparison, , Long, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: performance: 50% features: 70% display: 80% mobility: 30% ergonomy: 40% emissions: 80%

HP 530 KP479AA
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/02/2008
Rating: price: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80%

70% HP 530 KP479AA T2600
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 90% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 50% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2400: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.7 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.

In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.

80%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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