Each month I feature a quick pick computer. This is the computer that I would buy for myself or recommend to any friends or family that asked for advice. This is an average computer to meet the needs of home use. It’s great for Internet surfing, sending email, writing papers or documents, and downloading and storing pictures from a digital camera. It’s also great for students to use for various school assignments.
This month’s pick is the HP G60-630US. I’m choosing this model because of it’s great price and good configuration. This model is sold on Amazon for less than the HP Store price. It’s running an average dual core processor, comes with an average amount of memory , and has a good sized hard drive. This laptop is ready to go with no upgrades recommended.
The Amazon Sale Price is $529.99. This model is a good “value” laptop. It’s not the best or the fastest, but rather a good buy for the money. It will handle most any home use activities.
Overall, the reviews on Amazon are very positive. The only poor reviews are related to the internal microphone. If you are planning to use the internal microphone, you may want to steer clear of the model. If you are a heavy microphone user, or plan to use this for Skype Internet calls, I recommend getting a USB microphone headset combo.
Technical Details
Intel Pentium T4400 Dual Core Processor, 2.20 GHz – This processor isn’t the newest fastest processor on the block, but it’s a great value, and will be good for several years.
15.6″ Diagonal Full High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Laptop Display (1366 x 768) – This is a good sized screen for a laptop, not too big, not too small, and resolution is good.
RAM (Memory) 3GB DDR2 – This is an average amount of memory, and should run great with Windows 7. It’s expandable to 4 GB if you ever decide an upgrade is needed.
Hard Drive 320GB - This is a good sized hard drive for a laptop. It’s not the biggest, but it’s currently the best size to cost ratio.
Weight 6.57 lbs. – This is an average weight for a laptop with at 15.6 inch screen.
Battery – 6 Cell Litium-Ion – Up to 3.75 hours – This is average for a laptop of this size.
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n – This wireless card will be compatible with all current generation wireless access points.
Operating System – Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit – This is standard for all new home-use computers.
DVD Drive – LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support – This will allow you to burn pictures, musics, etc. to a CD or DVD. It includes LightScribe technology which is a cool way to label your disks by etching the label with the laser in the drive. (Any DVD will work in this drive but it requires light scribe compatible DVDs to enable the light scribe labeling.)
Ports – 3 USB, 1 headphone out, 1 microphone in, 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, 1 modem, 1 LAN – All the standard ports a laptop should have. The HDMI out is a nice feature as it will allow you to connect it to a High Definition TV.
This is a great computer value.
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