The construction is plastic (metallic silver top and trimming with black base). The notebook is solid as previously stated, better than I had expected honestly. It seems to be touchy as to when it wants to connect though, sometimes I have to play games with moving about to get a better reception. I m able to get signal strength of Very Good anywhere in the house and for a bit in the yard too. The internal wireless card I opted for was the 802.11B, as my home router is an 802.11b broadcasting type. This combined with the relatively low battery life make this computer more suited to someone who needs lots of power with OK mobility. It s a decently heavy computer, but not overly so. So if you re looking for a notebook with 3+ hours of battery life, this is not the one for you.Īs a desktop replacement this laptop is not one you would want to carry with you everywhere you go. This is not a real big deal to me, this laptop was intended to replace my old desktop and have minimal mobility, and I m always near an outlet. With wireless off, screen brightness at half using WarCraftIII map editor lightly I ended up getting about 1hr 45mins of battery life. It must be said that this notebook is not one for having long battery life.

802.11b Wireless with 10/100 NIC and 56k Modem.

Let me rundown the options I got on my ZX5000. Throw in a 15.4 widescreen and DVD/CD-RW drive and you have one decent computer. The HP zx5000 offered a lot of high end options at a great price, things like a Radeon 9600 128mb dedicated graphics card and the Pentium 4 Hyper Threading series of processors. This combined with the $100 mail in rebate they had at the time offered me a substantial savings over other options I was looking at (eMachines 68xx series, Acer 2012WLMi). This combined with the ATI graphics solution will give you plenty of power to drive games on the 15 and 15.4 available screens.Īs a college student I don t have a lot of cash to my name, and HP offers a student discount and great value on their notebooks. The processor is a beast and will tear through all apps and games, taking whatever you throw at it, and unfortunately putting out a lot of heat while doing it. The laptop feels solid and there is no screen flexing, although it s not as rock solid as an IBM. The overall dimensions of the laptop are 14.25 W x 1.75 T x 11.5 D and it weighs in at 8lbs.

The HP Pavilion zx5000 falls into the Desktop Replacement (DTR) category with its Pentium 4 processor and ATI dedicated graphics.

Hp pavilion wireless card