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HP 530 Laptop Computers

HP 530 Laptop Computers
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alaScore 79

205 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 205 reviews of HP 530 Laptop Computers. The average rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the durability and portability. The screen and usability are also mentioned favorably. Many are less positive about the energy efficiency and sound. Views are divided on the touchpad.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the HP 530 Laptop Computers is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for HP 530 Laptop Computers

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of HP 530 Laptop Computers from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 1.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. There are some critical views about the usability.

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0% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for HP 530 Laptop Computers

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 11 user reviews of HP 530 Laptop Computers from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the screen and image quality. The portability and durability are also mentioned favorably. The battery and sound get critical comments, and views are divided on the reliability.

price, durability, portability, image quality, screen

usability, design, sound, battery

73% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : InsideHW (insidehw.com)

Expert Review

 

In accordance with ASUS philosophy of presenting new devices in short periods of time, not long after the first Fonepad, new models, Fonepad Note 6 and Fonepad 7, have been announced. Unfortunately, f... Mechanical keyboard are conceptual way of going...

Jul, 2008
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Expert review by (goodgearguide.com.au)

Hewlett-Packard 530

 
May, 2008
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Expert review by : tech.co.uk staff (techradar.com)

HP 530 review

 

A stunning budget number from the number one notebook seller

Superb value ; Satisfyingly well built ; Comfortable to use

Stingy memory ; Lacking in raw power

It may have a low system spec but it's cheap and has excellent usability

Sep, 2007
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Expert review by (pcanswers.co.uk)

HP 530

 

HP currently sell more notebooks worldwide than any other company and taking one look at the HP 530 you can see why. This device has been designed to meet a specific price point and audience.

Impressive features list, Good value for money, Superb value, Satisfyingly well built, Comfortable to use

Stingy memory, Lacking in raw power

It may have a low system spec but it's cheap and has excellent usability

Sep, 2007
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great for a budget laptop

 

I bought this for my girlfriend. Its perfect for the light works she does; MS office/web browsing/media playback. The upgrade to 2 GB is a must!!! Vista needs it.

I bought the 1gb model of this for 500bux and just added another 1gb for 16bux. Comes with vista business (don't really know if that's a good thing). No dead pixels, screeen is clear and vibrant, big HDD, DVD Burner, Wifi, Interesting touch pad. Cool...

The construction is a little lacking, I can hear it creak when it is flexed slightly, battery life could be better, two USB ports, one speaker rather than the usual two. No XP downgrade option :(, power connection is oddly placed (could have been...

Nov, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

HP 530

 

Like I said above, great laptop and for the price point I couldn't beat it. The above cons aside, I would still buy this machine again. The hardware is top notch and considering in the same price tag were a couple acers and everex, Ill take an hp over...

Good solid competitively priced laptop. Excellent screen, Intel graphics card is solid and runs all accelerated applications flawlessly(I can not speak to computer games as system is currently using a Linux Flavor) Integrated wireless and simplistic...

1. Comes with a broadcom wireless device... for you linux users think an hour finding and installing drivers with ndis wrapper ; 2. PC Card slot is awfully small so no double sized pc cards ; 3. No toggle switch to turn off touch pad ; 4. No built in...

Apr, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Decent no-frills business laptop

 

For my company's needs this is an excellent work horse. For me personally, I would like more built-in interface options but at the Newegg price I purchased, I am fully satisfied. I love the fact that the computer is not littered with the usual OEM...

Clean, non-gimmicky design and keyboard layout ; Windows Vista Business (i.e. automatic license for XP "upgrade") ; Minimal Trial-/Nag-/Adware installed ; Full complement of drivers for XP and Vista available from HP ; Excellent screen ; Wireless...

only 2 USB ports (theoretically one can more interface options via PC card), and only on the left side. A third port one the right side would have been great ; Fan runs pretty frequently even under little load (could possibly be listed under Pros....

Apr, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great for the price

 

fast, dual core, 1gb ram, wide screen. i could ask for more. it gets all my work done and is light for the size. wireless picks up some signal like nothing

Come with vista, I switched to XP pro. Hp had all the drivers for xp on their website ; Power adapter went dead after 2 weeks and don't know why

Mar, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

First laptop, love it

 

I LOVE this laptop. I never had one before, and this is great. When I ordered this, I also ordered an extra gig of ram to bring it to 2 gig. It's zippy enough for me. I only really use it for playing around on the net, my son uses it for his little...

None yet! Battery life is kind of short, but I usually plug it in as I'm using it

Feb, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

not bad for word processing

 

I wish it would come with the driver installers for the parts, since you paid for the parts, it would make sense to have the drivers to make them function. Right now if you uninstall Vista (which most of us end up doing) you have to do the driver hunt...

cheap in comparison to most laptops. Works as expected. I like the dimpled sensor pad. I only bought this laptop to do some writing so it serves my purpose just fine

Comes with the obnoxious Windows Vista. I replaced it with Xp and am happier how ; I have one dead pixel already (after two weeks) ; The mouse buttons are a little clunkier than on most laptops but that was more of an initial surprise than a real problem

Feb, 2008
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