HP G72

870 reviews

May, 2013

Positive
Battery (290)
Design (35)
Screen (26)
Keyboard (11)
Value for money (10)

Negative
Reliability (18)
Portability (1)
Sound (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 870 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the value for money and keyboard. The screen and design are also mentioned favorably, whereas some have doubts about the portability and sound. Reviews about the touchpad and build quality are mixed.

battery, design, screen, keyboard, value for money

reliability, sound, portability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops the HP G72 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 85/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by: (pcmag.com)

HP G72-250us

The keyboard is exceedingly comfortable, with wide, flat keys that are comfortable and quiet. A number pad sits to the right of the keyboard, but despite having plenty of room, the G72-250us does not have a row of multimedia shortcut keys above the...

Great performance for the price. Strong battery life. Attractive design. Comfortable keyboard and touchpad. Lightweight for desktop replacement

Weak audio. No eSATA port. No Blu-ray drive

The HP G72-250us impresses with its new design and performance for the price, but tinny speakers on a big desktop replacement always ruin the fun.

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Consumer review by: joeklak (cnet.com)

Pretty Happy

I'm not a computer expert, but an average user. I shopped around and paid about $470 for it. It is a huge improvent over my last laptop. For the cost, it is a home run, so far.

Screen and speed

I have heard it over heats, but I have not seen that for myself

Mar, 2011

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Consumer review by: warsev (cnet.com)

Great value, could use a few features.

I'll focus on the hardware aspects here. (The very first thing I did out of the box was wipe the disk clean and install a linux distribution, Ubuntu 10.10.)

Great price. Large, bright screen. Large keyboard with numeric pad. Core I3 processor and 4GB DDR3 is more than adequate for most jobs. 500GB HD

The trackpad is just horrid - get a mouse. No USB-3 or E-SATA ports. Chintzy speakers

Feb, 2011

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Consumer review by: warsev (cnet.com)

Great value, could use a few features.

I'll focus on the hardware aspects here. (The very first thing I did out of the box was wipe the disk clean and install a linux distribution, Ubuntu 10.10.) The guts of it - For an entry-level CPU the 2.4 GHz Intel Core I3 is just great, ... Expand...

Great price. Large, bright screen. Large keyboard with numeric pad. Core I3 processor and 4GB DDR3 is more than adequate for most jobs. 500GB HD

The trackpad is just horrid - get a mouse. No USB-3 or E-SATA ports. Chintzy speakers

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: rtlarson3 (cnet.com)

Powerful laptop, just missing a few things

Its a very powerful laptop. I threw everything i had at it and cpu usage never went over 75%, most of the time it was below 35%, i couldn't believe it. I wish it came with a few more options but then it would cost more ;)

Very powerful i3 processor, 4GB ram, spacious keyboard, big vivid screen, webcam (although i don't use it) hdmi port. 3 USB 2.0 ports. Blu-ray drive/dvd-rw combo with lightscribe. 500gb hd. wireless N

Don't like the trackpad, I also wish it had a USB 3.0 port. Speakers aren't anything to brag about. Display isn't 1080

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: PeterSnipes (cnet.com)

Not satisfied

I got this one as a gift from my uncle. For a month or so I was happy with this. I was satisfied with the big screen and its visual clarity. There was an electrical problem which caused the system randomly shutdown and I had to lose some of my data....

Big screen

Runs hot, random shutdown

Jan, 2011

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Consumer review by: (amazon.com)

Amazon review summary for the HP G72

alaTest has collected and analyzed 159 user reviews of the HP G72 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products on Amazon.com.

performance, screen, value for money, usability, portability

sound, build quality

68% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2013

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Consumer review by: Spazmastic (amazon.com)

Computer overheats all the time

I have had this computer for about two and a half years. It has been a great computer overall however the reason i am giving it 3 stars is because of the tremendous issues i have had with the equipment itself. Shortly after getting it i found that he...

Sep, 2012

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Consumer review by: Trish (amazon.com)

Broke

I had my HP for about 2 weeks before it broke. I took it to best buy and they told me the dc port wouldnt charge. It wouldn't turn back on at all. Thank goodness I didn't have anything important on it. I am currently sending it back to the company for...

Sep, 2012

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Consumer review by: Ann Rogers (amazon.com)