HP 2000-2b19wm 15.6-Inch Laptop PC (Winter Blue) Review

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Technical Details

• AMD E-300 Accelerated Dual Core Processor (1MB L2 Cache); AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics (1972MB total graphics memory); 4GB DDR3 SDRAM (1 DIMM) (expandable to 8GB)
• 15.6" HD BrightView LED-backlit display (1366x768); HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated digital microphone
• SuperMulti DVD burner: Multi-format digital media card reader; Altec Lansing dual speakers; 10/100Base-T Ethernet; 802.11b/g/n Wireless
• Full-size keyboard; Touchpad; 3 USB 2.0; 1 HDMI; 1 VGA (15-pin); 1 RJ-45 (LAN), 1 Headphone-out; 1 Microphone-in

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Design and Features

The HP 2000's lid carries a glossy Winter Blue finish that seems sharp but could become unsightly in case you don't wipe off of the fingerprint smudges every now and then. A big HP logo is embedded under the lid's clear coating, along with a smaller logo appears under the lid about the lower bezel in the display. The chassis is the same thickness because Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5104$329.99 at Toshiba (1.4 inches) and like the Dell Inspiron 15 (I15RV-6190 BLK)$349.99 at Dell, they weigh 5.1 pounds.

The HP 2000's traditional keyboard uses large black keys but lacks the dedicated number pad that comes with the above-mentioned Dell Inspiron 15 and Toshiba C855D-S5104. The wrist rest sports the identical Winter Blue finish because the lid and holds a moderately sized multi-gesture touchpad as well as a couple mouse buttons. Laptop keyboards is responsive and comfy to make use of and also the touchpad didn't have trouble giving an answer to swipes, pinching, as well as other Windows 8 gestures.

There's budget-class laptops the HP 2000 works on the 1,366-by-768 display rather than costlier 1,920-by-1,080 panels utilized on pricier notebooks. It delivers a relatively sharp 720p picture and good color quality but exhibits color shift when viewed from an extreme angle. A webcam and microphone array is a part of the top bezel.

The HP 2000 has three USB ports, and each of them is with the older and slower USB 2. variety. You need to do get HDMI and VGA video outputs, along with headphone and microphone jacks plus a LAN port. By means of comparison, the Dell Inspiron 15 provides you with two USB 3. ports as well as USB 2. ports with an HDMI port. About the left side in the HP 2000's chassis is really a 2-in-1 card reader, and there's a tray-loading DVD multi-drive for the right. Wireless b/g/n networking is created in, but Bluetooth 4. just isn't.

The 320GB hard drive is small compared with the 500GB drive you get with the Dell Inspiron 15 and Toshiba C855D-S5104. It comes with Windows 8 and apps from eBay, Netflix, iHeart Radio, Kindle, and Skype. Trial versions of Microsoft Office and Norton Internet Security are also onboard, as are a handful of HP apps. The HP 2000 is covered by a standard one-year warranty.

Conclusion

At only under $300 the HP 2000-2b19wm is obviously affordable. But even though it provides adequate horsepower for Browsing the web and emailing you'll need to be patient while it struggles with more demanding productivity and multimedia encoding tasks. As with the Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5104, the HP 2000 offers much better than average battery life but pops up short when it comes to features. If you possibly could live with a rather shorter life cycle of battery, our Editors' Choice, the Dell Inspiron 15 (I15RV-6190BLK) offers much better performance and has a larger harddrive, Bluetooth networking, and USB 3. technology.

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Item Reviewed: HP 2000-2b19wm 15.6-Inch Laptop PC (Winter Blue) Review Rating: 5 Reviewed By: Unknown