HP COMPAQ 6730B REVIEW

HP Compaq 6730 “B” means Business

The HP Compaq 6730b is the "business" version of the 6730 notebook line freshly launched by HP. Business connotes balanced mobility and supremacy. There is a 6730w for "workstation substitution" and 6730s as an entry product.

Design
This is a "business" engine. The HP Business line, in my estimation, never actually proffered attractive sculpts, and this one is no real revelation. It seems to have the similar case as the nc8430 but they spiced that nice Dura Finish coat on the palm rest area. This appends up to the sexy glance. The machine looks extremely rock-hard, the finish is proficient.

Performance
The notebook came with Microsoft Vista Business 32bit and straight away shows the Windows Experience Index score. The WEI imitates the poorest score of the diverse tests and the 6730b is at a stumpy 3.4 mainly due to the video chip, but I wouldn't look forward to elevated scores without a devoted video chip anyway. Here are a few video benchmarks with Aero facilitated and with Aero immobilized. Booting the component "naked" is comparatively speedy, but as you stuff it with requests and services, it slows down. I'm fresh to Vista but even though I didn't set up all of my compiler elements and tools yet, I have the experience that it creeps more than my aged nc8430 under XP Pro SP3.

Mine boots in about 6 minutes and 50 seconds (with most of the hopeless services turned off). And evidently, 2GB of RAM is not sufficient. Opening just 2 applications, Outlook and Total Commander, already leads to dreadful "Running low on memory. Close applications". So go ahead and purchase an additional 1GB or 2GB, even if Vista 32bit can't pact with 4GB. It can employ 3GB to 3.5GB. It seems like on mine, it utilizes 3GB for Windows and 700+MB for the video card.

Overall
I would certainly advocate this notebook for any business user or developer. Enjoying movies is a delight and the technology is positively falling in the HP "balanced mobility" label. The battery lasts more or less 6 hours and that makes it a high-quality rationale to buy this machine if you're hitting the road.

Pros
+ Strapping Finish
+ Touch-sensitive control buttons
+ Brilliant speakers
+ Extremely quiet

Cons
- Keyboard navigation keys
- Refusal of recovery DVD

Value For Money

Our Rating