Pdf Library Online www. HP Compaq 8. 51. 0p User Review. The HP Compaq 8. 51. August 2. 00. 7 as is part of the performance notebooks in their business line. This means you get the Santa Rosa chipset, the magnesium alloy display enclosure, HP 3. D Drive Guard and HP Protect software package. The specific unit being reviewed here is a preconfigured model RM3. UT. HP offers a number of pre configurations varying processor speed, memory and operating system as well as the option to customize your setup. Specs. Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional. Processor Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7. GHz 4. MB L2 cache 8. MHz front side bus. Chipset Mobile Intel PM9. Memory 1. GB 6. 67. MHz DDR2 SDRAMHard drive SATA 1. Gearhead Garage 2 Full Version more. GB 5. 40. 0rpm, HP 3. D Drive. Guard. Removable media DVD RWDisplay 1. WSXGAGraphics ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2. MB of video memory 5. MB HypermemoryAudio High Definition Audio, stereo speakers, stereo headphoneline out, stereo microphone in, integrated microphone. Wireless Intel 8. Drivers Hp 6710B' title='Drivers Hp 6710B' />Shop HPs Online Store for all your computer hardware, accessories, printer needs the best deals. Free Shipping Easy Returns. Shop now. There are no master passwords or password generators for EliteBooks and ProBooks. You must contact HP Support. AG, Bluetooth 2. Communications Intel Gigabit Network Connection 1. Drivers Hp 6710B' title='Drivers Hp 6710B' />NIC,9 5. K v. 9. Expansion slots One Type III PC Card slot supports 3. Card. Bus and 1. 6 bit cards, Secure Digital slot. Ports and connectors Four USB 2. VGA, HDMI, stereo microphone in, stereo headphoneline out, 1. RJ 1. 1modem, RJ 4. Dimensions h w d 1. Weight 6. 1 lbs weight will vary by configurationPower 8 cell Lithium Ion Battery 7. WHr with HP Fast Charge, 9. W HP Smart AC Adapterview large imageReasons for Buying. My old laptop died and I researched for about a month before deciding on the 8. My broad requirements were a 1. WSXGA laptop with good battery life and XP Professional. It came down to the 8. T6. 1. I actually purchased both units and because HP offers an unconditional 3. I opened it first Lenovo has a horrible restocking fee policy. Both systems were specd identically with the exception of battery capacity and video card. I was worried that the 2. MB dedicated card in the 8. I did after setting up the 8. I played a 2h 1. 0min DVD on default settings 6. Bluetooth on, wireless on with audio playing through the laptop speakers. I was able to play the entire DVD plus have another 3. With that I was sold on the 8. T6. 1 without ever opening it. This 8. 51. 0p was purchased for 1,4. HP via a phone representative. The HP 8. 51. 0p right compared to an Apple Mac. Book Pro left view large imageBuild Design. Overall the feel of this build is pretty solid. When carrying the laptop around I find that the DVD drive occasionally pops open when power is on, but I think that tends to happy on any tray based drive. There is not much flex in the screen, even when closing the top with one hand. Pushing from the back of the screen produces ripples in the LCD. The case is a slightly blueish grey with black accents. The understated silver HP logo is a nice touch in an era when company logos seem to get bigger and bigger. Being a graphic designer, Im not in love with the typeface used on the keys, but I dont imagine many people would care about this. Each of the ports on the side is marked by a small icon on the edge of the keyboard. While useful, I could do without this as it clutters an otherwise minimal look. Screen  The 8. WSXGA screen 1. The screen is good quality, bright and easy to read. I had no dead pixels and did not detect much light leakage. Ive been using the screen with brightness turned all the way up as it seems to produce the truest white color. One note, initially the ambient light sensor feature was enabled. Personally I find it disturbing to have the screen brightness constantly changing, especially because I was not aware of this feature at first and couldnt figure out why my screen kept changing. View of the screen at 1. Horizontal viewing angle. Vertical viewing angle. Speakers. The speakers are located along the front edge of the laptop, taking up about 7. I like this location as opposed to having speakers on the face of the keyboard. Sound seems to be less directed at you and more ambient. Audio is good, though bass is limited as one would expect on a business laptop. External speakers headphones are a must if you want to listen to music or play games seriously. But for lighter applications, watching non special effects driven movies, or games such as Civilization, these speakers are just fine. Processor and Performance. The new Santa Rosa chipset is certainly an improvement over the Pentium M 7. The preconfigured unit came with 1. GB RAM so for another 4. I added another 1. GB Patriot dimm. The benchmarks below are with 2. GB RAM installed. The ATI Radeon Mobility HD 2. MB ram. This is a new card and according to HP I have the newest drivers installed. However Ive run into a few blue screens of death doing various operations. These seem to be video driver related as the ATI Catalyst software catches the errors before Windows does and allows you to stay in session. I was able to run Bioshock with settings on high. I detected a slight choppiness at times, but this could be due to my trackball being a insensitive or the slower 5. Games such as PiratesCivilization run with no problems. Benchmarks. Due to what seems to be a video driver issue I am not able to run either PCMark. DMark. 06. Ifwhen this gets fixed I can post new benchmarks. In the meantime, I was able to run a few other tests. Super Pi comparison results Super Pi forces the prcoessor to calculate Pi to 2 million digits of accuracy, below are some comparison results so you can see how the HPs T7. Notebook. Time. HP Compaq 8. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Toshiba Qosmio G4. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Dell Inspiron 1. 72. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Recursive Program For Factorial In C here. Dell Inspiron 1. 42. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Sony VAIO FZ 2. 0. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Dell XPS M1. 33. 0 2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Lenovo Think. Pad X6. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. Lenovo 3. 00. 0 V2. GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7. HP dv. 25. 00t 1. GHz Intel 7. 10. 01m 0. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. Synthesia Keygen'>Synthesia Keygen. GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T7. Lenovo Think. Pad T6. GHz Core 2 Duo T7. Toshiba Satellite P2. S6. 28. 7 1. 7. 3 GHz Core 2 Duo Intel T5. Toshiba Satellite A2. GHz Core 2 Duo1m 3. HP Compaq 6. 51. 5b 1. GHz AMD Turion 6. X2 TL 5. 22m 0. Dell Inspiron e. GHz Core 2 Duo1m 0. HDTune results view large imagePass. Mark results view large imageview large imageHeat and Noise. I was a bit wary about buying an HP business laptop after reading about the fan noise issue with the 6. However, this machine is extremely quiet. During normal use I almost never hear the hard drive or the fan. In fact the fan really only comes on when playing games. Additionally there is heat buildup on the left front of the laptop where your left palm rests. It is not unbearable but certainly noticeable. Keyboard and Touchpad. I am very happy with the quality and feel of the keyboard. The keys have a bit of texture too them and I find it very easy to touch type with. One annoyance I have is that there are two keys between the left CTRL and ALT fn and Microsoft windows. I am continually pressing the fn key instead of CTRL and it is taking a bit of retraining on my part to compensate for this. The stick pointer is average nowhere as good as Lenovos. I find myself using the touch pad more. Both the touchpad and stick have three mouse buttons that have programmable functions. I programmed the middle button to be my right click. The 8. It works, but not perfectly.