Advent Roma 4001 reviews: 15.6" Laptop computer

Advent Roma 4001 reviews: 15.6" Laptop computer reviews

+ This laptop has no outstanding positive points. - It scores poorly on battery life.

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8.1 out of 10 based on 106 reviews.

Advent Roma 4001 with Intel Core 2 Duo T4400 2.2 GHz Dual Core Processor, 4GB of Memory and 500GB Storage on Windows 7 Home Premium. DVD drive See full product description

Battery life	6.1
Design	8.1
Size and weight	8.1
Performance	8.6
Value for money	8.8
Overall rating	8.1

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lisa, edinburgh General home user

Score 4.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: i have to use my internet in safe mode as the security setting is to high and wont let me connect to the internet normally.
the battery life isnt very long. you get no warning when battery is low. laptop just cuts out.

Battery life	1.0
Design	5.0
Size and weight	5.0
Performance	5.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	4.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Jun 2010

Natalie, Kingston upon Hull General home user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Good overall performance, plently of memory, large capacity hard drive for the cost. Competitors with a similar performance were more expensive.
Bad points:: Charger power lead appears to be a little flimsey.

Battery life	8.0
Design	9.0
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Sep 2010

Confirmed purchaser General home user

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good overall perormance, bought it for photo processing which it seems to handle quite well
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Battery life	6.0
Design	8.0
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Sep 2010

my pug rocks, Often on the move

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent value for money.
nice looking laptop.
fast and will easily handle tasks.
Bad points:: the only little thing its missing is a number pad although you can pick one of these up cheaply.

Battery life	8.0
Design	8.0
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Sep 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Very good hard drive and memory
Bad points:: Quite heavy, and gets very hot after a while.

Battery life	6.0
Design	7.0
Size and weight	4.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Sep 2010

Confirmed purchaser General home user

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: The keys are a good size and very easy to use.
Bad points:: It is a little on the heavy.

Design	10.0
Size and weight	8.0
Performance	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Jul 2010

Jules, Portsmout General home user

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good features, lightweight, widescreen, powerful
Bad points:: Keyboard not very responsie to light touch

Battery life	8.0
Design	8.0
Size and weight	9.0
Performance	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Sep 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	15.6
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Operating system	Windows 7 Home Premium
Software on which the device runs
RAM (Gigabytes)	4

Number of cores	Dual
Computer processors are made up of 1 or more cores. Having multiple cores allows the computer to run two or more processes at once, improving multi-tasking and speeding things up.
Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	500
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1280 x 720 (WXGA)
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Processor brand	Intel
There are 2 main manufacturers of computer processors. They are Intel and AMD.
Processor series	Core 2 Duo
This is the processor model range. Different types of processor have different types of functionality. For example Centrino processors are specifically designed to increase battery life in laptops.
Processor number	T4400
This is the specific processor number in the processor range.
Processor speed (Gigahertz)	2.2
The processor is the driving force of your personal computer. The higher the number in Gigahertz or Ghz the faster your computer will run. Don’t forget that other factors such as the number of cores will have an effect on speed.
Number of USB ports	3

Connections	Wireless

Built-in disc drive	DVD drive
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Built-in disc drive	CD-ROM drive
Built-in disc drives can be used to copy data, music, documents or films from your laptop, netbook or desktop computer, onto a blank DVD. DVD writers can also copy info onto blank CDs but CDs have a lower storage capacity. Normal DVD discs can store up to 4.7GB of info. DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc.
Weight (kg)	2.9

Graphics card brand	Intel
Graphics cards in desktop computers and graphics chips in laptops are manufactured by 3 main companies: Intel, ATI and nVidia. If you want to play modern games aim for an ATI or nVidia card or chip. Intel cards and chips work perfectly for general laptop use, video playback and older computer games.
Graphics card model number	GMA 4500MHD
This is the range and model number of the graphics card or chip in your desktop or laptop computer.
Type of hard drive	Hard Disk Drive

Remote control	No
Aspect ratio	16:9

Laptop Buyers Guide

Manufacturer's Description

Roma 4001. Looking for a high quality, dependable laptop to cater for your demanding computing tasks? End your search now with the Advent Roma 4001 laptop, which is skilfully driven by the dual-core Intel® Pentium®Processor T4400, and runs Microsoft’s Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premiumoperating system. An amalgamation of its capacious 500GB Hard Drive and 4GB of Memory guarantee silky-smooth system operation and plenty ofroom for storing multimedia files and documents.Attractively finished in black, the Advent Roma 4001 notebook sports a High Definition 15.6" LCD screen with a 16:9 aspectratio which is ideal for watching widescreen movies in fullscreen mode.Just slot a DVD movie into the optical drive and enjoy! The DVDRewriter is also good for listening to audio CDs, or burning your owndiscs.Thanks to a versatile level of connectivity, you’ll be able to hook the Advent Roma 4001 upto a wide variety of peripherals and devices. Amongst the inputs andoutputs are a 5-in-1 media card reader, three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI andVGA ports for connecting to monitors and TVs, and an RJ-45 Ethernetport.You also get built-in Wireless-G WiFi technology foruntethered internet and networking, as well as a webcam for easy videochat with friends and family from around the world.From surfingthe web, checking emails and watching movies through to wordprocessing, or editing photos, you can be sure the 15.6-inch Advent Roma 4001 laptop can handle it all!

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