HP G70-120EA Reviews: Windows Vista Home Premium 17" Screen Laptop computer

+ Big clear screen, nice design, nice mouse pad, high spec, bluray.

- Battery doesn't seem to last very long, maybe 2 hrs

+ Good all-round machine with good versatility. Blu-ray playback capability is a bonus at this cost-point. I think this laptop currently beats any other machine in this price-range, as far as bang-for-buck goes...
It is supplied with a good range of software, from DVD burning tools to Video authoring...

- Screen needs to be viewed in the vertical plane at the "sweet-spot". This is achievable by tilting the screen panel to the optimum viewing angle. Not a problem if you are the only viewer, but if you are demonstrating something to another person, you must ensure they are at the same eye-level too. The effect can be reduced by turning down the brightness.

+ good graphics card

- pointing device disappointing

+ Good screen, decent performance for the money

- Short battery life

+ picture quality

- bettery life,speed,slow stater,

+ Crystal clear display, excellent performance, blu-ray DVD.

- Short battery life (about 2 hours).

+ It is working...

- The SD port is not working. I`m getting confused...Speakers are rubbish. I`ve had Toshiba laptop much more cheaper with Harman/Kardon speakerand the sound quality was much more better than Altec in HP.

+ very pleased with the product-good value for money =would certainly recommend

- battery life not too good but maybe my son did not fully charge it before use-so difficult to be critical

+ This is the first time i have bought a HP laptop and must say i am very impressed with the ease and functionalllity of the laptop. It is very good value for money.

- The battery life is the only down side, only lasts two to three hours. But apart form that its a very good performer.

+ Very Powerful, Keyboard is Great Size, Screen is Clear

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+ The numeric keypad, the front layout is not cluttered

- Size means that a lerger carry bag is required

+ Well equiped

- no fire wire input

+ value for money, good specifiction for the price

- none yet

+ Great spec for such a competitive price

- Installed with a load of bloatware that needs removing. Battery life could also be better.

+ easy to search help and support..nice appearance...not too heavy

- awkward to reconnect to internet after sleep...icons appear and disappear from notification area

+ Large screen. Blu-ray DVD player. Good inbuilt webcam. Good performance for the money.

- Relatively small hard drive. Unlike my old Sony Vaio and my LCD tv, the screen is reflective which makes it very difficult to see when there is light behind you. Windows Office is only included as a trial version.

+ Sleek design, large high definition screen- great for watching films, good sound quality

- the scroller on the mouse pad tends to get in the way when browsing the internet

+ good overall performance with sturdy construction and quality feel, addition of numeric keypad a bonus.
Blu ray performance is faultless, hdmi connection to enable playback on larger screen. bundled HP software and support through product registration.

- Bluetooth would be usefull but easily remedied with a micro-usb dongle.

+ fast boot up, great blu-ray drive, excellent screen

- A bit heavy, battery life could be better

+ Good Screen, Blue Ray Player

- No firewire port

+ A very very nice laptop. Not the fastest in the world, of course, but for what you pay for you get a good deal.

- The blu-ray drive sometimes won't shut properly, and whether that's a problem with the design or something that's unique to my particular machine I don't know. The keyboard feels solid but doesn't really have a lot of travel in it, and some of the lights for caps lock and num-lock and things are difficult to see.

+ I haven't used the laptop with just the battery yet so can't comment on the battery life. So far everything else works very well. It was easy to set up, the instructions were straight forward and I haven't had any problems at all. I got a 17" screen because this is replacing a main home computer and I find the screen very clear in most light conditions. The overall quality is very good.

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+ Lovely display

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+ It may be possible to smash it into small bits and bury its body in unconsecrated ground - then claim on the insurance!

- the mouse pad keeps crashing the machine (the mouse locks up for some reason) - none of my old programs will work on it (Vista?) and I still have to use my old Dell - it is a pain to record from You Tube, it insists on trying to use the built-in Mic - the overall sound quality is extremely POOR - machine gets too hot - DVD player is very noisy with some of my CD ROMS - takes far too long to boot up and it nags at me more than my wife.

+ my second hp laptop good value for money good overall performance works well with vista

- battery life could be better

+ Well designed. 3GB RAM. Fairly quick CPU. Decent graphics card with dedicated RAM. Full size keyboard with numeric keypad. No lid-latch. Large screen. Blu-ray drive. Doesn't come with too much rubbish pre-installed. Price.

- Hard drive could be bigger. Battery life not great. Screen viewing angle poor. No eSata.

+ one of the largest mp camera's, nice screen.

- Could do with wider range of card reader

+ Stylish, good functionality, fast

- Battery life only 2 hours maximum, Only 3 USB ports

+ Easy to install,well you really do not have to do anything as it does it for you which I was delighted with..No discs to use just switch it on and away you go in minutes an excellent size screen,very pleased with this product and glad that I found it as I was looking at 2 different brands for 6 weeks before I came across this one...Great value for less money...

- Heavy and no usb ports at the back which I prefer rather than having to use sides,if I had noticed this and the weight I probably would not have bought it but only because I am disabled and makes it a little awkward and I have a trolley table to push it around and use to save me lifting it now..Overall I would recommend this product..

+ high configuaration in low price. also it is from good brand

- tooo big. too havy. they could make make a smaller version of that laptop. laptop is for those people who wants to work on move.

+ Big screen, Blu ray player, good speakers, excellent price.

- hard to keep clean because of shiney finish, shows finger prints easy.

+ Efficient, no-nonsense performance and design. Good battery life. Full keyboard. Good value for money.

- Small hard disk. A little boring looking. Cover shows every finger print. Speakers dissapointing.

+ blu ray

- lots of unwanted software installed

+ excellent design & display

- battery doesn't last as long as I'd like

+ very good quality screen, feels like good quality, not flimsy but solid, fast and reliable so far

- I don't like the cover at all, as soon as you touch it it leaves finger marks!it is heavy to carry

+ I am pleased with the screen size, memory capacity, integrated webcam and microphone, which, after installing Skype, didn't need further set up to start being used as a telephone, sound quality is pretty good too. Not the best looking finishing touches but all in all a good desktop replacement.

- The layout of the cursor keys is rather weird; if you're used to scroll Up and Down, Home and End at the touch of your left pink finger, forget it, these cursors are located in the G70-120EA T5800 at the top right end of the extended keyboard.

+ display
speed
memory

- slight flex on picking item up

+ Very good performance and for price you cannot beat it. So many extras such as SD card reader, bluray, HD connnection

- Design on keyboard area looks poor and is bit bulky.

+ Beautiful screen, nice keyboard and an interesting (and good to use) metallic touchpad. Looks smart and works well. Surprisingly quick.

- The only real downside is that with the big screen and blu-ray drive it's a bit of a lump to lug around.

+ Being a computer novice I have found the HP help and support programme ( which was part of the software provided with the laptop) invaluable.Often i have resorted to using it and found the info I needed to sort ot minor problems or adjustments.

- Suffering from athritis I find the catch to open the DVD difficult to manipulate.Should have been bigger and slightly more raised.

+ Sleek design.
Nice, large keyboard - good for touch-typing.
Built-in web-cam. Good speakers.

- Rather short battery-life

+ slim and just fits in where I want ir

- Keyboard is starnge following a normal one. Prefer a normal mouse to the mouse pad.

+ Overall the design is good,

- Most people use the touch pad with a right hand the position to the left of the machine is a little difficult to use.

+ Sleek, easy to use,

- battery doesn't last long enough.

+ easy to use for those of us not as computer literate as the younger generations!

- Have not come across any as yet.

+ I love the picture quality on this laptop and the speed of the processors is pretty quick.

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+ Good all-rounder and not bad for multi-media.

- A bit heavy and it won't win any design awards.

+ Has some good features, such as blue ray player and hdmi connection

- does not seem that quick compared to others, fan is noisy, battery life pretty lame - best used as a desktop mains powered, where the battery at least acts as a ups

+ It has all the extras that I wanted, eg blu ray dvd player, large screen, webcam & microphone, simple to set up and get going.

- Haven't found any so far...it's reconditioned but it looks like new!!

+ The screen size is great and very good picture quality. The overall look is very good

- The only problem I would say is that if you have it on from full charge the battery will last about 3-4 hours which can be a real pain

+ lovely big screen, sound quality, graphics etc.

- very heavy when carrying it into work on the trains and tube!

+ Does what it says on the label. Adequate for high spec games and ideal for general home use.

- None for the purposes it was bougt for.

+ Quick machine, has all the essentials.

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+ Excellent spec. Really good ,bright screen.

- Hard drive a bit small. Some useless software included.

+ Nice screen.

- Sockets for mains power and external speakers are in awkward places.

+ Very good desktop replacement.

- Could do with more USB ports, better mousepad and more audio output

+ It has a great Blu-ray player ... not many laptop with that price can boast the kind of specs it has. Great sound from Altec Lansing. Keyboard not too small for larger fingers and couldn't really say a bad thing about this purchase. Very happy but always room for improvement.

- A bit on the heavy side but it's a 17" screen and you cannot really complain too much.

+ sleek stylish 17 inch blu ray

- mouse/ touch pad problems never ending!

+ nice sized screen, blu-ray drive

- The top of the laptop is a piano gloss-like plastic which is slippery and therefore makes it more awkward to move around. Only got 160Gb HDD. The Synaptics touch pad isn't that good compared to other brands.

+ I love it. Screen is fantastic, and clear. Very powerful machine. Perfect desktop replacement!!

- Maybe a stronger screen, as I've scratched mine already!

+ Still experimenting with this machine, but so far does everything I want it to. I was keen on a HD laptop, widescreen, with a web cam and a trusted name for a reasonable price. That's exactly what I got.

- None as yet.

+ Excellent spec. Good price.

- Graphics card niggles are leaving a bad taste.

+ nice big screen, bright n crisp in colour, good music system....

- heats up fast, too much weight

+ Easy to get started. A joy to use - my last computer was alot slower and over 10 years old.

- Had a little trouble controlling the inbuilt mouse - but with an external mouse no problems at all.

+ I love this laptop. It is the first one I have had but I have no problems with it.

- Battery life.

+ Good Screen Size - Great for gaming ie. Flight Sim. Good machine.

- I bit heavy & battery life not brill.

+ Good spec. Very quick.

- Battery life is very poor.

+ 17" wide screen - blueray player

- battery life - 17"laptop so expected short life.

+ It works well. No issues or problems as yet. A trusted brand name.

- A bog standard design shared by other manufactures. It didn't come with any discs or books, luckily my fella is a computer person so knew what to do, but I wouldn't have.

+ Processor power / Ram Size / Excellent 17" Screen / Blu Ray Player built in / HDMI output 1080p24hz. Works great on Windows 7.

- 1 hour 30 minutes battery life / No Bluetooth / Small 160gb Hard Drive. The first laptop I received was faulty and had to be returned for a replacement.

+ Fast to open up all programes, large screen makes it great to watch videos on, sound quality is clear. WiFi botton is located at the top which prevents it being pressed by accident like on other models.

- integrated web cam is not the best in dark conditions, but still does the job.

+ like the blue ray and the big screen also the layout

- absolute rubbish mouse pad keeps locking up

+ Very good for the money

- Rubbish battery life.

+ Good Design

- Access to CD/DVD drive akward

+ Excellent size screen for watching movies. BluRay drive to play back hi-def movies through your tv thanks to the hdmi socket. Nvidia graphics allows excellent visuals on older 3d games. Medieval 2 plays great on high quality graphics. Haven't tried any newer games yet.

- None

+ It is ok laptop

- battery life

+ Very pleased with it looks good bluray quality fantastic great value

- Battery life poor especialy when playing dvd's

+ Excellant Value and performance. But not Gameing. More of a media laptop

- Battery life could be better, and graphics card not up for gameing but at the price an overall excellant buy and have no complaints at all

+ Large screen and quick processor.

- Weighty.

+ Includes blueray, 3gb ram and 2.0 C2D (5800) Intel which sort of seems like a bargain for such a price.

- Battery doesnt last long and once the laptop has heated it does not charge rather says plugged in but cannot charge. Its not a bios or the os problem rather the best way to get it charged again is to let it cool for a while and then try again.

+ Chunky bit of kit at a reasonable price, good desktop replacement

- Chunky bit of kit, you wouldnt want to carry it too far!

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- Battery life seems very short

+ good value for the money

- hard drive could be bigger

+ Fast. Blu-ray reader.

- Shiny screen.

+ Fast performance.

- Battery