Packard Bell MZ36 T015 Reviews: Windows Vista Home Premium 15.4" Screen Laptop computer


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Score: 7.3/10

42 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This Laptop has no outstanding positive points. It scored very poorly on battery life. “Great screen, good size hard disk, performs very well with vista and 1 gb of ram…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 42 real customer reviews

Product Details

Dual Core Processor with and 120GB Storage on Windows Vista Home Premium. More »

Real customer reviews

42 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
76% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (42)
Battery life5.3
Design7.2
Performance7.1
Size and weight7.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.5
Overall rating7.3
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great screen, good size hard disk, performs very well with Vista and 1 GB of RAM (some of which is shared with the graphics card). Not good for games (except casual ones), but I did not buy if for that. Great for office and internet surfing.

- It's internal clock is about as accurate as elephant playing darts, but fortunately with Windows you can synchronise the time over the internet. Not a serious issue and appears fixed in all their latest models.

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purchased 03 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fast processor,ease of use

- wireless card is not very good,can barely get a good signal in the same room as the router and have no signal in a different which defeats the point of wireless. The laptop is heavy to carry. There is no PCI slot

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purchased 06 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Emma, Bristol

+ Good handy laptop, good graphics, does the job, inbuilt wireless

- poor battery life, no webcam

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purchased 07 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Nev, Putney

+ A high performing machine bought for a very reasonable price.

- None so far.

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purchased 06 Aug 2007

Score 5.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Price

- Kept stalling when opening large photos

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purchased 06 Aug 2007

Score 4.0/10

Matthew, St Albans

+ Good screen

- Battery life is non-existant

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purchased 31 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ -good display
-good performance except of the graphic card,
-good for officework and normal applications

- -batterie life very short
-need updates,and new driver to run without problems
-didn't get master DVD for Vista

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purchased 03 Jul 2007

Score 4.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ cheap

- out of date, no microsoft works, no dvd playback til installed various codecs off internet

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purchased 23 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

Gerry, Larnaca, Cyprus

+ Easy to use. General quality good.

- Battery life seems very poor, doesn't last very long, even with modest use! Perhaps the battery is dud!!

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purchased 30 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ clear screen, nice touch pad, easy to use keyboard, nice functionality, good dvd burner

- poor battery life, small storage space, only 60gb, thought it was advertised as 120gb.

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purchased 31 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Sturdy construction, easy to clean, and discreet design. Not too heavy.

- Really slow when running Vista, wipe hard disk and install XP for faster operations.

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purchased 31 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its a great laptop - looks good and does everything I need it to

- Its a bit heavy (but not bulky)

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purchased 14 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Jeremy, Heacham

+ Good screen with glossy finish good for watching movies ,Core 2 Duo processor is quick.

- With light use the battery lasts less than one hour. Vista premium would be better with more memory.

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purchased 31 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

George, Exeter

+ Good machine, runs quickly and smoothly.

- Battery life without ac mains could do with being longer.

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purchased 03 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Sam, Rushden

+ Great design, fan on side (helps prevent overheating), speakers on front (handy when lid down), hard wifi button, battery life fairly good due to core2duo. Only problem was with not keeping time - there is a software fix (takes 2-3 mins) available from packard bell for this - don't let them take your laptop in or reinstall your operating system! Good screen. Great processor, ram size and fast hard disk.

- No PC expansion slot, no hard volume buttons, Graphics card OK. Had trouble finding solution to the time keeping issue - only got solution as I was so insistent and had enough tech knowledge to discount other options!

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purchased 01 Aug 2007

Score 7.0/10

Adam, Yeovil

+ Nice, high quality, large lcd screen.
Easy-to-use touchpad and keyboard
Enough USB ports to multi-task (3)

- After a while, especially if you have as much media as I do, the laptop is no longer as responsive and has to be scanned VERY frequently to be kept in good running order.
As computer is on Windows Vista, the 1gb of RAM struggles to cope with the operating system, therefore, putting in another 1gb stick of RAM is highly recommended.

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purchased 31 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Brian, Minehead

+ nice design, lightweight, bright screen. good all round average laptop exceptional value for money.

- keyboard a bit clunky. Battery life could be better as could positioning of usb sockets.

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purchased 30 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Maureen, Bacup

+ Small and lightweight. Easy to use.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Jan 2008

Score 7.0/10

Nic, norwich

+ Cheap refurbished laptop, could not tell from new condition. battery life seems quite short but i have nothing to compare as this is my first laptop.

- Inbuilt graphics us quite a bit of the supplied RAM.

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purchased 28 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ This latop is fantastic, you wouldn't realise it is reconditioned. It does everything you ask it to do when you ask it to do it.

- The battery life isn't fantastic but it's enough to do what i need it to.

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purchased 02 May 2008

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 15.4
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Number of Cores Dual
Hard Disk Capacity in GB 120
Screen Resolution (pixels) WXGA
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Core 2 Duo T5500
Processor Number T5500
Processor Speed in MHz 1660
Integrated Webcam No
WiFi Yes
Bluetooth No
Fingerprint Access No
Remote Control No
DVD Writer Yes
Dimensions (mm) 357x36.5x266
Weight (kg) 2.7
Brand of Graphic Chip ATI
Graphic Card or Chip Radeon Xpress 200M
TV Output No
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