HP Compaq Presario V5000Z Review

Laptop Magazine looks at the HP Compaq Presario V5000Z and give the machine a three and a half out of five.

In the looks department, the 6.6-pound V5000Z reminds us of a late 1980s Volvo: durable, but blockish, lacking any sleek refinements you might see in a notebook from Sony or Apple. The case is thick at nearly two inches, but we had no trouble fitting it into the laptop bags that we tried. The V5000Z is silver on the sides and black on top; this dual-color scheme helps the machine stand out. All of the ports can be found either on the left or right sides, which include three USB 2.0 ports, a 6-in-1 memory card reader, and an expansion port to dock the notebook to an optional base.

As many of you know, I am not a fan of low endurance notebooks. I want a laptop to really perform on a battery, not be worrying about the next place I am going to plug my machine in. So the battery life of the V5000Z at two and a half hours with wireless off, is just rediculous to me, especially with companies advertising laptops that last upwards of seven hours on a charge.

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