HP Compaq Business Notebook 6715b Laptop Notebook Review

This HP Compaq laptop combines power with a good design and other great features to give you this fantastic business laptop. The laptop is Compaq's Business Notebook 6715b, which you can probably guess from the name is designed and specifically made for business people, and so therefore comes with vindows vista business already in installed on it, this offers some extra features and programs compared to the other vistas and comes with Intervideo WinDVD, HP Quick Launch Button Software, HP ProtectTools Security Manager, HP Wireless Assistant, Synaptics Touchpad Driver, HP Backup and Recovery Manager, Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, HP OpenView Radia Management Agent, HP QuickLook.
The design is really good too. It is all in one colour, which is usually something that puts me off laptops, however this all black laptop has a cool square like shape to it and I think it makes the laptop look really modern. The edge around the screen isn't huge and is quite thin making this laptop look better and also reducing its size.
You would be forgiven for thinking, after seeing all the TV advertising, that the only notebooks you can buy are powered by Intel processors. But there are AMD alternatives out there and some offer good value for money. One of the latest in HP's Compaq business range is the AMD-powered 6715b, which offers a good set of features for under £650.
Even if you didn't know about Compaq being HP's business range, one look business notebook 6715b battery tells you all you need to know, as its austere black and grey styling leaves you in no doubt about the market sector at which it's aimed.
It's being sold under the ‘Balanced Mobility' banner and, while the first part of that is fine, we have to question whether a notebook that weighs in at 2.9kg (including power adapter) and measures 357 x 265 x 35mm is truly mobile.
True, it's lighter than most desktop replacement notebooks out there, but you are still going to suffer if you have to lug it around all day, and while the whole thing feels well built, the screen has a noticeable amount of flex in it, so hp compaq business notebook 6715b battery care should be taken as to what you pack next to it.
Both laptops are based on AMD’s M690T chipset supporting up to 4GB of 677MHz DDR2 memory. It features integrated ATI Radeon X1250 graphics with up to 512MB of shared system memory and with S-Video output. There are also Gigabit Ethernet, a 56k modem, as well as four USB ports, PC Card slot and memory card reader in each model.
Regarding data storage, the HP Compaq 6515b and HP Compaq 6715b include SATA hard drives with choice of 80GB, 120GB, and 160GB 5400rpm units or with 80GB HDD at 7200rpm. These notebooks will ship with dual-layer DVD burners, including drives with LightScribe technology.
HP’s new business laptops provide enhanced security by using HP ProtectTools, TPM Embedded Security Chip 1.2, HP Fingerprint Sensor, optional Smart Card Reader, Kensington lock and optional HP Privacy Filter.
HP Compaq 6515b and 6715b weigh 5lbs and 5.7lbs respectively and come with Windows Vista or Windows XP operating systems.