HP Pavilion Zd8000 Notebook - Customizable (3.0GHz Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology, 512MB DDR2, 60GB, DVDRW DL, Windows XP, 17

PCWorld Rating

3.5

3.5 / 5 - PCWorld, Sep 13, 2005

Pros

Cons

Bottom Line

More businesslike than the others we tested, with mediocre audio and a desktop CPU that requires noisy fans.

PCWorld's HP Pavilion Zd8000 Notebook - Customizable (3.0GHz Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology, 512MB DDR2, 60GB, DVDRW DL, Windows XP, 17 Coverage

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