Cameras
Camcorders
Cell Phones
Components
Desktops
HDTV
Home Theater
GPS
Laptops
Monitors
MP3 Players
Networking &
Printers
Storage
Print
Digg
Twitter
Facebook
More…
Artwork: Rick Rizner
HP Pavilion ze2200
- Spec Navigator
- Processor
- Memory
- Display
- Storage
- Battery
- Dimensions
- Other Features
- Networking
- Multimedia
- Software
- Interface Connections
- Included Devices
Storage
| Total HD Size | 60 GB |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8 |
| Removable Optical Drive | No |
| Slots | None |
| Number of Media Slots | 0 |
| PC Card Slots | Yes |
Networking
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Included network card | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Modem Type | V.92 |
| Wireless LAN Type | 802.11g |
- Lab Tested
- How We Test Laptops »
Pros
Offers great features for the price
Cons
Big and heavy
Bottom Line
Big parallelogram-shaped unit hogs desk space but packs in lots of features for less than $900.
HP Pavilion ze2200
Pavilion ze2200 Review, by Carla Thornton September 28, 2005
If you can live with short battery life, the HP Pavilion ze2200 is a good deal for $889. This inexpensive AMD processor-based notebook lasted just over 2 hours on one charge, about 90 minutes shorter than the average laptop. I wouldn't feel too cheated buying this notebook, though: The ze2200 offers a big 15-inch XGA screen, an integrated DVD burner on the right side, and pretty good stereo sound, with volume buttons provided in a panel above the keyboard alongside a Wi-Fi switch. The keyboard is sensibly laid out for easy typing and features a smoothly working touchpad as the pointing device.
The ze2200's low price comes at a cost: The notebook lacks a FireWire port, a memory card reader, and a docking connection for a port replicator. The compromise is worth making, however.
With the back and front sloped in the same direction, the unusually shaped ze2200 is a bit of a desk hog: It measures 13.2 inches wide by 11.2 inches deep by 1.7 inches thick. Fortunately, it's lighter than it looks, weighing just 6.4 pounds sans power adapter. Equipped with AMD's 1.8-GHz Mobile Sempron 3000+ processor and 512MB of RAM, the ze2200 earned a WorldBench 5 score of 63. You're not getting a speedster here; notebooks based on this chip lag behind more expensive laptops with the latest Intel chips by about 30 percent. Still, you should still be able to work comfortably in any mainstream application and juggle a fair number of open windows.
Upgrading this laptop should be a snap; armed with a screwdriver, I reached the memory chips and the hard drive inside their respective bottom compartments in seconds. Most of the ze2200's documentation is electronic, but the Acrobat user manual provided in the Windows Help and Support Center is thorough and nicely linked for easy searching. Microsoft Works 8 is included.
Upshot: Packing a lot for under $900, the HP Pavilion ze2200 would make an excellent desktop PC companion for home or a small business.
HP Pavilion ze2200
WorldBench 5 score of 63, 1.8-GHz Mobile Sempron 3000+, 512MB of DDR333 SDRAM, Windows XP, 15-inch screen, 60GB hard drive, DVD±RW drive, V.92 modem, 10/100Base-T ethernet, 802.11g, touchpad pointing device, 7.3-pound weight (including AC adapter and phone cord). One-year parts and labor warranty, 24-hour daily toll-call support.
$869
800/752-0900
www.hp.com
Carla Thornton
Show Less 
0 Comments | 0 Topics | Print Only This Review
PCWorld Lab Results
- Rating Breakdown
-
62
-
79
-
76
- See Complete Lab Results »
62
67Performance
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 863 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 482 |
| Adobe Premiere | 704 |
| Ahead Nero | 1607 |
| Battery Life (Office Applications) | 2:06 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 539 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 918 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 624 |
| Mozilla | 774 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 605 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 437 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 545 |
| WinZip | 616 |
| World Bench 5 Score | 63 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Fair |
WorldBench Tests
| Multitasking | 1202 |
User Reviews
Review Now! Already own it? Tell us What You Think
Shop for the HP Pavilion ze2200
Sorry, the product you requested isn't currently available from any of our sellers.
Laptops similar to the HP Pavilion ze2200
We recommend these Laptops for their similarities to the HP Pavilion ze2200 in features, specs, ratings, and user interest.
- Before you buy
- How to Buy a Laptop
- How to Buy a Netbook
People who looked at the HP Pavilion ze2200 also looked at:
Start New Topic Don't see the answer to your question? Ask it here!
