HP COMPAQ nw8440 battery Capacity : 5200mAh
HP COMPAQ nx8420 battery
The HP nc8430 has a very sturdy feel. The HP as mentioned before has a magnesium chassis and display enclosure. There are no creaks any where on the computer. The hinges on the screen are very strong, and there is no rippling or wobbling. The material around the keyboard deck does not feel quite as nice as to me as those found on an IBM T43 but that may just be that I like the more textured feel of the IBM's plastic compared to the HP's smooth plastic. The keyboard deck is fitted with what HP calls an "in-mold lamination" which is designed to resist scratches. The over all the build quality is most impressive. HP COMPAQ nx8220 charger
As far as the design goes it is a little on the plain side but that is what one expects from a business machine. Everything is laid out nicely with the exception of the USB ports which I feel are too close to the front of the keyboard and get in the way when in a tight space with the ports filled. There are nice little pictures along the edge of both sides of the keyboard deck which make it easy to find the port you are looking for. As I mentioned above I upgraded the ram and it was the easiest memory upgrade I have ever preformed on a laptop. To get to the first DIMM it was just one screw to take off the little cover on the bottom of the computer. To get to the second its just two screws on the bottom then four little tabs and the top of the keyboard you just slide down and then you just lift the keyboard right out and that's it. I used this computer on my lap for a little over an hour the other day and I had no problem with blocking the air intake as it is on the bottom is near the middle of the computer. For the most part the notebook is very clean and straight forward and I like the design of it very much. battery for COMPAQ nx9420
The 15.4" screen in my opinion is very good. I went with the WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) resolution because I like multi-tasking and fitting a bunch of stuff on the screen at one time.
I found the viewing angles to be very good. The horizontal viewing angles are impressive -- you could have a bunch of people huddled around the computer watching a movie and everyone would have a good view as there is very little distortion and change in color when viewed from the side. The vertical viewing angles are not quite as good; there is a sweet spot of sorts and if you move out of that sweet spot you will see the colors either become darker or lighter depending on which way you move it. HP COMPAQ nw8440 battery
The screen also comes with an ambient light sensor that chooses the proper brightness based on the amount of light in the room, and it seems like it works pretty well. The screen is noticeably brighter than the ones found on the IBM T43, Dell D600 and Apple iBook G4. I ran a dead-pixel test and noticed no dead pixels. There is a very small amount of light leakage. The leakage runs the length of the bottom of the screen but is very minimal and no more than a few millimeters high. battery for COMPAQ nw8440 Mobile Workstation
The speakers on this machine are better than any of the notebooks I have had in the past, but they still are not great. The speakers are placed on the right and left side of the keyboard and like on most laptops the speakers are a little tinny in my opinion. They do not sound that bad at lower volumes but at max volume they are not great. They are a bit louder than the speakers found on my Dell D600. The computer also has three nice volume control buttons above the keyboard: one to mute, one to increase the volume and one to lower the volume. If you are going to be using the computer to listen to music regularly I would get a pair of good quality headphones or external speakers. I used a pair of Koss Porta Pros to listen to music on the notebook and they sounded very good. battery for COMPAQ nw9440
The overall performance of the nc8430 has been pretty impressive with the 2.0 GHz dual core processor, 256MB ATI x1600 graphics processor and 2GB of ram. It boots up very fast, never seems to lag and always is quick to perform. So far the only games I have played on it are Far Cry and Call Of Duty 2. I have no problem running both games on maximum settings. HP COMPAQ nw9440 Mobile Workstation charger
