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    HP530, probably the worst laptop ever made

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by azn4lif3s, Aug 5, 2011.

  1. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    If any of you poor people have purchased this laptop lavish us with your problems.

    Here are mine...

    1.It easily overheats, like EASILY
    2.Its just plain ugly....
    3.Coudln't even run Maplestory/CSS/Barely runs LoL
    4.No steam support because Steam doesn't like my fail GPU
    5.Horrible Battery life, I get just over 1 hour.
    6.No FN key to turn off the screen
    7.Horrible driver updates/support
    8.I'm glad I'm upgrading to a sager np8130...
     
    azn4lif3s, Aug 5, 2011
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    all good points.

    Many of which are well documented on the 'net. A little pre-purchase research would have found what you 'discovered'.
     
    newsposter, Aug 6, 2011
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  3. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    My parents bought me it I've had it for like over 5 years I never had a say D: I wish I did.
     
    azn4lif3s, Aug 6, 2011
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    MuF Notebook Consultant

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    what did you expect? :) you know its price/value.

    btw that machine is considered a business class notebook?
     
    MuF, Aug 8, 2011
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  5. azn4lif3s

    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    its like 200 used now lmfao, It is a business class, but my netbook is faster
    0_o
     
    azn4lif3s, Aug 9, 2011
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    MuF, Aug 10, 2011
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    azn4lif3s Notebook Consultant

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    Rant thread? idk LOL
     
    azn4lif3s, Aug 11, 2011
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