New Compaq 515, 610 Business Notebooks Launched

New Compaq 515, 610 Business Notebooks Launched

HP today launched two new notebooks desgined for business - the Compaq 515 and the Compaq 610. The 515 starts at 5.0 pounds (2.27kg) and features a 14.1-inch display, AMD Turion or Athlon X2 dual-core processors, and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics. The 610 starts at 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and features a 15.6-inch display. It is available with Intel Core 2 Duo and Celeron Dual-Core processors. HP claims the 515 can get up to four hours of battery and the 610 five hours.

The 515 as of writing starts at $429 and the 610 $449; both are available now on HP's website.

Via (Laptoping.com)

 

This must be a typo...why would HP return to the X3100 when that was largely outperformed by the X4500MHD?

 

If you follow the link it does say x3100....

Maybe it is a typo and maybe not.

In any event no big shakes ... inexpensive though for a "business class" build.

 

This is business class on the cheap right here

 

It is confirmed by HP website, it does use Intel X3100. What a rare choice, since the X4500 has been out for quite some time now, and it is proven to be a huge improvement over X3100!

 

And why is the AMD model more advanced? Notebookcheck mentions it has a dedicated graphics option (the Radeon HD 4330) while the Intel model doesn't.

 

Hm, i dont like the styline but for the price this could be decent in a professional environment

 

These notebooks are nothing to write home about; the styling is very plain and the specifications are lackluster. For a budget business machine I suppose it will work fine, but I would spend a few hundred more and get one of HP's real business class notebooks or a Dell Latitude.

This is the first time I have seen a Celeron Dual-Core used. The T1500 has a 1.86GHz clockspeed, 533MHz FSB, and 512kB of L2 cache. Talk about a crippled chip . . .

 

I agree with Chaz here. For a few more, you can get a Dell E6400 refurbished, which will be A LOT better than any of this.

Only thing is that if the 515 uses an Athlon II x2 that might be a lot better, it is highly superior than an Athlon x2, and the 3200HD is not a bad IGP.

But the 610 looks like a waste TBH. Celeron Dual Core (a disaster) plus a X3100? Not even near the 515. Ironically, the better performer is cheaper!

 

The Compaq 515 looks to be a nice laptop (reminds me of the Evos back in the day), but mono speakers? What were they thinking?

 

So which is worse Core 2 Solo or Dual Core Celeron?

 

Go for an Atlhon instead of any of those...

 

I would go with the dual-core; even though each core of the Celeron is slower than the Core 2 Solo's single core, together they will allow for better overall performance.

 

I was just wondering but alright. Is the dual core Celeron even support x64 OSes?

 

One negative thing about some of these Celeron processors is that they support not have Intel speedstep technology. So whilst the celeron processor will give you a better performance, power management will suffer.