HP Business Notebook Nc6000 (Pentium M 1.6 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD)

Editors' rating

Excellent

8.1

out of 10

The good: Excellent performance; good battery; nice keyboard; strong security option.
The bad: No FireWire port; no 1.7GHz Pentium M option.
The bottom line: A fast, long-running road machine with top-notch security, the nc6000 is a good choice for the mobile professional.

Reviewed by:
Jon L. Jacobi
Review date: 12/22/03

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Performance of HP Business Notebook Nc6000 (Pentium M 1.6 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD)

Mobile application performance
The HP Compaq nc6000 came out ahead in mobile performance in our latest roundup of thin-and-light systems. The system scored 10 points higher than the IBM ThinkPad X31 (single battery) and 11 points higher than the Gateway 200. Since all three systems share such similar specs, the deciding factor here may have been the nc6000's high-end ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 32MB GPU, which we suspect gives the nc6000 the bit of extra oomph it needed to come out 10 points ahead. There's no doubt that the nc6000 has great mobile performance and can easily outpace its peers when running office and content-creation apps.

Mobile application performance (Longer bars indicate better performance)

BAPCo MobileMark 2002 performance rating

HP Compaq nc6000

180

IBM ThinkPad X31 (single battery)

170

Gateway 200

169

Performance analysis written by CNET Labs assistant lab manager Eric Franklin.

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