HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The nc6000 is one of the best thin-and-light business laptops for people who don't need a FireWire port.

Pros: Excellent performance and battery life ; wireless mouse included ; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ; security hardware and software ; three-year warranty

Cons: A bit thick ; no FireWire ; three-prong AC adapter

Review summary: The nc6000 is one of the best thin-and-light laptops for people who don't need a FireWire port

Pros: Excellent performance and battery life ; wireless mouse included ; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ; security hardware and software

Cons: A bit thick ; no FireWire

Pros: Excellent performance and battery life ; wireless mouse included ; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth ; security hardware and software ; three-year warranty

Cons: A bit thick ; no FireWire ; three-prong AC adapter

Verdict: The nc6000 is one of the best thin-and-light business laptops for people who don't need a FireWire port.

Review summary: This is a good time to be shopping for an Pentium M laptop. We continue our series of Pentium M reviews with the Compaq nc6000.

Verdict: The IBM ThinkPad T41 now has a worthy competitor in the HP/Compaq nc6000. After comparison shopping between IBM and HP's US websites as of April 2004, the price differential between an nc6000 and a T41 with comparable specs was quite small. What ...

Review summary: Beneath the HP Compaq Business Notebook Nc6000's mild-mannered exterior lies a 5.8-pound powerhouse. Its stupendous battery life of 6 hours and 23 minutes is one of the longest we've seen. And it's no slouch: Equipped with a 1.6-GHz Pentium M ...

Verdict: The documentation we received was less comprehensive than that accompanying other HP Compaq notebooks. It consisted of a single printed booklet. Nevertheless, it does a fair job of identifying parts and describing features. (HP says that it bundles an ...