HP Compaq Business Notebook nx9420 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Lightweight, Excellent Keyboard, Excellent performance, Elegant design

Cons: Hard drive too small.

Verdict: One of the best performing notebooks we have tested, the nx9420 is a great buy.

Verdict: Absolutely packed with features, as well as the fastest Core Duo CPU available, the nx9420 is a great laptop

Review summary: This mobile workstation offers top performance and better-than-average battery life.

Pros: Great WorldBench performance

Cons: Smallish hard drive

Verdict: For several hundred dollars more, you can buy "business protection services" from HP; these include such things as the company's HP Smart Desktop Management Service (for protecting multivendor networked offices with data backup and restore), Symantec ...

Pros: 17-inch wide-screen display ; big keyboard and separate number pad ; solid performance and battery life ; full range of security features ; portable enough for room-to-room movement

Cons: Display isn't particularly bright ; system lacks external touch pad on/off button ; small touch pad

Verdict: If you're looking for a 17-inch wide-screen laptop that offers corporate-caliber security, power, and battery life, the HP Compaq nx9420 is the only game in town.

Review summary: Though plenty of 17-inch wide-screen laptops are on the market, the HP Compaq nx9420 is the only one of them from a major vendor that's designed specifically for large business and enterprise deployment. Starting at approximately $1,399, the nx9420 is ...

Pros: 17-inch wide-screen display ; big keyboard and separate number pad ; solid performance and battery life ; full range of security features ; portable enough for room-to-room movement

Cons: Display isn't particularly bright ; system lacks external touch pad on/off button ; small touch pad

Verdict: If you're looking for a 17-inch wide-screen laptop that offers corporate-caliber security, power, and battery life, the HP Compaq nx9420 is the only game in town.