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HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Model: X18-1180US
SKU: 9190029
UPC: 884420737063
With built-in Blu-ray Disc support and NVIDIA GeForce graphics, this powerful laptop lets you watch movies and play games in high-definition on the broad 18.4" widescreen.Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1 preloaded Which Windows Vista edition is right for you? Compare.Learn more about LightScribe technology.
Average Customer Rating:
4.4
out of 5
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90% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Review 1 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
HP HDX Laptop PC Review
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
This HP HDX Laptop PC has great performance and it's pretty. This PC gives you both the performance and luxury at the same time. It includes 4GB of RAM, a large storage 500GB of hard drive, Blu-Ray disc drive, HDMI with excellent graphics, a very intresting fingerprint reader, and a clear widescreen display. The cost of it doesn't really matter. Since it includes the Blu-Ray and HDMI with NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT.
What's great about it: Laptop is pretty and great performance
What's not so great: Heavy
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
really cool display
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: luis09
from north bergen, NJ
on 06/23/2009
Value for Price
3.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
3.0
This laptop overall is great, has the best processor and has a good display, the only thing that bothers me is the size for it to be considered portable and the smudges that your fingers can easily leave on it.
What's great about it: The processor, display, and touch screen buttons
What's not so great: It smudges easily and is hard to move around
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Unique Laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: relliot
from Tampa, FL
on 06/18/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
5.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
2.0
I urge all customers to at least draw out the length and width of this laptop before purchase.
even if you're upgrading from a 17" laptop, an 18" mammoth is a whole new ballgame.
There was no bag in my house that was big enough to carry this to work one morning unprepared.
It's not cumbersome, or heavy or hard to find room for, the shear size of it makes its difficult to pack/unpack.
it's screen is well worth the hassle for sure; just be prepared.
The Num pad is kind of unnecessary and unnatural. but it's nice.
The touchsreen controls at the top of the keyboard are excellent. they are responsive and seamless like regular buttons.
Sound on this system with the altec lansing system and subwoofer is unmatched. A huge huge huge plus for this laptop.
Battery life is surprisingly long for a Quad core 18 inch screen.i was impressed to be able to finish 90 minutes of graphic design after forgetting my power supply, and not worry about battery life for printing.
it does smudge easily. kind of a non issue considering the matte finish for most laptops these days.
remote control is convenient and effective for watching movies at night, or on the go.
I'm no computer whiz, but i haven't noticed any faster or more seamless performance from this quad core 2ghz, after replacing my core duo t7100 1.8ghz processor. CPUmark does a good job of measuring this though.
i attribute that lack to the size and considerable function of this computer.
vista 64(bit) is hard to find compatability for, so that's a concern.
blu ray drive is excellent, and lightscribe tech is awesome.
another tidbit is that moving the mouse to the other side of the screen at max resolution does take quite a bit of effort.
plan on getting a usb mouse.
i'll update this in a month or so.
hope it helps.
most important thing, if you pack up and move your laptop daily, consider a smaller laptop.
if you move your laptop any less than daily, this is the "entertainment/multimedia" computer for you.
even if you're upgrading from a 17" laptop, an 18" mammoth is a whole new ballgame.
There was no bag in my house that was big enough to carry this to work one morning unprepared.
It's not cumbersome, or heavy or hard to find room for, the shear size of it makes its difficult to pack/unpack.
it's screen is well worth the hassle for sure; just be prepared.
The Num pad is kind of unnecessary and unnatural. but it's nice.
The touchsreen controls at the top of the keyboard are excellent. they are responsive and seamless like regular buttons.
Sound on this system with the altec lansing system and subwoofer is unmatched. A huge huge huge plus for this laptop.
Battery life is surprisingly long for a Quad core 18 inch screen.i was impressed to be able to finish 90 minutes of graphic design after forgetting my power supply, and not worry about battery life for printing.
it does smudge easily. kind of a non issue considering the matte finish for most laptops these days.
remote control is convenient and effective for watching movies at night, or on the go.
I'm no computer whiz, but i haven't noticed any faster or more seamless performance from this quad core 2ghz, after replacing my core duo t7100 1.8ghz processor. CPUmark does a good job of measuring this though.
i attribute that lack to the size and considerable function of this computer.
vista 64(bit) is hard to find compatability for, so that's a concern.
blu ray drive is excellent, and lightscribe tech is awesome.
another tidbit is that moving the mouse to the other side of the screen at max resolution does take quite a bit of effort.
plan on getting a usb mouse.
i'll update this in a month or so.
hope it helps.
most important thing, if you pack up and move your laptop daily, consider a smaller laptop.
if you move your laptop any less than daily, this is the "entertainment/multimedia" computer for you.
What's great about it: Unmatched Screen, fingerprint reader convenient, touchscreen controls effective, seamless performance
What's not so great: does smduge easily, not noticeably faster for quad core, un-portable
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Excellent!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ang2291
from Austin
on 06/14/2009
I love this labtop! It has a great display and everything I've used it for works well. The only bad things I've experienced with it is that that my fingerprints leave smudges on the labtop very easily and the touch pad is very sensitive, even when you hit it accidentially.
What's great about it: good battery life, excellent display
What's not so great: smudges easily
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Best PC Laptop this summer!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
This computer is great, it has everything I need! It's fast and has a spacious storage so I can upload pictures, music, videos and more! This is a great laptop for college.
What's great about it: It's fast and has big storage
What's not so great: Not the lightest laptop
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Wow can't say nothing bad about it!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Ken124
from Camden, NJ
on 05/25/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
This laptop is very good for college. I'm studying science so it's really helping me alot . Also it's good for entertainment!.This is the wow factor of laptops!
What's great about it: Everyting
What's not so great: Nothing
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 7 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Great
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Andy93956
from LA,CA
on 05/16/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
4.0
Kind of heavey... but it is a Desktop Replacment so for that purpose it rocks!
What's great about it: Moslty everything
What's not so great: The weight...
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 8 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Horrible Computer
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: Bill220
on 04/12/2009
Value for Price
1.0
Display
1.0
Performance
1.0
Convenience
1.0
I bought this computer thinking it would be a great laptop for gaming/programming/etc. The tech specs on it were amazing. Quad core proc, 4 gb ram, nvidia graphics. I was so excited until I got it. The first problem I had was the screen flickering. Whenever it gets even a little hot the screen begins to flicker extremely bad. Next, the window that shows up whenever you use the treble/bass slider on the lighted menu buttons started showing up like crazy and sliding around the treble/bass settings for no reason at all. I had a lot of trouble trying to get that to stop. Also, when I tried to use Windows Easy Transfer to transfer my old computer files to this new one, it would fail every time. Now I find out that whenever i put headphones in the headphone jacks, there is a static noise that drives me crazy. This computer is the last HP I will ever buy. I have never had such a terrible experience with any other product (not just computers) I have ever gotten from any company in my entire life. I am so depressed. I cant believe I even considered buying this computer.
What's great about it: Almost nothing.
What's not so great: Nearly everything
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 9 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Great Laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Saji
from NJ
on 01/30/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
3.0
This is a great laptop considering that it comes with a quad core intel processor, 4mb memory, blu-ray drive, wonderfully brilliant display with a native resolution of 1920x1080 and reasonably good graphics card and hard disk.
However, it is heavy, but not to the extend that we would expect from a desktop replacement laptop. When on the lap with the screen open facing you (90-120 degrees) , the laptop tends to tilt back-ward which I felt was an inconvenience.
What's great about it: High Performance to Price rating
What's not so great: Heavier than I thought and poor center of gravity
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for HP HDX Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor
Best Laptop for the money
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
I have to say this laptop is great and incredible I mean for $2000.00 you can't beat it. I just had to max the ram out to 8 gigs and it can play any game I can throw at it and being able to watch high definition blue ray movies is great. I just can’t wait for windows 7 then I can throw windows 7 ultimate edition on it and get rid of all this bloat ware windows vista has and hp includes and run an os that is much more memory and resource friendly as well.
What's great about it: Speed, ram, video card, blu ray
I would recommend this to a friend!
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