HP 530 Laptop Computer KP496AT - Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz, 802.11abg Wireless, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Windows Vista Business KP496AT#ABA at TigerDirect.com
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HP 530 Laptop Computer KP496AT - Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz, 802.11a/b/g Wireless, 1GB DDR2, 160GB HDD, DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Windows Vista Business

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HP 530 Laptop Computer KP496AT
Who says you can’t have it all? Get the essentials that add to your productivity, not your budget. The HP 530 Laptop Computer offers low-cost computing without compromising mobility. Integrated Wi-Fi with Intel Centrino® Duo processor technology lets you connect to the Internet, e-mails, news, and more. With an Intel® Core™ Duo processor, a 15.4-inch diagonal widescreen display, and ample hard drive capacity, this notebook helps keep you connected and productive around the office and on the road.

Broaden your perspective
Need more of a desktop-like view? Then the 15.4-inch diagonal WXGA display has got you covered. And with its simple design starting at 6 lbs and only 1.2-inches thin, your office can now go everywhere you go, in style.

What The Press Says


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"good value for money"

"If you use it for serious work no better value for money. If you just play, it's just OK."


Specifications

  Condition:  New
  Operating Systems:  Windows® Vista™ Business
  Platform:  Notebook PC
  Expansion Ports:  1 - Type I/II PC Card Slot
  PS/2 Mouse Connectors:  N/A
  PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:  N/A
  Serial Communication Ports:  N/A
  Parallel Ports:  N/A
  USB Ports:  2
  FireWire Ports:  N/A
  Fast Infrared Ports (FIR):  N/A
  LAN Ports:  1
  Modem Ports:  1
  Audio Out Jacks:  1
  Line In Jacks:  N/A
  Microphone Jacks:  1
  VGA Ports:  1
  S-Video Connectors:  N/A
  DVI Video:  N/A
  Port Replicator/Connector:  N/A
  Processor Brand:  Intel
  Processor Class:  Centrino Core™ Duo Processor T2400
  Processor Speed:  1.83GHz
  Processor FSB:  667MHz
  Processor Cache:  2MB
  Additional Technologies:  Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology
  Memory Type:  DDR2
  Memory Size:  1GB (1GB x 1)
  Memory Speed:  PC2-5300
  Memory Slots (Total):  2
  Memory Slots (Available):  1
  Maximum Memory Supported:  2GB
  Capacity:  160GB
  Optical Drive Type:  DVD±RW
  Supplemental Drive Type:  N/A
  Audio Description:  Integrated Audio
  Audio Chipset:  Hi-Definition (HD) Audio Support
  Graphics Description:  Integrated Graphics
  GPU/VPU:  Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
  Video Memory:  8MB - 251MB Shared
  Video Interface:  VGA
  Communications Description:  Integrated LAN
  Integrated Modem
  Integrated Wireless LAN
  Interface Type:  RJ-11 Phone Connector
  RJ-45 Ethernet Connector
  Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
  Data Transfer Rate:  10/100Mbps NIC
  56Kbps Modem
  54 Mbps
  Protocols:  V.92
  802.11b
  802.11a
  802.11g
  Width:  14.09"
  Height:  1.2"
  Depth:  10.12"
  Weight:  6 lbs
  Mouse Type:  Touch Pad
  Buttons:  2
  Scrolling Capability:  Scroll Zone
  Display Type:  WXGA TFT LCD
  Viewable Screen Size:  15.4"
  Maximum Resolution:  1280 x 800
  Battery Type:  Lithium-ion
  Battery Life:  N/A
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REVIEW BY: Singh Reviewed  Aug 07, 2008
I bought this laptop in May 08 and its good laptop for this price. I was searching laptop only for Internet surfiing so it was best deal for me to buy this laptop in $499 after rebate. But another thing I would like to mention that if any body want to do something more with this laptop except net surffing buy the same laptop with 2 GB RAM. Otherwise, just for entertainment purpose this laptop is amazing.

REVIEW BY: booboovent Reviewed  Aug 05, 2008
Purchased this product about a month ago. I doubled my memory to 2gb. I contacted HP and got the downgrade to Windows XP and the drivers disc. Wow, what a really fast and very productive laptop. Thanks TigerDirect.

REVIEW BY:  Reviewed  Jul 23, 2008
The hp 530 good price for a good product

REVIEW BY: RJT357 Reviewed  Jul 16, 2008
GREAT LAPTOP!BOUGHT FOR GOOD FOR PRICE WITH $100 OFF EMAIL COUPON.BOUGHT IN STORE PERSONABLE SALES HELP.SIMILAR LAPTOPS CANT BEAT THE PRICE.FOR WHAT YOU GET.
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Even The Best Hard Drives Die.  Do You Back Up?
Businesses of all sizes are witnessing an explosion in the volume of data they hold. Whether it is the result of the Internet, email, or increasingly heavy and media-rich application software, there is a massive growth in the volume of data all around. Conservative estimates place data growth at approximately 80% per year. Data is increasingly being recognized as one of the real assets of a company, and losing this data would cause severe damage to any organization.

Data loss can be very costly, particularly for organizations in the small and medium business (SMB) market where the difference between survival and closure can rest on the ability to recover from a disaster. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial impact on companies of all sizes:

Data type Time to re-create 20 MB Cost
Sales and marketing 19 days $17,000
Accounting 21 days $19,000
Engineering 42 days $98,000

The financial impact on a company is a combination of loss of business, low productivity, legal action, and the cost of re-creating data. A study showed that the cost of re-creating just 20 MB of data can be extensive!

Your best solution, is an external drive as a backup.  You can have multiple drives, and it is much easier restore from a portable external drive, as opposed to CDs or DVDs.

Why Do I Have Less Drive Space?
Your hard drive may show less space than the published specifications due to a number of reasons.
  1. The way size is calculated and displayed.
  2. Any "Partitions" on the disk will change the total in a specific partition.
  3. Hidden files and folders decrease available space.
  4. Compression increases the apparent size, but not the physical size.
  5. Drives larger than the OS or Drivers natively supports.

First, the definition of a megabytes (or gigabytes) is a unit of data storage capacity measured in 1,048,576 bytes (or 1024KB). The larger the numbers, the more apparent the size difference will be when listing the size as megabytes (or gigabytes) versus bytes. Actually, both numbers are correct. The noticeable difference is due to the 1024KB definition of a megabyte. This is why a 95.3GB hard drive can also be listed as having 102 billion bytes of total space.  Just think of it as "round off"  In the screen shot at right: The first number is the total number of bytes, the second number is based on the number of megabytes or gigabytes.

Second, some computers have a non-DOS hard drive partition that is used for features such as Save to Disk, Hibernation, or Recovery. This partition is not normally reported by the operating system, although it can be viewed using a disk partition utility.  This is very common on desktops and laptops.  NOTE: Partition information will be created or formatted automatically during initial system setup and a system recovery.

Third, by default, all system files are hidden and cannot be seen. This may adversely affect the reporting of available hard drive space. You can set your Folder Options so you view system and hidden files and folders, but do be careful as changes to system files can adversely affect your system.

Fourth, if you turn on Compression for a drive, it will increase reported free space and used space, but since compression is based upon the actual contents, this number is not fixed, but will change as files are added or changed.

Fifth, older operating systems did not support some of today's larger drives, so the total space reported may be much smaller than the drive specifications.

It is also worth noting that bad sectors are corrected by your operating system and can change the total drive space, free space, or used space as well.

So as long as a drive is reporting a value approximately close to the specification value, you can be comfortable that you received the right drive and that you are getting to correct data storage.  Of course, tuning of your drive's partitions and options can yield optimal values, but this is not something for the average user to explore.

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Got Enough Memory? Bet You'll Need More!
Windows Vista and today's software applications make much greater demands on your system's memory. Adding peripherals, like webcams, USB hard drives, and complex Internet pages, all take memory. Watching DVD movies, or watching videos on the web, or playing PC based games demand increased memory. So take full advantage of your system's potential, your operating system's enhancement and entertainment capabilities, and your software's productivity by expanding your system memory!

The best time to add more memory is when you buy your system! Get the memory that's right for your computer, whether laptop, desktop, or All-In-One. Click Here for our Memory Upgrade Options. »

Shared Memory? Or Where Did My Memory Go?
Your computer uses memory to run your Operating System, applications, peripherals, and to generate and display graphics on your computer monitor. Video memory is a form of RAM, and is either built into your motherboard; or on a graphics card (video card). Depending on the motherboard's configuration, and that of the video card (if separate or built-in to the motherboard), your computer may have to draw on its own RAM memory to meet its video memory needs. This creates shared memory, where your computer’s RAM will be shared between its own Processor (CPU) and its graphics chip.

The result is that some systems will have shared memory, some will not. If you have 2GB (for example) of system memory installed, you may notice that your system reports significantly less memory. This is because your system is using shared memory for your video.

What can you do about this?
You can actually configure this shared memory through your computer’s BIOS settings. However, this is a setting best left alone, since it is typically optimized for display performance, and making changes may impact display resolutions, and other video capabilities.

The simplest solution is usually to either: increase your system memory; or to upgrade the video hardware. By upgrading to a new video card with built-in video memory, then turning off shared memory, you will free your system to use it's maximum potential memory, and provide your system with much more robust video features.

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How Much Memory Do You Really Have?
When you look at the specifications for a computer, it will display the installed memory, and typically the maximum memory that can be installed. However, while these are real values, they represent a potential useable memory. The actual useable memory may be different from these values. The reason is simply that a computer may configured to use shared memory, which reduces the amount of RAM that is available to the CPU by using some of it for other purposes, such as for video memory. In some cases, you can control the maximum useable memory through system settings, and by upgrading to a video card that has internal onboard video memory.

But always remember, that the amount of memory that your system reports, is not always the amount of actual installed memory. If you find that you need more memory, we suggest expanding your system memory, since this is the most effective performance increase, and the one that is easiest to perform .

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NOTE REGARDING RECOVERY MEDIA
Most computer systems no longer include "Recovery Media" (Disks or CDs or DVDs used to restore your computer system to its factory shipped state). This is not specific to systems purchased from one company, but now standard practice throughout the entire industry.
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