HP ProBook 4520s Review Discussion

[stevemnap]

I recently bought the 4520s with i3 380m 2gb 320gb hd from tigerdirect.com for 450. out of the box it ran ok, slowed down with some multitasking, but fine for internet surfing, browsing, word processing, etc. What i did do was purchased 8gb ddr3 kit from newegg.com and replaced the single 2gb stick and wow what a difference. my windows experience rating went from cpu-6.2 memory-5.9 to cpu-6.6 memory-6.8. 530 bucks well spent. you need to make sure it has 64 bit windows to take advantage of the ram, of course. (optional) I also purchased a intel core i7 620m Engineering Sample off ebay for 130$ and sold the i3-380m for 180$. making my total price back down to 480$ and WOW. Multitasking wont slow this thing down now and i noticed playing starcraft 2 graphics when in the turbo-boost mode gets quite a bit better. Pretty accessible upgrade too if you know what you're doing. only requires removal of the keyboard and a metal shield.

Originally Posted by rd211

Hi,

I am a student, who will be heading to university soon, and I am looking for a reliable notebook. Is the HP Probook 4520s good enough to last me about 4 years in university? And, how is the overall build quality and the durability of this notebook?

Thanks in advance guys.

[alipik]

someone claims that this laptop with ati graphic card can be switchable with intel if u install intel driver first then ati driver , can anyone confirm this?

[erjanseit]

Good day forum users, will not you help me with my problem. I bought a laptop HP Probook 4520s SN:xx762ea#acb with Video Card : Mobility radeon 6370. Installed Windows XP on it, so it's not working properly. This is noticeable when you use the camera function in the Excel . The text all the time is compressed, on other computers it is well. And it is not only, in general the images are not very well on computer. Tried all the drivers that were on the site, still does not help. And so I praise this card, but it is not better than my old one. Don't you tell me what could be the reason?