Typical price: £450
What is it: Low-cost, Blu-ray laptop with 17-inch screen
What we think: Cheap laptop housing a Blu-ray drive at the expense of usability
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 14 January 2009
Tags: Advent, Advent 6441, HDMI, plastic, desktop replacement
We like:
Blu-ray drive; low price
We don't like:
Very poor keyboard and trackpad; no HDMI; slow processor and graphics
CNET UK judgement:
What could have been a decent, low-cost, Blu-ray laptop is ruined by a poor-quality keyboard and trackpad. Plus, given its HD credentials, we expected to see an HDMI port. It might be cheap, but that's not enough to save this laptop
Full review:
Once hideously expensive, Blu-ray drives have now come down in price, and, as Advent demonstrates with the 6441, you can pick one up in a laptop for under £500. Continue Reading...
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