The test scores are on the expected level. The CPU's full clock speed was also permanently available during the Cinebench tests. The CPU's behavior does not change on battery power, but the GPU permanently clocks at 650 MHz. The GPU also clocks at full speed (1100 MHz). The CPU's full clock was always available during our stress test ( Prime95 and FurMark run simultaneously). The processor clocks with a speed of 2.1 GHz, but does not feature Turbo. The CPU sports two cores and comes from the Sandy Bridge generation. Our test device is powered by Intel's Pentium B950 processor. Simply remove the retaining screw, take off the plate, fasten the new hard disk to the hard disk cage and insert the hard disk into the laptop again. The installed hard disk can also be exchanged by another model just as easily. This is also the maximum supported amount of working memory. Consequently the device can easily be upgraded to 8 GB without ado. The laptop sports two working memory banks whereas only one is occupied (4 GB). Two maintenance covers are found on the laptop's bottom and allow accessing the hard disk, RAM, BIOS battery and Wi-Fi module. How this works can be read on HP's corresponding website. Hewlett Packard refunds 15 Euros (~$19) if you invest this amount and purchase the upgrade to Windows 8 to be released in October 2012. This way, any software HP installs additionally can be deleted easily. only the operating system, drivers and selected software is installed. The laptop's recovery system enables a clean installation, i.e. Tip: Deleting additional, superfluous software - Clean Install One of our news articles (German) reveals how the user can get a Windows 7 DVD - for free. In this case, an installation DVD would be necessary for re-installing Windows 7. The recovery partition is naturally of no use when the hard disk is to be replaced with another model, such as a solid state drive.

This allows the user to restore the laptop to factory settings. This proves to be very simple because system recovery is launched by using the key combination 'Alt' and 'F11' right after booting the laptop. The system can be restored via the recovery partition. Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) is pre-installed on the laptop when the customer receives it. The list of accessories is quite short: a quick start poster and a list of international telephone numbers for HP's support. Normally, Wi-Fi modules offer two and sometimes even three antennas. HP's 655 B6M65EA and Compaq Presario CQ57-303SG. We observe this frequently in low-priced HP laptops - e.g. The Wi-Fi module is connected to the only available WLAN antenna. The reason for this is found behind the maintenance cover. We often only see one bar in Windows' indicator. The laptop's Wi-Fi reception varies strongly.

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