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for nc8430 owners
i'm about to buy this notebook and want to know if there are any complaints (whether big or small) with it before i pull the trigger?
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Note very much from this 2 week user. It does get warm around the touchpad but not very uncomfortbly hot. The USB ports are placed too far forward on the sides but these can be alleviated by getting angled USB cables. I would have also liked to see the built-in microphone in front of the user (on the top of the LCD or keyboard) rather than on the side.
It really is a very well built machine. Your're going to love it.
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. It does get warm around the touchpad but not very uncomfortbly hot.
how warm exactly? i've tried out acers and the touchpad was a bit too warm for my liking
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Exactly as I stated and it's nothing that really bothers me. During gaming I use an external mouse as its hard to use a touchpad. At least the palm rests are cool.
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Hey, I've owned mine for about two weeks, and have looked throught= the forum as well. From what I gather the only complaints are regarding heat/fan noise - although neither is really an issue for me.
Also, I think the fact it doesn't come with any cd/dvd for reinstallation (instead requiring the user to make recovery disks on first boot) seem to annoy some users, but I didn't find this a problem either.
All in all a really nice computer.
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i'm about to buy this notebook and want to know if there are any complaints (whether big or small) with it before i pull the trigger?
The nc8430 is excellent no complaints here
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Keyboards have extra matte on them than say a Sony Vaio or MacBook Pro which is smooth, or a Toshiba which is slightly smooth.
Thus, after a month or two, your fingers will REALLY wear the matte away and you'll be left with uneven shiny smooth.
It's ugly.
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Keyboards have extra matte on them than say a Sony Vaio or MacBook Pro which is smooth, or a Toshiba which is slightly smooth.
Thus, after a month or two, your fingers will REALLY wear the matte away and you'll be left with uneven shiny smooth.
It's ugly.
don't have any complaints about my nc 8430 which i bough in mid October, i work as financial analyst, thus there is plenty report writing and financial forecasting to do - use keyboard intensely 8h per day. No problems with keyboard so far, as good as new.
Only drawbacks i have are:
1) The initial firmware was pain in the ass (fingerprint worked like **** etc.), after upgrading to newer version from site no problems so far
2) Annoying right side of notebook (where the fingerprint is located is empty space with plastic around, thus loose the feeling of solidness)
3) LCD cover compared to t43 quite ****ty
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Computer:
HP Support:
I can only hope I'm the victim of bad luck on both the initial hardware they sent as well as their tech support.
I really liked the laptop when it worked. It was a nice form-factor and was very powerful and I loved the keyboard (rivaled the famed thinkpad keyboards, imo).
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Put me in the same camp as Beltonius. I understand that customer service is probably just as bad with HP's competition, and I know that every now and then that a notebook computer will have a hardware issue -- however, my experience with my nc8430 and HP customer service has left a bad taste in my mouth. In the two to three weeks during which my laptop worked fine, I enjoyed using it. However, working with HP to resolve its issues has been nothing short of nightmarish.