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Packard Bell Easynote GN Skype Edition.(Product/service evaluation)
Byline: Cliff Joseph
Packard Bell Easynote GN Skype Edition
Price [pounds sterling]699.99 Contact Packard Bell www.packardbell.com
It's not the most powerful laptop in this group, but Packard Bell's Easynote provides excellent value for money. It is based on a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo processor, which can't match the 1.8GHz and 2GHz processors used by some of its rivals. Even so the Easynote's performance is strong enough to cope with office software, digital photography and video editing.
Where the Easynote really scores, though, is on its wide feature set. At just [pounds sterling]699.99, the Easynote is one of the cheapest products reviewed here, yet it includes a 14in widescreen display that is matched only by the HP Compaq nc6400, which is almost [pounds sterling]200 more expensive. We would have liked the screen to be a bit brighter, but it's perfectly adequate for watching DVDs or working with big spreadsheets or presentations.
There's also a little webcam built into the display and the Skype software is pre-installed (Skype can now handle videoconferencing as well as internet phone calls -- hence the 'Skype Edition' in the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Packard Bell Easynote GN Skype Edition.(Product/service evaluation)