HP hs always presented a good balance of price vs. performance in its laptop range. The NX6325 which is their latest offering runs on the same processor as that of the Acer 5101, i.e. Turion 64 MK-36 processor series. It also offers the AMD Tl-50 dual-core processor as an option. However if one were to choose that processor, it would take the price of the NX6325 to well beyond the scope of this roundup. The Nx6325 comes with a 512 MB of RAM, a 60 GB 5400 RPM HDD, a DVD+/-RW SuperMulti drive with Double Layer support, ATI 1150 Graphics chipset with 128 MB of video RAM, a 15 inch LCD panel with a rather low native resolution of 1024x768 and Wi-FI support. Unlike the other laptops in this roundup, HP also offers Bluetooth. Audio is another area where the NX6325 excels. It utilizes the ADI1981HD High Definition CODEC which offers far better Audio playback as compared to the audio solutions that ship with the other laptops in this roundup.
For peripheral connectivity, HP has equipped the NX6325 with 3 USB Slots, 1 Firewire slot, standard microphone and headphone jacks, 1 VGA Out, a standard docking HP connector and a 7 in 1 media card reader. For external video connectivity it offers an S-Video connector. In the accessories package HP does not offer anything beyond the basic power connectors. Finally, in terms of battery life the NX6325 utilizes a 6–cell battery which gives it an excellent battery life of nearly 5 hours. This figure is significantly higher than the competing laptops in this round up. The NX6325 is offered with FreeDOS as its main OS. This has been done to drive down the cost of the laptop. However HP offers a selection of OS’s ranging from Windows XP home to Windows Vista Home Premium, which would of course drive up the cost of the laptop.
The NX6325 offers some intriguing choices. While it has excellent battery life,a robust sound system it suffers with its choice of base OS and its rather poor screen resolution. Considering the prices for HP NX6325 start at Rs. 37,500 for the base model,we recommend that anyone looking to purchase this laptop, please get the RAM upgraded to at least 1 GB and purchase Windows XP Professional SP2.



