This is an unboxing and first impressions video of the HP HDX X18-1058ca. This laptop features an 18.4 inch, 1920 x 1080 (1080p), 16 by 9 aspect ratio screen, and weighs in at 8.9 pounds (4.06 kg). It features an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU (2.26 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB ), 4 GB of DDR2 RAM, a 320 GB 5400 RPM SATA drive, a LightScribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer, Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet, Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN, four USB ports, an ExpressCard 54 slot, and a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphics card.
Priced on February 3rd at HP.com, the laptop would cost $1363.99 USD. This exact model number is only available in Canada where it was available for $1599.99 CAD as a holiday special and at this point it's not being offered any more. The more commonly available version, currently on sale from Best Buy Canada, is the HDX X18-1180ca, which is a quad-core CPU model and sells for $2199 CAD.
Look for a follow up video review later this week. The audio on this video is unfortunately not up to par - I neglected to take off the shotgun microphone I had attached to the camera, and as a result it didn't pick up my voice as well as the integrated microphone. I hadn't done an unboxing video in so long, I was rusty!
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I just customized a Sony Vaio AW series laptop which was delivered last week with almost the same specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66 GHz)
18.4 size screen
Tv Tuner
(Personalized Engraving with my Name)
WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
Blu-ray Disc Read and Write
XBrite-FullHD (1920x1080)
8 GB DDR2-SDRAM (4 GBx2)
512 MB Video Memory
MS Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
640 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 rpm)
Biometric Scanner
3 USB Ports
Express Card Slot
Compact Flash Slot
MMC/SD etc. slot
Webcam
HDMI port
Firewire
Just over $3K after all was said and done. This is my first Sony machine. I was alway an HP kinda guy.
I just customized a Sony Vaio AW series laptop which was delivered last week with almost the same specs...Just over $3K after all was said and done.
Wow, nice machine! Over $3K though...ouch. Hopefully it measures up and does everything you need it to do. Was there a quad-core option on the Sony? There's a quad-core option on the HP, but I wasn't sent one of those units - which is kind of a shame. Having a notebook that big just screams out for more cores...
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No quad-core option unfortunately and yes I did hesitate a few days at the final price, but for what a MAC Book Pro costs (which was my first option after seeing my daughter's) I sucked it up. Besides, I thought about it and decided to stay with Windows and not jump ship. Just used to MS.
Big and Bold: Unboxing The HP HDX X18
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