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Rick Rizner, John Goddard
Speed is not the Pavilion Zx5001's strong suit. Equipped with a heavy-duty 3.06 Pentium 4 desktop CPU, it scored just 107 in our PC WorldBench tests, 13 percent behind the 123 earned by a similarly configured Sharp Actius RD20. The Zx5001's power management didn't bowl us over, either. Even with an extra-cost ($25) 12-cell battery, the notebook lasted just 2.3 hours on one charge--about half as long as a typical Pentium M-based machine.
But what the Zx5001 lacks in performance it makes up for in features and design. A big notebook that measures 2 inches tall and weighs 8.6 pounds without its power adapter, the Zx5001 contains lots of goodies. Highlights include a fixed DVD burner, a five-in- one card reader, a large keyboard with a vertical scroll touchpad and cursor...