Everex Stepnote 1510 Impressions/ Mini Review

[Animegamer]

Thought I would post this... my frustration with this laptop lead me to write this.



    The Everex Stepnote 1510 is a budget laptop commonly found in Walmart's for $450- $500 and can also be purchased online though walmart.com, newegg and tiger direct. It comes with a 1.5 ghz processor, 1GB of ram, Windows Vista basic, built in dvd driver/burner/, 15.4 inch wide screen and a DX9 integrated graphics card with up to 256mb of shared memory... and claims it uses "green" and "power saving" technology.

Sounds like a great deal for a budget laptop doesn't it? Well... not really... read on.

For review purposes I have been using this laptop the past month since I bought it in November.

THE BAD:

    To put it blantly this laptop is a turd disguised as a bargain, it uses a Via 1.5ghz processor... which preformance wise loses to a 1ghz pentium 3, and doesn't even match up to Celerons/Durons with identical ghz levels. The integrated graphics are a scam, its an old DX7 S3 Chrome9 card with DX9 crueldy tacked onto it... it can't even run World of Warcraft above 5fps despite claiming to be a 256mb DX9 card. It bogs on simple stream videos such as from CNN.com and even plays youtube videos with lacking quality.

    Programs take forever to launch in Vista basic... and the monitor only REALLY supports one resolution which is 1200x800. Turning or modifying it to any other supported resolution turns the screen into a disfigured, smashed mess. The laptop has one, mono speaker which sounds like a cheap radio you won out of a candy crane machine.

whew... you would think im done bashing this laptop... but im not

    The battery... while this machine uses the power saving Via/S3 mobo and graphics card, Everex Inc decided to put an extremely weak battery in it. A battery which is so crappy you only get a solid half hour on a full charge. Using such a weak battery counters the power saving CPU and Graphics card rending the entire point of power saving technology usless.

THE GOOD:

    The only positive things I can say about this laptop is that it has a sturdy build, comfortable keyboard and seems to play/burn dvds well. The integrated wireless card seems to have average preformance and the built in mouse is well built and responsive.

CONCULISON:

    Budget laptops are common these days, and while I wasn't expecting a power house when I bought this laptop I was utterly disappointing. Similar offerings from Dell and HP in the same price range vastly out preform this poor excuse for a laptop. This laptop isnt even efficent at every day office and computing tasks and internet browsing. It might be a good gift for grandma or little Billy, but overall avoid this thing like the plague.


Animegamer rates this laptop

2/10

Vista Rating:

[psi43]

Psi43 rates this topic

0/10

great work buddy I doubt hat anyone will actually read this.

[Animegamer]

I don't care I was bored.

[psi43]

well it's like that with most of your topics, they mostly get ignored or turn to spam topics.

[anigen]

[Animegamer]

Yep, I dont care

never claimed the topic was interesting

[anigen]

[Animegamer]

[anigen]

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[mishkamash]

let's not argue I see it every day please stop or im gonna cry  

[rtil]

this has been animegamer with another laptop review and until next time, take care

wicked!

[Crabarms]

To bad its not the kind that explodes... or maybe it is and your just not let on to such
features.

[Gavin]

I read all of it and im glad i did

im going to buy a new laptop soon and i wont get this one

im not being sarcastic all you guys are like TLDR LOL but its pretty nice

but its a pretty nice review

nice and pretty review pretty but

[trent bortknob]

you guys look like faggots when you use the emotes sarcastically

[Dagolith]

wait, you actually bought that laptop? first mistake, 500$. second mistake, walmart.

[Nadroj0711]

it's true

[Dagolith]

Walmarts seal of approval: "It works"

[Nadroj0711]

Walmarts seal of approval: "It works"

"We're pretty sure"

[Animegamer]

The good thing about Wal-Mart is almost anything you buy there does work, it just may be a piece of shit.