7. Even More Ports? - A Docking Station!

If you think that the connecting possibilities integrated into the nx6125 are still not enough, you can buy a docking station. You have the choice of a basic docking station for $179/€173 and the advanced docking station for $279/ €225. Both docking solutions offer a DVI connection, and a variety of standard ports in numerous quantity. Moreover, the advanced docking station also comes with a further express card socket as well as a multi-bay II shaft.

As a classic business machine, the nx6125 comes with a connection for a docking station.

The Storage Memory Is Accessible, But A Little Too Small

Whoever is thinking about upgrading their nx6125, well, they have it very easy. On the underside of the housing there is a cover that is fixed with two screws, behind which the slots for the two DDR modules are found. Equipping our test machine with two 256 MB modules for a total of 512 MB was a little Spartan.

The memory upgrade on the nx6125 is very simple, but not so good price wise

As the integrated graphic card alone already utilizes 64 MB as video storage, there is only 440 MB for the operating system and applications. That sounds a Hell of a lot at first. But if you take into consideration the memory-hungry Windows XP, which in a freshly booted notebook leaves only 220 MB for executable programs and then starting the three typical Office applications, Outlook, WinWord and Excel, another ninety megaBytes of memory is eaten up, it quickly becomes clear that such a system could do with more storage memory. The remaining 140 MB are quickly used up when working with more programs. If the user wants to upgrade, then at least on module has to be removed and then lies idle. HP should have supplied the machine with a 512 MB module, or better still with two 512DDR-SO-DIMMs.