A co-worker of mine is about to buy an HP laptop (the ze5170) and he's concerned about the sound quality (he might be giving presentations with it). The sound chip it contains is a 16-bit Conexant (HP's spec sheet says it is Sound Blaster Pro compatible, if that means anything...)

Any experiences or opinions about this laptop/sound chip? Of course, he will not be relying to the laptop's speakers themselves.

Thanks.