Compaq Armada 110 notebook comprises powerful features and a compact form factor in a price-performance combination that is ideal for business customers seeking an economical yet... more
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Advantages: Large HDD for something so small Disadvantages: Can't think of any
...Laptop.
This offering from Compaq boasts a Celeron 700MHz, 64MB RAM, of wich 8MB is shared with the 2x AGP graphics chip, 10GB HDD, 3.5" FDD, 24x CD-ROM, PCMIA slot, 12.1" TFT screen, 56KB modem and 2 USB ports.
The screen takes some getting used after a CRT as it is very susceptible to reflections and glare however this is only a small price to pay.
The battery lasts between 90mins and 2 hours depending upon what you are upto. Not too heavy on ... ...with all of its cables etc. you soon feel the wait walking around Manchester City Centre, carting it onto trains & trams.
The onboard touch pad is fine, however prolonged use did give me a lot of pain in the top joint of my mouse finger so I would recommend buying a PS2 mouse and mat if you intend to use it at home a lot.
It copes alright with Half Life for graphics etc, but on-line gaming is very unresposive. For more traditioal lappy uses such ...
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Advantages: Inexpensive compared to similar spec'd machines Disadvantages: Trackball mouse inefficient and not easy to use, build quality terrible, heavy with provided battery
Having purchased my Compaq Armada 110s based mostly on budgetary constraints, I suppose I have to blame it on myself that this machine disappoints. I have owned the Armada for a year and a half now, and have experienced many problems both hardware- and software-related. To dismiss the software complaints, my laptop came installed with Windows Millenium, to which I have had to add several patches to make the machine work consistently. Compaq support ... ...Dublin to be repaired by Compaq (I asked them to recommend a repair firm in my area, central London, but they said they did not support my model of laptop unless I sent it back to them). More crucially, the machine developed another fault, something to do with the power supply and hibernation mode, which makes it freeze/crash unpredictably and refuse to respond to any rebooting procedure. Sometimes when it does this the machine also refuses to respond ...
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Advantages: good design, speedy, cheap price and all in one Disadvantages: heavy and the folding point of monitor is easy to be broken
...a all in one computer and it is convience for me to use it. I don't feel any difficult to use the touching mouse. I would like to use this computer again if Compaq makes the harddisk bigger in order for the customers to store more information in their notebook. ...
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Manufacturer's product description
Compaq Armada 110 notebook comprises powerful features and a compact form factor in a price-performance combination that is ideal for business customers seeking an economical yet robust desktop replacement unit. Armada 110 is a durable, all-in-one notebook that offers convenient, simultaneous access to the hard drive, diskette drive, and CD drive. Armada 110 also features a full-size keyboard with four easy-access Internet buttons that can be programmed for one-touch access to Net Solutions for Business content or other favorite Internet sites, files, or applications.
The specs of the laptop are as follows
Operating system - Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic 32
Processor - Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2050 1.60 GHz 2 MB L2
cache 533 MHz front side bus.
Memory- 512 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 533-MHz with... more
