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ONLY write good reviews. Even if they are few. What good are they then to other people? I WILL rate back if you rate for me- you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. (-;
Member since:20.06.2004
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The Compaq Presario 2500 laptop- the ultimate desktop replacement. You cannot find a laptop better than this one at such a low price- considering the power of such a device. If you were looking for a laptop that could take the place of a family desktop, then feast your eyes on THIS hunk of power!
The Presario 2500 is an exceptionally good laptop. It has been designed for speed using the latest technology available....in 2002. There ARE much better laptops provided by Compaq, but the prices are exceedingly high. If you have an intermediate budget, and you were aiming for a laptop with a strong and fast proccessor, then the Compaq Presario 2500 is the one for you. Unless you are a 3D game developer, you will not need a better laptop.
The amount of space available on the laptop is not that much, but unless you are going to store 40 movies in the laptop (like me), you wont need more. Even if you think you have too much programs, 40 GBs of space will be enough for the most space consuming software. I own the Presario 2500, and even though i had ALOT of software, i only used up a small fraction of the drive...until
i discovered i could store movies in the laptop, that is.
Speaking of space, you have to start thinking about memory. The Presario 2500 comes with 256MB of DDR RAM. If are not a computer geek like me and you didnt understand what i just said, then look at it this way. A VERY large game runs using about 100MBs of DDR RAM. Windows runs using about 70MBs of DDR RAM. So you will still have enough memory to run more programs including running a memory consuming game. But some people need more memory. Me- i consider the Presario 2500 to NOT contain enough memory. Thats why I increased the memory to 512Mbs of DDR RAM. So if you are a user who may run many programs at once, then I'd reccommend you get a memory upgrade. It does not cost much- buying a laptop with the same specifications + 512MBs of DDR RAM will cost MUCH more than just buying an upgrade.
Overall Speed and Performance: As i was saying, the Presario 2500 uses a Pentium 4 Proccessor of 2.66 GHz (can be upgraded to 2.8GHz for an increase of about 100$ in payment). In terms of power, this is very powerfull. But that is ALL. It does not DEFINE the speed. A 2.66Ghz proccessor with low memory (32/64 ddr ram) is satisfactory. A 2.8 GHz with low memory is BETTER. 256 MB of DDR RAM is considered moderate- not very high nor very low. This makes the overall speed very high. This is a very powerfull and fast laptop- but do not try and compare it with the latest gaming laptops. they can get up to 1GB of memory and 3.4GHz! But remember that these laptops cost MORE than double the price of this laptop. Although they are called the 'Ultimate Gaming' laptops, this laptop is also perfect for all you gamers out there. The Presario 2500 contains the latest technology from ATI systems- the Radeon 9600, 128 Mb. This is MORE than good enough for the games requiring the most power. I have played many games on my Presario 2500 in my time, and all of them require high tech proccessors. They all ran perfectly and smoothly. So if you want to play a game- no matter what you choose, the Presario 2500 will be able to perform...
There is a catch. All that power must lead to something. Weight. And battery power. The laptop needs a rather large proccessor to make it so powerfull, which is why the laptop is so heavy. 3.5Kg! Unless you are a weight lifter, you will find trouble carrying it around with you all day-I myself have faced the consequences! The batteries....yeees...the batteries. To provide the power, the battery is used up VERY quickly. A battery survives an average of 2:30 hours. 4 hours seriously TOPS. That is bad- most laptops' batteries survive 8 hours! So if you travel alot, then get more than just one battery.....
The laptop was designed to be mobile....but its weight wasnt. But to make up, the laptop has MANY good features, such as the abilty to check your email, search, find help, or lock your laptop with the press of one button at the top, each clearly illustrated.
You wont need an instruction manual- i hardly read mine, because you can access the INTEGRATED instruction manual on the laptop itself! Cool eh?
The shape and design of the laptop is very cool, but it is a bit too thick. This is probably because it is SHOCK PROOF. Now, i doubted it at first: but my laptop fell from my hand a distance of 1 metre to the hard wood floor. Nuthing happened. So dont worry to much about hurting the baby...!
FLOPPY DRIVE! There is a floppy drive available in this laptop! Although this may sound weird, but MANY laptops do not come with 3.5"Floppy Drives!
Firewire, USB, Infra-red These are the available ways to connect with other devices. There are 3 USB ports, and internal infra-red. There is also a firewire port for connections with cameras. Although there is no bluetooth, there is a port where a bluetooth card can be bought and installed.
The screen is quite large- but not too large. it uses XGA technology so that the screen would appear clear at almost extreme angels...now even the person next to you can see the screen clearly!
It also comes with a cd-rw for your own cd writing needs. but i reccommend getting a an internal cd-rw/dvd-rwcombo drive to replace it with, unless you are on low budget.
Here are a few specs about it that you might want to know:
(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
Jun 21st, 2004
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