Compaq Presario 7477 - K6-2

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The Presario desktop PCs feature Compaq's One-touch Easy Access Internet buttons, which offer Instant Internet, Instant search, Instant email, and Instant shopping at the touch of...
more...a button. The Compaq Presario desktops also have improved Web and integrated technologies for ultra-fast Internet connection to present an unrivalled Web experience. CD playback controls are situated on the side of the keyboard, including play, next track, previous track, and volume controls, along with a Quick Print button and a Favorite Application button. The Compaq Presario 7477 is a high quality, affordable, fully featured PC. This expandable and upgradeable minitower machine features a powerful AMD processor with 3DNow!, very spacious and speedy hard drive, a lot of memory and a 17-inch monitor, and all this at very affordable price!





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Compaq Presario 7477 Internet PC EXPENSIVE for what it is
A review by Mcsm on Compaq Presario 7477 - K6-2
July 25th, 2000


Author's product rating:   Compaq Presario 7477 - K6-2 - rated by Mcsm

Speed Average 
Design Satisfactory 
Manufacturer Support Good 
Ease of use Easy 
Value For Money Very poor 

Advantages: All in one basic solution
Disadvantages: The price .  .

Recommend to potential buyers: no 

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RRP: £765.

This is very much an entry-level home PC aimed at the first-time buyer. The core specification is actually pretty basic, with an AMD K6-2/533 processor in the driving seat, backed by a skimpy 64MB of SDRAM and an 8GB Western Digital hard disk. Graphics are handled by an integrated Trident Blade3D accelerator which actually borrows 8MB of system memory for its own use, leaving only 56MB for everything else.

This doesn't do performance any good, and the Trident chip isn't much of a 3D accelerator either, so you aren't looking at the sort of machine that will appeal to keen gamers. What's more, there's no AGP slot on the motherboard, so buyers can't upgrade their way around the problem in the future.

The Internet part of the name covers two things, the inclusion of an internal Conexant V.90 HSP modem to get you online, and a set of buttons on the keyboard that take you directly to pages on the Compaq website. These contain things like the pick-of-the-week online shopping service, a search facility, driver updates and support information, plus a service that lets you use the PC's speakers and microphone to make voice calls via the Web.

None of this is bad or damaging to the Presario's case, but neither is any of it good enough to make you forget about the shortcomings in the core specification. The same could be said of the other two selling points, which are respectively the 8-speed DVD-ROM drive and 24/4/4-speed CD-RW drive.

This sort of thing, with its potential for creating compilation CDs of ripped MP3 downloads, and for archiving and backing up of data will make the Presario a great machine to demo to customers, but be cautious if you play a DVD movie - the lack of hardware MPEG sometimes makes itself visible in the playback, and the JBL active stereo speakers provided with this PC aren't terribly good either.

To a seasoned eye, the focus on the 17in Compaq-badged MV720 monitor supplied with the Presario could be better too, although the tube does at least support an 85Hz vertical refresh at 1024 x 768.

All told, this machine has rather more style than substance, and is not the right choice for anybody likely to want to get involved with much other than email, web browsing, WP and reference CDs, since it has neither the power nor the upgrade potential to cope.

Verdict
The Presario will make an adequate basic platform, but for a home PC its 3D graphics handling is weak and the worry is that many buyers are going to reach this PC's limits rather too quickly

To be honest you can get cheaper. Www.computerjunkies.net is a lot cheaper and offers CIAO visitors a discount
 

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Reliability Good 
Memory / capacity Poor 
Range of Extra Features Good 
Instruction manual Satisfactory 

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