Advantages: Excellent Value for Money; Will suit most users' needs Disadvantages: Battery Life is Poor ; Heavy
The CompaqPresarioCQ60 has proved to be very good value for money. I paid £380 in January '09 and it has worked perfectly since. The wireless has a good range and the screen quality is outstanding.
Everything else works how it should and the only real negative is a not-so-great battery life (approx 2 hrs on power saver).
All in all, good for games (mine has a separate graphics card - not sure if standard?), word processing, internet and general use.
One thing I particularly like is the larger screen size that results from having an integrated number pad on the keyboard. However the larger size does result in a heavy laptop.
As of yet I have had no technical issues what so ever with this laptop and I would most definitely recommend it to anyone who wants a laptop on a budget! Hope this was of some help!
Summary: Overall very good ...
Advantages: Decent for a first time user Disadvantages: Potential crashes, over heating
-^- Introduction -^-
As a member of Ciao I?ve been looking to do reviews on objects I?ve had for a while. To try and really give an in depth review over things. Although I know the CompaqPresario 700 may not be on sale anymore this could be a review for people wanting to get it second hand from someone or buying on website etc.
-^- Background Information -^-
I bought my laptop in September 2002. I?ve always wanted a laptop just for the actual feeling of owning one. However I went halfs on it with my parents as it was a necessary for me to have seeing as I was also starting university. In total the price was £900. Pricey it seemed but I wasn?t going over £1000. The actual one I wanted was sold out and I really didn?t want to leave without one so I took the CompaqPresario 700. In total I?ve had it for just over two years now ...
Advantages: After Sales Product Support Disadvantages: Unwanted Pre-Installed Software
Fast, reliable, good looks, stable ... to mention a few, but enough about me, I`m here to talk about the CompaqPresario 6097EA. Ah, who am I kidding, course I mean the PC.
I have had it for about 6 months now and is an upgrade from a CompaqPresario 2292 which I had for about 4 years. Yes, that`s the downside, 4 years ago I had a state-of-the-art machine and nowadays it just doesn`t cut the mustard. Here`s a list of what you are going to get for your money:
*Intel Pentium 4 2.2ghz processor
Should suffice for even the most intensive applications! This can be upgraded in the future as it is removable. It also comes with a good fan mounted directly on top of it to keep it nice and cool.
*256mb PC2100 DDR RAM
DDR ram is the new standard for RAM these days. As I am writing this from the top of my head and do not wish to inundate ...
Intel GMA 4500MHD Dynamic Video Memory Technology 5.0
Max Allocated RAM Size
1309 MB
Audio
Audio Output
Sound card
Compliant Standards
Sound Blaster Pro
Features
Altec Lansing speakers
Audio Input
Microphone
Notebook camera
Camera Type
Integrated
Input device(s)
Type
Keyboard, touchpad
Networking
Networking
Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported
Yes
Data Link Protocol
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Compliant Standards
IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slots Total (Free)
2 ( 0 ) x memory - SO DIMM 200-pin
Interfaces
2 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x display / video - HDMI
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x storage / Hi-Speed USB - Hi-Speed USB / eSATA
Power
Power Device
External
Battery
Technology
6-cell Lithium Ion
Installed Qty
1
Operating system / software
OS Provided
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
Software
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Windows Movie Maker, Norton Internet Security 2009 (60 days subscription), Adobe Reader, Microsoft Windows Mail, Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery, CyberLink DVD Suite, Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (60 days trial), HP DVD Play
Manufacturer's product description
The 17.3-inch Compaq Presario CQ71-100 series puts the versatility and productivity of notebook computing within your reach.
