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Advice on buying from Compaq's UK Auction Site

Advantages: A brand new machine at a bargain price.
Disadvantages: May be cosmetically marked with rough packaging.

I had an old home built computer. 166 Pentium, I Meg Hard Disk 32Mb memory with just a CD-Rom running Windows 95 in an AT case. My son had an Elonex with a 366 Pentium 11, 6Meg Hard Disk 64Mb memory with a CD-Rom running Windows 98. It all started with ...

Freddo 25.04.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Compaq Presario 7477

SSSmm - mmmokinnn'

Advantages: Fast, Fast, FAST!!! (Oh yeah... and easy to set up and use, too.)
Disadvantages: Huh?!!? No stereo speakers?!?!

"Ho-lee smm–mmokes!! Willya juss lookit dat!!!... unbeliev... Hubba!! Hubba!!... AYAY-YESSSS... YEEEEE-HAHHH!!!... WAHHH-HOOEEE!!" And that, ladies and gentlemen, very precisely summarizes my thought and speech patterns for the first 30 minutes ...

SlimmyJimmy 24.05.2001 · Read full review
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Compaq Presario 7477 Internet PC EXPENSIVE for what it is

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

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 dis ...

Mcsm 25.07.2000 · Read full review
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Compaq Presario 6097EA

Advantages: After Sales Product Support
Disadvantages: Unwanted Pre-Installed Software

...good looks, stable ... to mention a few, but enough about me, I`m here to talk about the Compaq Presario 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 Compaq Presario ...

GeordieNo1 02.03.2003 · Read full review
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WAY TOO COMPACT FOR MY LIKING

Advantages: Quality brand
Disadvantages: Hard and anoying to upgrade

I have had my Compaq Pressario 5400 PC for over 2 years now and with the expansion of technology, it quickly became out-dated. That seems to be the only problem with buying a PC these days, having to upgrade it every few years, which turns out to be quit ...

mdstone 02.08.2001 · Read full review
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