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Advantages: good looking, powerful, does the job
Disadvantages: hideous fan noise, poor build quality

...and go find a better laptop (such as a Dell or Sony). Please note that although I am always willing to accept that my laptop is experiencing "rare" and "isolated" issues, I now know that the fan noise is a common Compaq problem. I hope this review helps!! ... Read review

Advantages: Small, Powerful, easy to use
Disadvantages: For more proffesional use it would need upgrading.

The compaq Evo D500 p4 1.6ghz is a good pc in many ways 1)The graphics card has a 3d hardware accelerator so you can play basic 3d games. This isn't integrated so that means that you can take it out and put in a new one I did exactly that and that turned it into a gaming machine. 2) It has 256 mb of Ram in one slot and there are three so again lots of room for upgrading but unless you want' to do a high powered process like video editing 256 is plenty ...
...has a 20gb Hard drive this is good because it means that the pc can stay small as this isn't a very big hard drive and if you are thinking of buying it do not be put off by this as you can get an external hard drive these days for about £60. I gave this pc 4 stars because it is very practicle as it is small yet powerful and with 2 pci slots you could add things like usb 2.0 or firewire. Great overall computer and i would reccomend to anyone no ... Read review

Advantages: Sleek, very light (10 lbs) machine. Customer Service good. Snap to install
Disadvantages: Few pre-installed applications. Only one drive bay. Caters to businesses

...I ended up with a Compaq IPAQ desktop. Although I'm very happy with my decision, it is not for everyone. Here's why: Quick Summary - Sleek desktop with small footprint more distinctive than the Compaq Presario home computer line. - Geared towards businesses where ease of deployment and maintainability and control is more important. - No pre-loaded software beyond Compaq's version of NT/Win2K or Win98 with Compaq Intelligent Manageability - Intel ...
...available. - 1 year COMPAQ on-site service standard (additional years available). - Multibay components (hard drive, CD-ROM, Zip Drive, LS-Superdisk drive, etc) can be swapped between IPAQ desktops and certain COMPAQ Armada notebooks. But only one Multibay slot available. - NO internal expansion slots available. The computer I bought the desktop direct from Compaq because they were offering the IPAQ running Win2000/NT4.0 with 128 meg RAM, Intel III ... Read review

Advantages: easy to set up and use, enough memory for most people to work with
Disadvantages: the size and shape of the unit

I thought it was going to be completely different from my old computer as when I looked at it the design was verry different from my old computer. The computer was quite easy to use, I had crashed my computer and was in trouble at college when it came to getting assignments in. i decided to use my friends computer and thought he would have to hang around because his computer would more than likely give me trouble, but to my satisfaction it was like ...
...until I could sort my own one out. I ended up taking my friends computer for a while as he did not need it that much and decided in the end to by it from him as I had gotten used to it and my old one was finished at that point. All together it worked out well. ... Read review

Advantages: compact
Disadvantages: none as such

The Compaq Evo D300v is a future proof PC for any bigginer or an ideal gift for a relative seeking his/her first/second PC. Its quite fast and is able to perform many tasks in a respectable amount of time. The 20GB Hard Disk isn't big but it's plenty of space if you just need a PC for general use, e.g. surfing the net and writing letters. It's not a paritcaully powerfull PC and only comes with basic sound and graphics capabilities, but this is ...
...big advantages is, its compact, if you don't wan't it to dominate your desk then I surpose it's the PC for you! As a Compaq PC you can expect high build qaulity and a PC that will last you, but you can often find better bargians with other companies. ... Read review