HP DVD-ROM drive

Advantages: Quality keyboard, nice finish
Disadvantages: Unreliable, poor customer service, heavy

...electrical plug on it so I had to wait another two weeks for the proper replacement. Now the CD Rom has stopped working & will need to be replaced, it the space of 30 months this machine has proved to be pretty unreliable considering that I do take care of it. I find HP's customer service non existent & although most items have been replaced under warranty the company drags its feet when you want decisions made regarding the warranty. Although I have a HP printer & HP PDA, the expierence with this lap top & the poor customer service would put me off ever buying another HP product. Recently when I purchased my own lap top I went for a Sony Vaio which has proved 100% reliable & very light to carry around.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent Computers
Disadvantages: Can be a Bit Fiddly to Work On

...XP Home Edition, which is the must have Windows of the minute. They have a DVD Rom and a CD-Writer, though on some models these are not seperate. The HP's also come with an AMD Athlon processor which is a very good and reliable one. The only thing that I will say is that whatever the speed of AMD is shown on the front of your computer isn't the actual speed that you have. My wife's says that it is 1600+ whereas it is in fact a 1400. Apparently AMD love to enhance the look of things, speed being one of them. Whatever size RAM you get it is very easy to increase as the HP's have slots that make it easy to add and remove RAM chips as and when you want. The Hard Drives are also very easy to install, should you want something bigger, as they just unplug remove and replug the new one. They also come with an internal modem that makes... Read review

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Advantages: Flexible, Robust, Easy to service
Disadvantages: No USB ports on front

...As with many Compaq models you have the option of setting up your PC as a tower or dektop, and this Evo is one. In addition, you are also able to change the position of the CD/DVD & Floppy drives as required. So whether the case is standing on edge or lying on its side, the CD-ROM and DVD drives have their typical horizontal placement. HP also includes an extensive array of sophisticated manageability tools for system administrators, the Intelligent Manageability software suite encompasses tools for such remote management activities as system diagnostics via a Web browser, system wake-up, and the ability to disable USB and serial ports and to lock down the BIOS to secure boot-up sequences. The keyboard has programmable hot-keys for accessing the Internet. The base configuration of the D510 has integrated graphics. And for businesses... Read review

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