Compaq Armada 1530D - Old but cheap as chips

Advantages: cheap to buy used, robust
Disadvantages: Heavy, slow, small hard drive

...The compaq Armada 1530D laptops have been out about 5 or 6 years now, first entering the market back in 1998, so its worth considering this throughout my review; this laptop is nothing compared with todays machines. I bought the laptop used about one year ago, I needed a simple machine for word processing at home, and decided it would be nice to socialise whil working (now I can sit in front of the telly with the family while I do my work) At £200 it was a bargain, the truth is they are even cheaper on ebay now, I've seen them go as little as £100. But of course, your not going to get an amazing machine for under £200. These laptops really are basic and have minimum specs. The speed is just 16MB RAM, which is minute compared with the speeds of 512MB RAM in the latest laptops. The harddrive is less than 2GB in size, incredibly...

gusgusrule 17.04.2004 · Read review
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Sailing with my Armada

Advantages: light & inexpensive
Disadvantages: a mouse with a mind of its own

...I've owned my Compaq Armada 7400 for nearly a year now. I bought it second hand off ebay because I needed a computer that was portable and light with a decent amount of grunt (and that wasn't too expensive) to take with me when traveling overseas. (They are currently selling for about £150 – 200 on ebay – obviously prices vary depending on the optional extras and the competition!) The specs of my system are: 400 MHz Pentium II 128 MB RAM 10 GB Hard Drive DVD-ROM Drive Internal 56K modem In addition to the above I purchased an Ethernet card for home networking as this did not come standard with the machine. The computer I bought didn't come with a Floppy Drive either (although you can get them with floppy drive built in) and I have considered getting one since as I don't have a desk top computer to download...

ShoeLace 20.04.2003 · Read review
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COMPAQ ARMADA! I see no ships

Advantages: Light weight tiny Laptop
Disadvantages: As it 2 or 3 years old a bit slow

...We bought the Compaq Armada M300 as a Christmas present for our 13 year old daughter, mainly for 2 reasons, to run Microsoft Encarta to enable her to do her HOMEWORK! And to run the Sims, she?d been asking for this for about 2 years and we were loathed to load it on the family?s computer for fear that nobody else would get a look in! The Computer, we found on E-Bay for £145 plus £18 postage, we were not particularly looking for a Compaq, but rather any Laptop that had a processor that met the Sims minimum requirement ( that being PII 300). The Compaq far surpassed that! And so we went ahead and made the purchase via Paypal on Sunday night and much to our delight it arrive at 7.30am on Tuesday morning. The only problem, now was that the standard Compaq Armada comes without any external Drives and so we set about finding a CD...

grahamdavidcook 12.01.2005 · Read review
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I will never buy a Compaq again

Advantages: Inexpensive compared to similar spec'd machines
Disadvantages: Trackball mouse inefficient and not easy to use, build quality terrible, heavy with provided battery

...Having purchased my Compaq Armada 110s based mostly on budgetary constraints, I suppose I have to blame it on myself that this machine disappoints. I have owned the Armada for a year and a half now, and have experienced many problems both hardware- and software-related. To dismiss the software complaints, my laptop came installed with Windows Millenium, to which I have had to add several patches to make the machine work consistently. Compaq support people were reasonably helpful about these problems, although utlimately a self-help approach was the rule (they directed me to downloads on the web to try to fix the problems myself, and blamed it on the Microsoft software). The main problem in this department was to do with the display adapters, meaning that my screen repeatedly shut down for no apparent reason. Having 'fixed' this...

dreganbacon 10.02.2003 · Read review
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Armada 1750

Advantages: Built like a brick! Great Screen! AND THOSE SPEAKERS!
Disadvantages: Old and slow, but this is to be expected for this prehistoric beast.

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Jonsta999 31.08.2008 · Read review
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Star Trek Armada - Engage this game

Advantages: Game play, Story line, Graphics
Disadvantages: None

...The story line of Star Trek Armada is where the Borg have come to take over the Alpha Quadrant and gain the Omega particle. The player gets to choose from four campaigns which are the Federation, Klingon, Romulan and of cause the Borg. Each campaign is meant to be happening at the same time as one another. The Federation campaign begins with the USS Enterprise E going into an almost destroyed section where starbases are damaged and ships are uncrewed. So from this the player needs to gather up the ships for use until an unexpected attack by borg vessels. From here on out the mission is to destroy the Borg. I think this mission is the easiest to play however as you pass each mission it does get harder and harder. This mission also has the USS Preminition introduced where it has travelled back into the past to warn the Federation...

burns2007 15.05.2007 · Read review
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My Xmas Suprise!!

Advantages: everything!!
Disadvantages: a bit slow for playing the action games!

...For Christmas this year I was expecting a PS2 as I wanted to have The Sims and my parents wouldn?t let me have it on the PC downstairs. So Christmas morning I got up at 4:30 and when I opened the Compaq Armada M300 I was absolutely flabbergasted!! The reason they said they got it for me was because I could do my homework on it as well as The Sims. (I got The Sims triple deluxe!) And if I had The Sims on the PC downstairs no-one would get a go, which is probably true! ~~~THE LOOKS~~~ This is a very small black laptop with a touch pad mouse, which I found very difficult to use to start off with, a greyish tinted keyboard with an 800x600 TFT active matrix screen. When it hasn?t got the mobile expansion unit (MEU) attached it?s a very ultra thin! Less than 1inch! There are 2 on/off buttons one by the screen inside the laptop and one...

bumble_beez4 16.01.2005 · Read review
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A well priced and specd. machine

Advantages: Large HDD for something so small
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...So, I have recently accquired my first Laptop. This offering from Compaq boasts a Celeron 700MHz, 64MB RAM, of wich 8MB is shared with the 2x AGP graphics chip, 10GB HDD, 3.5" FDD, 24x CD-ROM, PCMIA slot, 12.1" TFT screen, 56KB modem and 2 USB ports. The screen takes some getting used after a CRT as it is very susceptible to reflections and glare however this is only a small price to pay. The battery lasts between 90mins and 2 hours depending upon what you are upto. Not too heavy on it's own, but when you stick it in a case with all of its cables etc. you soon feel the wait walking around Manchester City Centre, carting it onto trains & trams. The onboard touch pad is fine, however prolonged use did give me a lot of pain in the top joint of my mouse finger so I would recommend buying a PS2 mouse and mat if you intend to...

Possom 10.09.2001 · Read review
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Groove Armada, A groove for everybody

Advantages: Great laid back groovy beats, consistently good tunes
Disadvantages: long intros

...With this album, Groove Armada seemed to be saying 'We've arrived' rather than we've finished. The poster advertising the CD says it all. Most people love their tunes but the music is so diverse that they've never picked up that they're by the same people. Groove Armada have been stealthily making their name over a number of years, starting out with the very chilled 'At the River' and 'If everybody looked the same'. What marks them out is their timeless happy music which evokes hot summer nights out with your mates. Great beats to get your feet tapping and your mood lifted, but not so heavy that you feel you're in a club with a bunch of charvas (yes I grew up in newcastle where we knew about charva's /chav's whatever 10 years ago). Great ingredients for classy not brassy clubbing and chilled listening at home. The album brings...

pollybeanuk 28.02.2005 · Read review
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Slim D900

Advantages: camera, user friendly
Disadvantages: erm none

...Firstly I would like to say I own the O2 exclusive Chrome Samsung D900. Ok now for the review, i will try to lay it out in sections to make it easy to read and understand; 1. Looks- Until recently the looks of a phone was not my top concern, I was more interested in what the thing could actually do!! Well as I mentioned before I have the chrome version of this phone, I didn't like it when I seen the looks of it in the shop.. but now it has grown on me and I love it. It is not a cheap look.. it looks very professional and expensive (but then.. isn't it?). I cant fault the looks at all. Dark back, shiny chrome front.. grey keypad (well its the closest colour I can relate it to.. a very dark grey.. nice.) and white writing on the buttons with the exception of the answer and end call buttons. Under the screen is a shiny reflective...

Amester 17.05.2007 · Read review
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