Question about a Compaq Presario laptop?
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I agree with other posters. Walmart is hardly a place to buy a computer. While the price is important, specs and warranty are too. Compaq is basically HP since it’s the same company so it’s not all bad. CPU is a bit slow given what’s out these days, hard drive is ok. You’ll need more ram then 512 ( at least 1gb ) to make it a worth while machine. Because of that and lack of long warranty, I would say pass and look for something else. With the holidays coming, I am sure there will be better deals.
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After looking up your model, it only supports a MAX of 160MB of RAM.  That's not enough to run Windows 2000 or XP and for it be relatively usable.  In addition, you will need several GB of free space to install.  I recommend you look into a new laptop, even Dell has ones that are only a couple of hundred dollars that are better and will cost the same as the upgrades you would have to consider on your current model.
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For anyone looking for a monster laptop without extreme pricing, I'd suggest www.xoticpc.com\n\nYou can customize a very powerful machine and less cost than alot of the competition.  When they start putting out dual core machines running Vista, I'll be buying from them.
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http://memory.neon-drive.com/\n\nUse this handy online memory configurator.\n\nEdited:\n\nSome laptops, not sure about the presario, have a little window you can just unscrew at the bottom which houses the memory, meaning it would be easy to do.  If yours doesn't, just do it very, very slowly and methodically, remembering the order you take bits off.  Some connections are very delicate, too.. my husband recently took apart an old thinkpad and snapped the little plastic bit which joined the keyboard on, if we hadn't had a spare thinkpad for parts it would have meant curtains.  Usually RAM is very accessible, though.
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Depends upon the laptop.  Does it have Intel Centrino?\nIf it does not have built in capability then you will need a card.  See the reference for some good choices:
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Get the Compaq Presario V3000Z series. It's very cheap (I bought mine for $479.99) , and performs well. You can find it here:\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Usage&v1=Everyday+computing&series_name=V3000Z_series
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this site contains lots of information on all kinds of laptops and most definetely does answer your question\n\nhttp://imedia.atspace.com/laptop.htm\n\nyou may check it out now if you want
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Since Vista isn't out yet and won't be coming out this year you won't find laptops with it preinstalled until the first quarter of 2007. What some companies are doing is to offer a free upgrade to Vista (usually 10$ for shipping or some such). This is basically a coupon based upgrade for when the OS is released.\n\nThe chart for free upgrades is:\n\nXP Home = Vista Home Basic\nXP Media Center 2005 =  Vista Home Premium\nXP Professional = Vista Business\nXP Professional x64 Edition = Vista Business x64\n\nBefor you go out buying the first laptop you come upon you should do some research about the model and manufacturer, if they are offering free upgrades, are they doing it for this particular model and so on.\n\nGood luck, and please post your progress. :)
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I recently purchased an HP a1340n.\n\nSo far so good. I've run Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro 9 on it, separately and at the same time. I've played Guild Wars on it and accessed the online community There. \n\nI usually browse with Opera and have several tabs (about 15) open at one time and have opened Photoshop while doing so as well as running IE and Outlook Express at the same time.\n\nOne thing, I didn't get their monitor as I have an Optiquest already that I really liked and it saved me a bit of $ not to get it. Spent that on a Best Buy Service Warranty instead.\n\nCouldn't access the HP America site tonight  to look at the specs as they have it down for maintenance. \n\nNot sure what else you're looking for, edit your question if there's more and I'll edit my answer accordingly.\n\nOh yes, one last thing, this thing is so quiet I can forget it's running :-)
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Try it here.\nhttp://store.yahoo.com/impactcomputersmiami/220807-001.html\nor just google it http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=220807-001+and+Compaq
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i have a compaq persario and a hp laptop and customer service is great i've had the compaq for about 8 years and there isn't too much problems with it. i've had the hp for about 3 years and that's going great as well. i can't really say much on the dell cuz i've never owned one but i have used one and the dell doesn't really compare to the compaq and the hp. in my opinion i would stick with the compaq and hp.
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Consult your laptops manufacturor's website, they should be able to tell you!
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i got my laptop at sams club. payed 1300 for it tax and all. It has a gig of ram and 100gig hardrive. Its an hp and has 128mb of memory devoted to graphics. its also a widescreen KILLER FOR GAMES. It a HP Pavillion Dv4000, and it also has a remote.. so try sam's club or cosco's
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I work on an HP Compaq NC6000 that work supplied me and I like it.  I've had it over a year. It's been reliable and fast.  My wife has owned a Toshiba for over three years.\n\nI surf the internet, play music on it, write technical papers, send e-mails, write programs, and run numerical analyses on it.\n\nBattery life could be better.  I can only go for about an hour and a half before the battery depletes.\n\nIf you are going to be taking notes in classes, you may want to get two batteries for it so you can get several hours of uptime without connecting to a power supply.\n\nThe rest of it ... Gigahertz, Pentium, Celeron, AMD really doesn't matter these days.  Almost any laptop will play DVDs (with a DVD player), CDs, etc plenty fast.\n\nIn fact, the lower the Gigahertz (the clock rate which at which the processor (AMD or Intel) ticks along), the longer your batter life may be.  Slowest Gigahertz you should go with is about 1.5GHz.\n\nI would make sure that the notebook has at least 512MB of memory, preferably 1GB.  This is important if you run several programs at once (e-mail, internet, music player, and word processor).  If you don't, things can slow down and wear down battery life faster as data is moved on and off disk.\n\nI would go with a 15" LCD.  17" is better if you are at your desk all the time, but if you are carrying the thing around a lot, the smaller display makes for a more compact laptop.  To each his own.\n\nAny brand-name laptop (HP, Dell, IBM, Toshiba) should do well to meet your requirements.
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Compaq or Dell according to http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3121_7-6380815.html?tag=prmo1 .
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Compaq desktops are pretty standard these days allowing a variety of aftermarket devices to be installed and parts exchanged. I too remember when Compaq used a lot of strange ways to ensure that you could only repair or upgrade their equipment with Compaq branded spares.
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u can go for COMPAQ Model no. SR1931IL\nIntel pentium D processor (2.8 GHz, 2 MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB ) dual core.\n512 MB Ram DDR-2 / 160 GB ATA HDD / DVD RW DRIVE....Plus other features. best part is u get 3 years warranty on this system.\ni bought it for 31k.