Compaq Presario 1527EA

Compaq Presario 724EA

Compaq Presario 724EA I bought this Notebook when I lived in Belgium. It originally came in French but a quick telephone call to the Compaq customer services and they sent me the Rescue CDs in English. I paid about 1000 euros (which was about £700 at the time) for it 3 years ago. The speed of the Compaq Presario 724EA is 1.2 GHz and it s AMD Duron, which made it unbelievable fast 3 years ago and still is about the same as the PC I use now. The notebook is 31.5 cm x 26.9 cm x 4.2 cm in dimension and weighs about 3 kilograms. It s black with a silver edging and it has the emblem COMPAQ in the middle of the laptop case. It came with MS Windows XP Home edition (French and ...

Compaq Presario 732US

Update: Have got Compaq involved and apparently this is a major design flaw as the bottom and top of the case are prone to breaking. Apparently the early models had this flaw and this has now been fixed. However I havent got one of the new ones yet and I'll pass judgement when I've seen it and used it for a while. Update 2: The unit was returned to me on the 7th Feb, it is now 26th March and there are already cracks appearing in the same place as before and as this has been replaced before we have been taking it easy with the machine. I have had to phone Compaq again and they have told me to send it back for a replacement case again. Truly pathetic. This is ...

Compaq Presario 1200 Series

Finally a computer that seems to stand up to being carted round and used frequently. I have used it for over 2 years and have little desire to change it. Disadvantages: 1. Little low on RAM on purchase models - tend to be only 32MB - I added more RAM after the first year to allow me to run more applications concurrently, and I have never looked back. 2. I think that the floppy is somewhat redundant, once you get a USB powered Zip drive. Floppies are unreliable and store so little, so don't be put off with models that don't come with a floopy drive as standard. Advantages: 1. Nice keyboard, good function keys and sensible ...