| Product: |
Compaq Armada E500 |
| Date: |
23.09.02 (1736 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: big screen, fast to load
Disadvantages: none
I have always owned a PC and never really needed a laptop although I always wanted one because in away its a gadget and I am abit of a gadget man. But recently my PC has been playing up and because I need the PC daily for my website update I thought that I should really invest in a laptop just incase my PC fails completely.
I admit that I really have not much idea about laptops. IBM, Toshiba, Compaq seemed to be the big players in laptops so I thought the only way I can pick one is to visit this website and check out Ebay to see what the prices are for certain machines.
After alot of searching and weighing up the odds I found this machine on Ebay for £350. Although secondhand this machine feels and looks brand new. I have MS XP with a 15inch monitor, P2 - 400mhz with a 320mb of ram, 5.5gb hard drive. The ram has been updated as I believe its alot lower than that. But anyway...as I have never had a laptop then I don't know whats fast to load etc.
Anyway I received the laptop and really like all laptops from compaq its very slim. The design isn't trendy but do they need to be? Its your basic looking style of laptop: Black casing, grey keys...thats it. It has a nice and very response touch pad for the mouse but after a while I get abit annoyed with it all so I just plug the PS2 mouse in and use that.
Loading time is fast...your looking at with my spec about 30secs before you can start loading programs.
The screen is what I love. Apart from being big, its really clear and bright and its not one of those screens where you have to look at it just right to get the best view, you can look at it from almost any angle and still see the picture.
Ports on the rear include the mouse, printer, monitor and a few more...which I don't know about.
Battery life is good with about 3 hours use time if your just typing away.
So far I have found no problems with it and even though my PC hasn't broke
n completely yet, I feel that the laptop is the besy way for me to go in the future.
Alex
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