Compaq Presario 7400 Series

Newest Review: ... you online, and a set of buttons on the keyboard that take you directly to pages on the Compaq website. These contain things ... more

... like the pick-of-the-week online shopping service, a search facility, driver updates and support information, plus a service that lets you use the PC's speakers and microphone to make voice calls via the Web. None of this is bad or damaging to the Presario's case, but neither is any of it good enough to make you forget about the shortcomings in the core specification. The same could be said of the other two selling points, which are respectively the 8-speed DVD-ROM drive and 24/4/4-speed CD-RW drive. This s...more

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Compaq Presario 7400 Series (490 words)
by - written on 05/03/01
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RRP: £765. This is very much an entry-level home PC aimed at the first-time buyer. The core specification is actually pretty basic, with an AMD K6-2/533 processor in the driving seat, backed by a skimpy 64MB of SDRAM and an 8GB Western Digital hard disk. Graphics are handled by an integrated Trident Blade3D accelerator which actually borrows 8MB of system memory for its own use, leaving only 56MB for everything else. This doesn't do performance any good, and the Trident chip isn't much of a 3D accelerator either, so you aren't looking at the sort of machine that will appeal to keen gamers. What's more, there's no AGP slot on the ... Read the complete review

Compaq Perserio 7464 (183 words)
by - written on 06/07/00 (Useful, 1240 readings)
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k6 amd 500mhz processor 64mb memory 8mb on borad agb graphics card 8gb hard disk 512 cache Microsoft wheel mouse DVD Drive 3.5 Floppy Drive jbl pro speakers for surround sound 15 inch Monitor Compaq coumputers are built to last they may not have the most up to date and fastest equipment inside but they will last forever. You also receive lots of software titles like Microsoft word and Microsoft works. Compaq also offer free software, from they web page via a points system. This works as follows, depending on what computer you buy you get awarded a number of points. You then go to there online web page and trade your ... Read the complete review