Editorial Review

Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V2565US, designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V2565US weighs only 5.4 pounds and is as thin as 1.29 inches. The widescreen 14-inch BrightView display is easily viewable even in direct sunlight and is great for watching DVD movies in their natural aspect ratio. It's powered by a powerful 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32 processor (which is ready to handle demanding 64-bit applications), and also offers a 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), dual layer LightScribe DVD+/-RW drive (which also burns CDs), and 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support. Read more

Features

• Notebook with widescreen 14-inch screen; 1.8 GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-32 (512 KB L2 cache)
• 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM (2 GB max), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
• Two USB 2.0, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition, SP2

Reviews (4)

Laptop's PSU failed within a month, but got replacement quickly
I'd have given this Laptop 3 stars had it not been for the good replacement policy we got from the seller. Basically, the power supply unit on this laptop failed within the first month of use for no aparent reason, however the seller was very prompt and replaced the defective PSU right away.
Best value for the price
This is a great powerful laptop.
Good Computer
It is a good computer at a good price. Better than my Dell that cost twice as much when you add up everything that came with it. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Price and product
Great deal for a mid-level laptop, great for school, trips(watch DVDs/play games) and nice to have the 80 gigs for my itunes libary.

Compaq Presario V5005US Notebook is a dream!
The laptop is beautiful and sleek, with a very comfortable keyboard.It boots rapidly and the resolution is excellent.Couldn't be happier!

Keyboard problems
This system has a "chiclet style" keyboard with small plastic shells attached on top of the key mechanisms. On my system, several keytops had a nasty habit of falling off. They are not easy to attach back on the keyboard, and eventually will not attach at all.
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Editorial Review

Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V2555US, designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V2555US weighs only 5.4 pounds and is as thin as 1.29 inches. The widescreen 14-inch BrightView display is easily viewable even in direct sunlight and is great for watching DVD movies in their natural aspect ratio. It's powered by a powerful 1.8 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+ processor, and also offers a 40 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, and 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support. Read more

Features

• Notebook with widescreen 14-inch screen and 1.8 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+
• 40 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM (2 GB max), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
• Two USB 2.0, one VGA, one S-Video, one PCMCIA, microphone, headphone
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition, SP2

Reviews (5)

Get a free Sony VAIO FJ instead!
Why settle for less, when you can get a brand new original colorful ultra-cool Sony VAIO FJ series laptop with 1GB RAM, 100GB disk, DVD writer, built-in webcam, etc. and all for Free! I got mine from this web site:nocostnow.info/laptop

Money Well Spent
For what you'd pay for this Compaq V2555US, you get more than what you'd expect from a value-priced laptop.I bought this system to be used as part of a home business and I'm very glad I did.
Great Laptop. Let an expert clear soem things up.
This laptop is very good for its price range. The pros far outweigh the cons. The LCD is one of the best I have seen on any laptop including Apple, it is bright, responsive and the image quality is second to none. mainstream application performance is very good, I upgraded from an Athlon XP 1800+ and there is simply no comparison. The laptop is light yet sturdy, battery life is above average and the onboard GPU is excellent for this price range. Contrary to popular belief the Radeon Xpress 200M is very capable of running all modern games with the settings tweaked for performance. Examples I run Need For Speed Underground at Medium resolution with all of the eye candy turned on except for motion blur and it runs smooth as can be, far better than the Radeon 9000 I had in my old laptop, I have successfully played Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004, Worlds of Warcraft, Quake 3, Need For Speed Underground 2 and all te EA sports titles. This laptop is not designed for gaming gurus but it indeed can play games. I was very surprised at the audio quality and the volume and crispness of the speakers. There are a few cons which I will list below but they are not enough to make me rate the laptop lower.
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Editorial Review

Featuring Intel's mobile Centrino processor, integrated wireless connectivity, and bright 15.4-inch TFT display, the lightweight Compaq Presario x1220us notebook PC offers road warriors a powerful arsenal of the latest computing tools. In addition to the 1.5 GHz Pentium M processor, the x1220us boasts a 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, a combo DVD player/CD writer, and a Secure Digital memory card slot. For a step down in price, the Compaq Presario x1210us offers a smaller hard drive (60 GB) and a DVD player/CD writer combo drive. Read more

Features

• 15.4" WXGA wide view angle (1280x800) display
• Intel Pentium 1.5GHz processor
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition operating system
• 80GB (4200 rpm) enhanced-IDE hard drive
• Combo DVD+R/RW and CD-RW drives

Editorial Review

Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V5105US, designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V5105US weighs only 6.3 pounds and is as thin as 1.32 inches. The widescreen 15.4-inch BrightView display is easily viewable even in direct sunlight and is great for watching DVD movies in their natural aspect ratio. It's powered by a battery efficient 2.0 GHz AMD Sempron 3300+ processor, and also offers a 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, 54g wireless connectivity, ExpressCard 54/34 card slot, an ATI Radeon Xpress 200m graphics card with up to 128 MB of shared video memory, and Windows XP Home edition. Read more

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Bring mobile computing to your life without breaking the bank with the no-nonsense, yet powerful Compaq Presario M2010US notebook PC. It's powered by an Intel Celeron M 350 processor, which provides up to 3 hours of battery life. And you'll be able to work while on the go with the built-in 54g wi-fi LAN with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support. This notebook features a 40 GB hard drive, 256 MB of installed RAM, 15-inch display, and combo DVD/CD-RW drive.Read more

Features

• 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron M processor with 400 MHz system bus
• 256 MB DDR SDRAM (266 MHz,2 GB total expansion), 40 GB hard drive, combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
• Two USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire port, one PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II card
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support (802.11b/g)
• Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2

Reviews (5)

extraordinary for the money
Bought the M2010 from Circuit City about two weeks after it was introduced for $600 after rebates (all of which have come through, I'm glad to say).I felt it was an extraordinary value then and after using it for several months I haven't changed my mind.Although 40gig in on the short side these days, it appears more than adequate, and in any case one should always have an external HD or disc burner for backup (having had 5 HD failers since 1979, I speak from experience.) My immediate upgrade was an additional 512 meg memory.The great weakness of the M2010 is it's 6 cell battery, which will not get you through a 2 hour DVD; a 12 cell is available, but only from HP at $180, about 1/3 the price of the whole computer.

HP makes bad products
HP products are horrible. After about 2 months since purchasing the laptop, something broke and I couldn't use it without the battery in it. So the battery was depleted quickly. Then the power connector on the back went loose, so I had to put up with constant interruptions because I had to always jiggle the power connector in the back for the power to get back on. After a while nothing was working. So I sent it for repair just before the warranty expired. They sent it back and they didn't do anything to fix it. I called customer service again and they told me to send it back. I also purchase a new extended warranty to keep them working on it. I wasted about a month on their incompetence and deception before they called me and said I have to pay for the motherboard because the motherboard is not under warranty. That was the first time I ever heard this. So now I am trying to get the money back for the extended warranty I paid for nothing. Customer service wasn't rude. But the company engages in deceptive practices and makes bad products. Too bad I couldn't give a 0 star.

Very Good Laptop & You Just Can't Beat The Price!
I got this at CompUSA for 500+tax AR. This was bought for my parents, so the majority of the usage will be for web surfing and e-mailing. I also have a Toshiba M35 that i paid over 1800 a year or so ago, the majority of this review will be a comparison between the two, yes i know that it is unfair to put this against that other one, but i was surprised at how this laptop can hld its own. I use the benchmark portion that is in a utility program called batteryeater to give you a reference between the two.
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A multitasking workhorse, the Compaq Presario R3050us notebook PC delivers fast processor speeds and a comfortable amount of memory and storage right out of the box. The R3050us features a 2.8 GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor, 54g built-in wireless LAN, a multi-format memory card reader, 512 MB of installed RAM, and a spacious 60 GB hard drive. It also offers a DVD+RW/+R for writing data and multimedia to DVD as well as a bright 15.4-inch WXGA display. For a step up in price, the Compaq Presario R3070us offers an 80 GB hard drive and faster processor (3.06 GHz). Read more

Features

• Order now for a $50 manufacturer’s mail-in rebate. Click on Help at the top of the page, then on Product Rebates where you can download the rebate form
• 15.4" WXGA wide view angle (1280x800) display
• Mobile Intel Pentium 4, 2.8GHz, 533GHz processor
• 60GB (4200 rpm) enhanced-IDE hard drive
• Combo DVD+R/RW and CD-RW drives

Editorial Review

Take your productivity to the next level wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario R4025US notebook PC. With a powerful AMD Athlon 64-bit processor and large 15.4-inch screen, you'll be able to effortlessly multitask. It also features a strong ATI Radeon Xpress video/graphics card with 128 MB of dedicated video RAM--great for multimedia presentations. It has a Firewire port for connecting an iPod and video camcorders, dual-layer DVD-/+RW drive (which also burns CDs)--wlhich can burn up to 8.5 GB of data to compatible DVDs--and a multi-format memory card reader. The R4010US also offers a large 80 GB hard drive, 1 GBof installed RAM, and 54g wireless connectivity with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support. Read more

Features

• 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor with up to 2000 MHz system bus speed
• 1 GB DDR SDRAM (2 GB maximum), 80 GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD+/-RW and CD-RW combo drive
• Four USB 2.0, one Firewire, PCMICA slot, 6-in-1 memory card reader, PCMCIA slot, VGA port, S-Video out
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support (802.11b/g)
• Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2

Reviews (5)

Average laptop for a good price
I bought my laptop in August of 2004 and it is now March of 2006. I actually bought the R3000 but I hope this review can help others buying laptops (...). I have no idea if HP changed the computer structurally but HP did upgrade the hard drive memory and other smaller features. Buying a laptop was difficult and it is not a task I am looking forward to doing again. It is impossible to balance price and performance along with all the other features in the lower price range that determine weight and battery power. If a buyer wanted the higher end laptop, then there would be less compromise. But then the buyer would probably not be looking at a Presario. After about six months, my touchpad stopped working and my experience with customer service was hellish trying to convince them that the touchpad was in fact a hardware problem. I finally did send the laptop in after numerous hours berating the Indian taskforce. But I have never had a pleasant experience with laptop customer service when it is difficult to prove a hardware problem rather than a software problem. Also, after about a year and a half, my dvd burner stopped burning. I hope HP fixed the DVD setup because its placement is very vulnerable to wear and tear. It was not fun either convincing the service team that my burner did not burner. But, honestly, take the customer service consideration out of the picture because customer service SUCKS at all computer companies.Get the 3 year warranty if you plan on keeping this laptop for more than year. Seriously. Do not mess around. (...). The laptop is very heavy and buy the better battery because the lowerpriced battery can barely sustain the computer for an hour. In fact, if you plan on taking long plane trips and want to use the laptop, this is not the laptop for you although I believe some planes have power outlets now.Do not buy the windows office program. RIPOFF. Get the open source version or scam it from a friend. Basically, if you need perfection in a laptop, invest more money into your laptop. If you can tolerate a good heavy computer with flaws, this is not a bad purchase. But honestly, at this price range, mediocrity is what you will get. Don't expect miracles.

For the guy who said this computer sucks
Maybe you're new to laptops, so here are a few facts.
Good to buy , Ready for programmers
I have bought this computer 4 mounts ago . I am a computer engineer and as my work needs , I loaded a lot of programming tools like IBM Websphere , oracle 9i DB and extra games on it . By the help of 1GByte memory , enough hard drive and , thanks to AMD , Athlon 3200+ CPU , the computer successfully handle all the hard works . And it also goodat gaming .
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Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V4440US, designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V4440US weighs only 6.3 pounds and is as thin as 1.32 inches. The widescreen 15.4-inch BrightView display is easily viewable even in direct sunlight and is great for watching DVD movies in their natural aspect ratio. It's powered by a battery-sipping 1.7 GHz Intel Pentium M (Centrino) 735A processor, and also offers a 100 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual layer support, 54g wireless connectivity, ExpressCard 54/34 card slot, and Windows XP Professional edition. Read more

Reviews (3)

A Very Good Value
Regarding the issue of the touchpad... you CAN turn off the touchpad via the control panel.I use a mouse only and have no problems with accidental touchpad clicks.As for the available hard drive space... there is a recovery partition (Drive D:) which takes up about 10GB.You can delete that partition if you like and add that space to your C: drive.But make sure you create the recovery disks first so that you can restore the computer to factory-shipped condition if you have a hard-disk failure or something.And my DVD drive is not noisy.They all vibrate a little when spinning up to high speed, that's normal.All in all I'm totally satisfied with what I got for the money -- it does everything you could want a laptop to do except high-end 3D games -- but for that you'd have to spend 3 or 4 times as much money.

Great Value - All A Student, Home User or Intermediate Business User Needs
I really am pleased with this value priced computer. Performance wise it beats the top of the line celeron chip notebooks that cost about what I paid. As configured the 4200 rpm hard drive is a little slow but I'm not complaining. The CD/DVD drive is very noisy. The notebook does not run hot even after hours of use. I can actually keep this on my lap. You will know it is in your lap but I do not find it to be uncomfortably or painfully warm.
My First PC notebook....
From the moment I took the notebook out of the box I've had nothing but fun.The set up was easy, I was on line in less than 10 minutes.I've had so much fun with this box, I finally broke down and got rid of my dial up and got wireless DSL.
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Replace your desktop PC with a notebook that rivals it in power. The Compaq Presario X6110US notebook PC offers an extra-large 17-inch display, ATI Mobility Radeon X600 video card with 128 MB of dedicated memory, and a fast, hyper-threaded 3.0 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor. But it's also ready to hit the road with built-in 54g wireless connectivity with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support. The X6110US also features an 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, ExpressCard/54 slot, and multi-format memory card reader. Read more

Features

• 3.0 GHz Hyper-Threaded Intel Pentium 4 processor with 800 MHz system bus and 1 MB L2 cache
• 512 MB DDR SDRAM (two slots for 2 GB maximum), 80 GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD-/+RW drive
• Four USB 2.0 ports, one Firewire port, 6-in-1 memory card reader, ExpressCard/54 slot
• Built-in 10/100/ BASE-T ethernet; 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN with 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support (802.11b/g)
• Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 2

Reviews (6)

Very Nice for the price
I recently bought this computer to use while stationed here in Iraq and i have had little to nop problem with it.It does get a little hot but if you pop down another 40 or so dollars for a fan (Targus chill hub) then you will have no problem.I have been able to play all the top of the liine games on it no problem whatsoever (BF1942, Star Wars Battle Front, Half Life2)
Lew W.
I don't own this computer, but have a Presario 1500 that I need to replace because of overheating/shutdown problems when running more than one program, or very large ones.This is a very frustrating problem that can cause you to loose all unsaved work when it happens.The CD burner has also quit working.This is my second Compaq computer and I plan to try a differnt brand soon to see if the quality is better.

Regarding heat sink problem.
I don't own this notebook but I own a presario 1525 model.
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Editorial Review

Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V2110US, designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V2110US weighs only 5.25 pounds and is as thin as 1.29 inches. It's powered by a power-saving 1.3 GHz Intel Celeron M processor, and also offers a 40 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, a 14-inch LCD, DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, and 54g wireless connectivity. For a more powerful Pentium M processor, 60 GB hard drive, DVD+/-RW burner, and Firewire capability, see the Compaq V2140US.