Compaq Presario C504US 15.4" Laptop (Celeron M Processor 440, 512 MB RAM, 100 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Basic) | List Price: $914.00
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Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Personal Computers
Release Date: 2007-01-30
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Affordable, reliable business notebook with 1.86 GHz Intel Celeron M 440 processor
- 100 GB hard drive, 512 MB installed RAM (2 GB max), DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
- Connectivity: 2 USB, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 headphone, 1 microphone
- 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, Intel GMA 950 video card with up to 64 MB shared memory
- Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic
Nice basic computer with some added memory.... [Posted on 2007-03-29]
I have owned one of these for about a month now. I have been pleasantly surprised by the computer so far. I wanted a basic notebook with a good size hard drive. This computer has a 100gb hard drive, which is quite spacious for one in this price range. I was a little bit leery about the Celeron M processir, but this one runs at 1.86 ghz, it seemed noticeably faster to me than some of the lower Celeron M computers I have tried out. The computer comes with 512 mb of memory. The person at the store advised me to add another 512 mb. Boy was he right on the money !! The difference in performance is significant, especially for the $60 the extra memory cost me. It makes the difference between Windows Vista Basic being rather pokey and having it run at what I consider an acceptable level.
The battery life is acceptable I think, but not spectacular. I've gotten just shy of 3 hours battery life with the battery supplied. The screen is nice and bright on this computer for one in this price range. And the sound is pretty acceptable thru the built-in speakers (it could be a bit louder, but sound quality is pretty good.) I think this laptop would be a good investment for a college student that doesn't want to pay an arm and a leg for a new laptop, or for someone on a limited budget. I am happy with mine, and I think it is a good value for the price.
IF YOU ENJOY AGGRAVATION, PURCHASE THIS LAPTOP [Posted on 2007-09-14]
Poor/sluggish performance even after upgrading memory to 2GB.
Takes quite a bit of time to boot up/down.
Does not respond well to automatic Windows updates
DO NOT TRY TO UPGRADE TO WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM!! I tried and the computer is completely unusable! Common/expected functionality non-existant! HP Support not available after upgrade!
Nice laptop [Posted on 2008-03-21]
Dear Review,
Nice laptop for a student like me. I did understand that I needed a memory enhancement. However, I did not not understand that it didn't have Microsoft Office. But that is OK. For the price it was a bargain.And the best thing is I could get it myself on credit.
Sincerely,
Catherine Jarvis
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