Compaq Presario V2410US 14" Laptop (AMD Turion 64 Processor ML-30, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive) | List Price: $1,287.00
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Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Notebook with widescreen 14-inch screen and 1.6 GHz Mobile AMD Turion 64 ML-30 processor (512 KB L2 cache)
- 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM (2 GB max), multi-format DVD/CD burner with dual-layer support
- Three USB 2.0, one Firewire, 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
Noisy [Posted on 2007-03-02]
I have had mine for a year and in that year, I have had to replace the hard drive, the card reader went out and the fan is so noisy.
Sent it back to HP for repair and the card reader still doesn't work, the fan is as noisy as ever.
I have enjoyed the computer, but it should not fall apart so soon. Sorry, no more compaq's, it's apple from now on.
I Like It [Posted on 2007-03-13]
I bought this computer refurbished and I got it and the CD/DVD drive only worked when I turned it on it's side and then only sometimes, so I had to get that replaced. Now it runs alright, it doesn't run Age of Empires III and that makes me sad.
NEVER BUY THIS OR ANY HP LAPTOP [Posted on 2007-08-20]
I purchased this laptop in March 2007. In less than two weeks time it crashed. After many hours on the phone with tech people in another part of the world, who were unable to fix it, HP told me to send it back to them, which I did. It was restored to factory, I lost everything, and started again. Approximately 3 weeks ago it crashed again. I spent more than 10 hours on the phone with HP tech people in another part of the world, who were unable to fix it. Again they told me to send it back. I stated that at this point I could never trust it again, and I wanted either a new laptop, or my money back. They will not give me an answer beyond that they do not replace the laptop after the first 15 days. I can pretty much guess this laptop will never make it past the warranty, and I'll keep losing everything, at this point. I keep writing e-mails, and calling, and they keep promising someone will call me within 24 hours. No-one does. Not only am I asking (I think reasonably so) for my money back or a new laptop-but also that the warrant time be tolled, since I am completely without a working laptop. They keep playing these games. I even contacted US National headquarters in Palo Alto California by fax and phone. This customer service man from that office acknowledged to me that he has a Mac at home (which is my primary computer-but not one I can use for work training purposes). He told me there was nothing he could do, but that those who could provide an answer would contact me within 24 hours. Of course, again, that was another lie. I would NEVER EVER buy this product or any other HP laptop. They clearly are unethical and could care less about their customers. I don't want anyone else to be hurt.
2 years and still kicking [Posted on 2007-09-03]
I had this notebook for close to 2 years. I use it only a few times a month. I mostly use it when I travel on business or pleasure and on occasion I will use it to surf the web while sitting in the dining room or on my deck. It's much slower than the 2 newer desktop systems I have so I'm looking to update the memory and CPU. But it's a great little workhorse and I never had any issues with it. It plays DVDs very nicely and the wifi works great. The only complaint is that the battery doesn't last very long. I'll probably get a second battery which is something I have considered but never got around to doing.
~eddie
Been good 2 me [Posted on 2007-09-24]
I'm perplexed by the poor reviews that this laptop has received as I have found it to be very good. I have carried it all over the country and thrown in into hundreds of overhead storage bins and rental cars and it has never failed me. I don't recall what it came with for memory but I almost immediately replaced what it had with 2gb. I'm not a gamer so my computing needs are modest. I do some photo editing, word processing, spreadsheets and lots of email/web browsing - seemed to work fine for these past two years. It does have a few flaws - very low volume through the external speakers, fairly loud cd/dvd drive and only about an hour's worth of battery life. The bottom also gets quite hot.
All in all though, I've been pleased with its reliability and performance.
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