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(More customer reviews)Compaq Presario 2100US Notebook PC is not top of the line notebook but it's not bad at all. For the price it's a very good value for money (Mail-in Rebate + Free external floppy drive from HPShopping.com after mail-in rebate). I did comparison-shopping between multiple Compaq Presario's and Toshiba Satellite's and went with this one because of the following:
PROS:
1. Reasonable Configuration
1.1) Intel Celeron (1.6 GHz) is not a bad processor. In today's race for 2.4+ Pentium P4s you have to pay at least two hundred bucks more just to acquire a better processor. In my opinion, it's not worth the price unless your needs are business-critical.
1.2) 256MB DDR SDRAM is good enough to start with; 512 would be better. Anyway, it's expandable to 1 GB, so when the memory prices drop, upgrade it!
1.3) A 14.1-in XGA TFT display screen is not too small when compared with 15"
1.4) 30GB enhanced-IDE hard disk drive, a DVD+CD-RW combo drive. Video Graphics Card and sound-quality are OK
1.5) An integrated 56K modem and 10/100 Ethernet network card etc.
2. Good Looks
- I like it's light-gray looks
CONS
1. Touch pad mouse is not friendly at all. Other brands offer better precision.
2. Pre-installed CD burner software cannot burn Data CD's - it presents options for music CD's etc. I still need to install some other software's and play with them to burn Data CD's
3. Some people may find cooling-fan and hard-disk a little noisy & annoying - Being a computer professional I'm OK with those
4. Tons of useless software is preinstalled for you that you may not use in your life. Many software's will ask you to buy their full versions for enhanced-features.
Many people buy bigger & better machines that they don't really need. If 2100US fits your requirements then it's a good buy for its competitive price!
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