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Summary: Great
Review: At first I was a little skeptical of Compaw, but my fears was soon relieved. My old computer was an HP, and i hated all other manufacturers, but I decided to give Compaq a chance since HP does own them. Also, the price was great, only 599 at Circut City.The computer was easy to setup, less than 5 minutes. This computer is really fast, even though it has a hard drive of 7200 rpm. The intergrated Geforce 2 graphics card is great for the time being, but I will probably upgrade to a Nvidia Geforce4 Ti 4200. The 256mb DDR SDRAM is a ok amount of memory. The computer only uses about 170 mb. The only exception is that the intergrated graphics take up 32mb, leaving the CPU with 224mb. Speaking of the CPU, which is 1600+ (1.4ghz), it is comparable to a Pentium 4 1.8 ghz because it has more operations per cycle. You are paying up to 500 dollars less than a Pentium 4. The sound card is also another great feature of this computer. Soundmax Integrated Audio is great. I have powerful 4.1 speakers and it sounds better than my old computer which had a Soundblaster Live card. The CD-RW drive is ultra fast (24x max). I have yet to test its DVD ability. I probably will do that soon. I have so far experienced no problems. Although I did caught a few viruses from transfering stuff from my old computer. Norton's Virus Scan immediatly picked it up and repaired it. The software installed is great. You get Roxio's Easy CD creator, Windows Media 8.0, and many games. Its enough to keep u busy for a while. Overall this computer is great. I highly recommend it. I got to go and play me some Max Payne right now, so go by this computer!
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Summary: Bang for the Buck !
Review: Bought this system a few weeks ago, and I have to admit it is a smooth running box. Burnt a CD today, in less than 3 minutes. playing the newest titles with not a hitch, Jedi Outcast, Wolfenstein, even Head to Head with my son via our LAN. very feature packed, and a very clean system. I was leary of the AMD Chip, but those fears were put to rest. preforms very fast. I bought my other half a new P4 system, that is comparable, but mine will out perform that one. It is a Choice that you have to decide, but will tell you this, i am very satisfied with it, Also check compaq.com to see about a rebate on the purchase.
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Summary: So-so
Review: I bought this to replace an old Dell which was beyond it's time. The price was right but the quality isn't the greatest. The power supply died the first week I had it. Not a big deal but I could have done without the hassle. Next time I think I will either go with Dell, Gateway or maybe HP. If you are looking for a bargian and don't mind technical problems then this is probably a good deal for you.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: I have noticed 100% faster from my older computer Pentium4 1.3Ghz. Internet plays ultra fast! Especially download files. Not too mention the biggest and fastest hard rive I found it from Compaq . Looks like nothing is missing here, DVD and Burners works like a champ, without and small slowdowns. What I like the most is extremely fast CPU with QuantiSpeed Architecture(more operations per cycle, ultra fast!) DDR memory! Athlon XP is highly popular now among PC magazines and Window XP, it won more awards from Pentium 4!!! Softwares are very easy for making music, and Pinacle Studio is really nice too, I can finally make my own video movies from my digital camera on the computer, it is very simple to use. I have been using this powerful machine for a week now, and I did not experienced and thing funny with this system.(This is my 4Th upgraded since 95) I love Compaq with Athlon XP 1600+ highly recommend this system for people who want best performance money can buy! Very nice package from Compaq , for sure you will not be disappointed. Thank you for such a great product!!
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Summary: my computer
Review: i love this computer! i bought it in may of 02' and i am absolutely
satisfied with it! this is a computer i would reccomend anyone! i believe it is one of the best in its class (and with upgrades like 512 mb of ram instead of 256 mb;and 2100 processer instead of 1600..i believe it is top of the line) in short-this computer is worth your while!
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Summary: Okay speed but loud!
Review: I've had this PC for about three weeks and so far its been good and bad. The good part is it is much faster than my old K6 but much slower than my brother's Gateway 2GHz P4. He had it over the other day for some head to head gaming and his screamed at higher settings. Mine cost less though!!! And so far all but the newest games run great. I did notice the new Castle Wolfenstein was a little choppy, but I have so many older games I have been ithcing to play I don't mind. For [more money] I can buy a new video card and play anything I want. The other thing is the noise! This thing is loud! I could hardly hear my brother's P4 but my fan on my Compaq is a persistent loud hum. I have taken to turning on music in the background to drown it out. I called Compaq to see if I needed a new fan and the guy told me it was normal. Funny they didn't mention it in the add!
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Summary: Display/Network Woes Presario 6010us
Review: Picked it up about a year ago, and it worked ok. However, when upgraded memory with PNY pc2100 512mb x 2 dimms, the computer has random lockups, video degradation and just generally unstable performance. Freezes playing dvd - and before that has a lot of random horizontal lines going all over the screen, spontaneously reboots while downloading from the internet via the network connection. Memory has been tested and is known good. Motherboard and hard drive were replaced at an authorized facility and still the same results. I think it's the MSI's realization of NForce chipset, and I may be SOL. Definitely annoying and unworkable. Support is difficult to get and wastes a lot of your time before getting you permission to ship to a repair facility. So, stay away :)
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Summary: Display/Network Woes Presario 6010us
Review: Picked it up about a year ago, and it worked ok. However, when upgraded memory with PNY pc2100 512mb x 2 dimms, the computer has random lockups, video degradation and just generally unstable performance. Freezes playing dvd - and before that has a lot of random horizontal lines going all over the screen, spontaneously reboots while downloading from the internet via the network connection. Memory has been tested and is known good. Motherboard and hard drive were replaced at an authorized facility and still the same results. I think it's the MSI's realization of NForce chipset, and I may be SOL. Definitely annoying and unworkable. Support is difficult to get and wastes a lot of your time before getting you permission to ship to a repair facility. So, stay away :)
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Summary: A Great PC at a Great Price-
Review: This computer is easy to set up and has plenty of speeed. We upgraded from an older 200 MHz AMD K6 also by Compaq and I find this machine super fast. We paired it up with a cable modem and surfing the web is super fast. I can also e-mail large word files and templates, which took forever on my previous computer, with lightening fast speed. We paired ours up with a matching FS7550 flat screen monitor and it looks great. Ours came with the standard 1 year of technical support for hardware etc and 90 days technical support for software, but you can call Compaq and upgrade the technical support on software for another year for a little over $50. I would highly recommend this machine to anyone who's looking to upgrade.
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Summary: Compaq Hit Again!
Review: With this new offer by Compaq, we are met with a new yet affordable way of obtaining a fully functional and operational PC at a reasonable price. Featuring a powerful AMD microprocessor, its performance is way beyond expected. But perhaps Compaq's best initiative is to sell it alone, so that we can choose between keeping our old monitor, or buying the one we really want. As usual, the case design looks pretty attractive, which makes it possible for us to identify the product with its brand. We can but say that Compaq did it again!
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