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Summary: Great Notebook!
Review: Don't know why people complain, I have been using thie notebook for 2 months now.
I have not seen any problems.
super price , DVD playback is great.
I would buy it again
Rating: 
Summary: Don't buy
Review: Good price but complete waste. Over heats really bad, pixel went out within 3 weeks, Compaq's tech support knows less than me ( and that is sad) and left me on hold forever. Thank GOD circuit city let me return the piece of [junk] and buy an HP ze 5170. Much better computer--lot more money but worth the peice of mind. I will NEVER buy Compaq again!!
Rating:
Summary: Don't buy
Review: Good price but complete waste. Over heats really bad, pixel went out within 3 weeks, Compaq's tech support knows less than me ( and that is sad) and left me on hold forever. Thank GOD circuit city let me return the piece of [junk] and buy an HP ze 5170. Much better computer--lot more money but worth the peice of mind. I will NEVER buy Compaq again!!
Rating: 
Summary: Misfire
Review: I bought this computer without doing my homework and have come to regret it. It is very attractive and does it's job reasonably well for the price. I dislike having to remove the os (who wants xp?) but that is par for the course. However support from compaq is almost non-existent:No battery available
No docking station available
No memory upgrade available If I am at home I want to use my desktop peripherals. If I am away I *need* long battery life. If I can have neither why do I own the computer?
Rating: 
Summary: Low Cost Laptop, reasonable performance
Review: I have had my 720us laptop for about 15 months and have had very little trouble with it. The battery is somewhat limited to about 2 hours max, and it does get warm on the bottom, but not nearly warm enough to melt the case, etc. as I saw on anothers post. I have had no maintenance problems with it, no overheating, no shutting down (unless the battery is weak)and I have had it running on AC for days at a time over the weekend, and I use the battery almost daily through the week, in the car. All in all, I am satisfied with this computer that only cost me about $900 after rebates, and would buy it again.
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Summary: I am disappointed with compaq
Review: I obtained a compaq presario 720us and have had no rest since buying it. It constantly shuts off(i think there is a fundamental hardware problem), the battery lifespan is very short, it overheats(should not be called a laptop but burntop)and to make matters worse, it has crashed and i cant get a reasonable restore advice except to re-install. Unfortunately, i am far away from where i bought it in the US and can't return it!!!
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Summary: A very good deal for the price
Review: I shopped and finally settled on this because I was not looking
for the top of the line notebook but one that can do the job
adequately for a reasonable price. I use this computer for
three main functions and it does all three well.
I use it for web_surfing at home and it does that well on
11 MPS wireless connection that is finally connected to a DSL line.
I use it for accessing work computers through VPN and it does
that well. I have not noticed any difference in speed between
this computer and my desktop which has 1.5 Celeron processor.
I use it for burning CDs.obviously it does that well too.
If you are not a power user and you are looking for functionality
and mobility and you do not want to spend a lot of money this is the computer for you.
It does get hot if you put it on your lap.
Rating:
Summary: Be prepared for a nightmare!
Review: I would recommend investing your money in a case of dead fish before purchasing this item. Having experienced multiple problems from the mouse not functioning to constant disk lock up, I've gone through 3 Presario 720s on the same purchase. Moreover, Compaq tech support is rude, ill-informed, and is more than willing to keep consumers on hold for lengthy periods of time. Never again will I put a penny into Compaq.
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Summary: Don't be fooled!
Review: Just wanted to point out that while this is supposed to be a description of the Compaq 720US, the editorial review above is for the 722US model--obviously, not the same computer! The 3-star rating was only because I couldn't post this without rating it; I don't actually know how it performs.
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Summary: Slow and hot
Review: Man I thought a 1GHz CPU would rock but this thing is slower than my desktop 800MHz. The bottom of the laptop gets really hot too! I also found out that the memory is only SDRAM which runs at half the speed of my desktop DDR. There are laptops with DDR but this isn't one of them. The graphics chip is a Pro Savage, which I found out is bottom of the line stuff. Apparently a ATI or Nvidia graphics chip is the only way to go. I should have looked around more before I bought this but I thought Compaq was a safe bet. Do yourself a favor and pass on this one - there are better notebooks for your money.
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