The Compaq Presario F700 is a laptop with big bang for the amount of money you spend. The F700 comes with over 1 GIG of RAM , dual core Athlon 64 X2 proccesor running at about 3500 + GHZ , 100+ GB hard drive and a Nvidia Geforce 6 go with 256 MB of video ram ! From first starting the Compaq Presario F700 you can tell this laptop is stable and fast, even with Vista.
Vista itself has worked great with all my programs besides some music software like old versions of Cubase, but everything else has gone off without a hitch. Really the only thing I wish it came with was a 12 cell battery but for 500 $ you can’t get the world, but you get damn close.
Compaq’s software is really handy to do total system checks and make sure you computer stays up to date even for “newbies” , then with a free year with Norton’s Anti Virus and Firewall the internet is safe also.
The 15 inch widescreen monitor is great , crisp and clear. Wifi on the Compaq Presario F700 is stable and fast , even at local coffee shops I get about 300/KBS which is great for a public connection. The Compaq Presario F700 also comes with a handy dandy DVD RW disk drive to store all your files and programs and is very easy to use with the Vista operation system.
The total system spec is …
AMD Processor Class:Athlon 64 X2 Processor w/ 1.8 GHz Processor Speed:
1.6 GHz Mobile Front Side Bus
L2 Cache Size:512 KB
DDR2-SDRAM Installed Memory:1 GB Maximum Memory 2 GB Memory Slots Total ( Comes with X2 512 MB sticks of RAM )
Total Hard Drive Capacity:120 GB Drive Controllers:SATA-150 Rotational Speed:5400 RPM
Optical Drives:LightScribe Double Layer DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Drive:
Overall this is a great machine for the money and I was let down by only one thing , the ram. I sorta did not like how they give you 2 sticks of 512 ram besides just giving you a 1 GB stick but overall that is a minor mistake. If you want a nice mobile laptop and don’t want to brake the bank doing so, this is your machine. It also makes a great Christmas gift to a loved one.
If you are buying this machine for yourself or as a gift you might want to consider a few extra goodies to go with it. First off you want to protect your investment so you might want to pick up a mobile case for your new laptop to protect it when you bring it out of your house.
Another great add on is a USB laser mouse, I find they are the most accurate mouse for your money and can be very affordable now these days, a non wireless laser mouse can be found for about 10 – 15 dollars. If you like to listen to loud music you may also want to get a pair of external speakers , the internal are great for a laptop but can’t touch the sound of real external speakers.
Anyone who would wants a mid range system for a low range system price , look no more.
