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Rusti said:
The Compaq Presario CQ60-210US is a very nice, feature rich laptop for home or student use. I was truely impressed with ease of setup, which took about 15 minutes from opening the box and connecting the battery.
This is a rather large laptop and it is somewhat heavy, but not unreasonably so. Here are my observations:
* Large 15.6″ screen is very sharp
* Keyboard includes a numeric keypad
* Good sized Hard Drive
* DL DVD RW
* Fast Processor (beats the heck out of my old ACER)
* Lots of RAM (expandable to 4GB)
* 3 USB ports
* Built in Wi-Fi support
* Built in Eathernet
* Built in Modem (but why?
* Built in 5-1 Memory Card reader
Note that this laptop does not have any card expansion slots! This isn’t a problem for me, but might be an issue for those wanting to add Firewire or other non-included (like DV) support.
The system scored a respectable 3.8 on the Windows performance scale, which is fairly good for a laptop.
Overall, I am very pleased with Presario CQ60-210US! Highly Recommended!
# 25 July 2009 at 4:05 pm

Zulu said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very good product!
I purchased the Compaq Presario CQ60-21OUS 15.6 Inch Laptop for my wife as we are full time RVers and don’t have room for desk top machines.
# 25 July 2009 at 4:41 pm

Abie said:
4.0 out of 5 stars
not happy with battery
I bought a brand new Compaq Presario CQ60 in June 2009 from Best Buy. The overall performance is good. Only the battery is below average.
# 25 July 2009 at 6:15 pm

Gisli said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Product!
All in this product is excellent!
Excellent performance. Excellent features. Excellent look and feel. Very comfortable keyboard (with 101-keys) and pointing device.
# 25 July 2009 at 7:55 pm

Galeno said:
This was a replacement laptop for a 2 yr old compaq and is a much better machine. It is large for a laptop, has a great screen, and has given me no problems. I loaded 2007 Office Suite on this. It is a very fast machine. Shipping from Amazon was quick and easy. I later found the same machine at the same price at a local Staples but since Amazon did not charge for shipping I came out the same. Look through the laptop literature carefully – there is reference to an extended accidental damage warranty that can be purchased online for slightly over $100 a year. It is a good idea if the laptop is going to travel around or be used by a younger person. You can make restore disks one time – it takes 3 DVDs or about 17 CDs. Best to do this right away after purchase and store in a safe place. If I had done that last time I might have been able to save my previous laptop. It will take about an hour and well worth the trouble.
# 25 July 2009 at 8:39 pm

Anonymous said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great bang for the buck
I admit this is my first laptop bought over the Internet. I usually like to kick the tires. But Amazon made this a great buying experience — And the laptop is and preforms as…
# 26 July 2009 at 1:26 am

Halden said:
My problems with this laptop:
1) it uses the intel graphics adapter. Yes, this laptop like all entry level laptops, was not really meant for gaming but lets face it, with today’s technology, all entry level laptops can in fact play any game except for those out in the last year, when given enough of the associated resources. Why does it not have the nvidia mobile video like its sister machines.
2) advertising is suspect (putting it nicely); notice how the description says “ready for tomorrow’s 64-bit applications” yet in typical stupidity, it is sold with the 32-bit version of Vista. How are you supposed to run 64-bit apps like the add says, if you only have a 32-bit O/S? You can’t.
3) only comes with 2gb of memory. Hey, the max is four. How much more can it really cost to add the extra 2GB? Not much, memory is cheap today. Having 4GB vs 2GB makes all the difference in running VISTA. Vista is a nice snappy O/S, as long as you have enough memory.
4) no hdmi out port. I am OK with this I guess; not an issue if you are never hooking it to another monitor or tv. It is after all an entry leve laptop.
So in the end, another could have been. Stick with the 212-us sister machine, it is the same machine (2.0GHz cpu) but has the 64-bit O/S and 4GB of memory and 8200m video.
Hail Flavius
# 26 July 2009 at 4:20 am

Henley said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Laptop!
This is a great laptop!!! Its 2GB RAM memory makes it fast. The price is VERY reasenoble for this laptop.
# 26 July 2009 at 5:09 am

Winnie said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Laptop
This Compaq CQ60-210US is a great laptop for about $399 (elsewhere) on Sale. The monitor seems huge with great quality, it boots up fast and is speedy on processing.
# 26 July 2009 at 6:42 am

Bisma said:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Product
I bought this product for private use and it is very perfect for me. At that price for that quality, you cannot ask for more. Thank you amazon for a great service.
# 26 July 2009 at 7:25 am

Jennifer said:
4.0 out of 5 stars
CQ60 PRESARIO ALMOST PERFECT
I received my laptop the exact day Amazon said I would. I love it and have found little to complain about.
# 26 July 2009 at 10:19 am

Irene said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excelent laptop for the price
I Bought this laptop primarily for programming, and occasionally converting videos from one format to another, besides the usual stuff, like browsing the internet and minor…
# 26 July 2009 at 10:46 am

Falan said:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great BANG for the BUCK!
I won’t restate what have already been covered. If you are looking for an inexpensive laptop that covers all the basic plus some, this is it.
# 26 July 2009 at 10:52 am

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