Compaq Presario 1520US Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive)

by Compaq

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 10.5 x 1.5 inches ; 7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LU7D
• Item model number: 470047-344
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 13, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Looking for a high-end portable computer with all the trimmings, one that will zip through any type of productivity application or entertainment software? The Compaq Presario 1520US notebook PC is sure to satisfy your appetite for elegant, high-performance portable computing.

A 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor will rocket through a wide range of productivity applications, games, DVDs, and digital music. A built-in combination DVD/CD-RW drive lets 1520US users view movies and listen to and create music CDs through the integrated JBL Pro Performance Audio with Bass Reflex speakers.

A 40 GB hard drive provides voluminous storage for data and music downloads, while 512 MB of memory--expandable to 1 GB--plus 512 KB of on-chip L2 cache run multiple applications smoothly. An ATI Radeon IGP integrated graphics card and 32 MB of shared video memory deliver high-resolution images of up to 1,024 x 768 on the 1520US’s integrated 15-inch TFT XGA display or up to 1,600 x 1,200 noninterlaced on an external monitor.

The 1.5-by-12.9-by-10.5-inch, 7-pound notebook includes an integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet port and 56K V.92 PCI modem. Expansion slots include one Type I/II PC Card slot with support for a 32-bit CardBus. The 1520US also includes two USB 1.1 ports, a FireWire digital video port, a parallel SPP/ECP interface (DB25 connector), a port replicator connector, a PS2 mouse or keyboard port, an RJ-45 Ethernet jack and RJ-11 modem jack, an S-video TV-out port, and an external VGA monitor port.

Installed software includes Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Works 6.0, Microsoft Money 2001, Microsoft Encarta Online Deluxe Encyclopedia (one-year subscription), InterVideo WinDVD, and Norton AntiVirus 2002 on CD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost ideal., November 10, 2002

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Rheumor (New Orelans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compaq Presario 1520US Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

The HP 1500 series is similar to the 900 series, though this higher end line uses the far superior Intel Pentium 4 chip as its CPU. The 1520 looks great, though it weighs in a little heavy at 7 lbs. The HP genes are apparent in its design and the result is pleasing. The CPU is a potent 1.8 GHz P4, capable of almost any graphics intense task. System memory is provided by a very fast 512 megs of DDRAM. The hard drive is a generous 40 gigs. A DVD/CD-R/W combination drive is included. All the Compaq's connections are in the right place, though missing throughout the entire 15xx line is any USB 2.0 port. However, there are FireWire ports available, and these are quite fast for peripherals that are IEEE-1394 compliant (though it appears that USB 2.0 will be the winning technology in the high-speed peripheral connection protocol battle). The video card is an adequate ATI 32 megs (unfortunately, this is shared memory, not dedicated to video alone) driving a very sharp 15" active matrix display. (I am a fan of ATI graphics cards because they have been quite reliable over the long haul and because upgrading them from ATI's nice website is a snap. However, this machine should have been given 32 or 64 megs of *dedicated* video RAM) Overall, this is a very good machine that would be a great machine were it equipped with onboard USB 2.0 ports, a little beefier video memory, and were it to weight a pound or so less. Nonetheless, it's a winner made by a company that looks like it's here to stay.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Notebook, February 19, 2003

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"r_shahriari" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq Presario 1520US Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

This product is really great. It has everything embeded in it. Very convenient to use. It has all new technologies (depending on the version you but) Firewire, USB 2.0. Good ammount of hard drive (40G) and main memory (512) and 32M dedicated graphic memory. Great for games, programming and anything I can imagine. Good battery life (almost 2.5 hours) and no over heating (among all the previous notebooks I have used this is the only one which is not hot after several hours. It really has good perfomance. I am using it for .Net programming, Photoshop graphic generating and gaming :) It also has SVideo which is with good quality. And well DVD/CDRW combo and disk. It really has everything. good design for keyboard and mouse (horizontal and vertical scrollers)
The only thing which might be improved on this notebook is the monitor which has the maximum resolution of 1024*768 and just another mode 800*... (but thats for all XVGAs)... also it's a little heavy (7.5 pounds) . But I definitely recommend it... Thanks to compaq

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good buy, December 11, 2002

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"stosh_in" (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compaq Presario 1520US Laptop (1.8 GHz Pentium 4, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)

The configuration is great, especially for desktop replacement since it is a little on the heavy side and the battrey life is not good enough.

Upside:

Great performance for entertainment and games

Great layout of all ports and drives a separate button to scroll comes in handy for browsing

Comes with USB 2.0 and 1394 for digital video.

JBL Speakers are great for their size.

Down Side:

Heavy not very protable.

Battrey life is low

Display lets you down especially when you consider all the other cool features on the PC. The resolution is not great and fudges small size fonts.

Overall a good buy