Customer Reviews

Compaq Presario CQ56-110US 15.6-Inch Laptop PC - Up to 4.15 Hours of Battery Life (Black)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I cant believe how inexpensive this laptop was and how fast it works. It also has a webcam I was unaware of. Its a awesome laptop for the money.

You could say many thing about this laptop that COMPAQ has made and it could be all great thinks . This laptop (CQ56-110US) is for my 16 yr. old and I do believe that he is going tolove this four Christmas . FAST, BRIGHT, NICE SIZE SCREEN big then I thought it would be for someone his age. Deliver was as Amazon said it would be today 12-10-10 ,I am working wiTh it know . Adjusting to the keyboard but other than that it is fine . Great piece of work for the price 359.99 . 5 stars for everything about this computer he's going to love it . Compaq is on the job and right on target . ( there is no webcam but so what). If it had more RAM this think would catch on fire (a joke) need to be 4 GB. or more.

THANKS AMAZON !

I bought this laptop at best buy after reviewing it against Toshiba. It has alot more features for less money, and toying around with it, it was easy to maneuver,with fast uploads.

The only thing I personally have is that the click button below the touch pad is hard to push, but I'm used to macbook. Ha!

This is a present for my stepkids, and I'm sure it will do them well.

Overall this is a great little computer (purchased for my junior high age child). But Amazon indicates this model has a built-in webcam. That is dead wrong. I don't think I will return it for this simple fact, but the product features need to be updated.

I bought my CQ56 a year ago at Best Buy on sale for a super price of $279! Dumb luck! I was there with another computer that had quit. They told me what it would cost to diagnose (about $90 if I recall correctly) and, naturally, that they couldn't possibly guess what it would cost to fix. Seemed to me it would be wise to buy another low-cost laptop. Got this wireless beauty (the other one wasn't wireless) and it has been all I could ask for!

Please do not waste your money on this completely worthless piece of crap. It barely has enough memory to run a browser and paint, and quite often I cannot even watch a streaming movie when nothing else is open and my internet is at full speed. Sometimes if I right click to save a picture, it takes literally 10 seconds for the dialog box to open. And it was like this from the time I got it.

By the way, let's not forget the mouse pad. You have to use actual strength to push down on the pad in order to click something. It's the worst design I have ever seen. Forget about highlighting anything because you won't have the finger strength.

Poor design, poor quality, unbelievably slow and worthless. You'd be much better off buying a basic netbook at Target or Walmart because they will run much faster than this.

P.S. - Many people received this (like me) as part of a class action lawsuit against NVIDIA as a settlement. Choosing cash was not an option. So I received this to replace an HP laptop ($1400 in 2007). What a joke. Nice to know what you think of your customers.

Do not get this laptop if you want a working dvd drive!!! I keep having to completely wipe my laptop to get the dvd drive to work only to have it stop working after another week. Apparently HP's are notorious for this, you think HP would fix it and stop installing crap dvd drives in all their computers. Is it really so much to ask that what you pay for will work correctly! At first, after a week, the dvd drive would say that word perfect starter(free word) click-to-something had locked the drive, basically taken it over. I finally broke down and bought word perfect for $100! hoping it would stop taking over the drive, and now the dvd drive says my epson printer has taken it over and a dvd drive doesn't register!!!! I am so furious! I am NEVER getting another HP ever again! Don't waste your money.

Yes, this is a cheap laptop. For someone looking to just get online and/or run some basic Office apps, this will be fine. But be prepared for a very slow experience. The technical specs on this thing make it sound better than it really is. The CQ56 is a slow machine. Even opening basic items like the Control Panel can take way too long. It's hard to know exactly where the bottleneck is. The HP bloatware installed on the machine definitely doesn't help. The built-in programs are constantly monitoring the wireless connection, trying to "tune-up" the machine, etc; all things that Windows is more than capable of doing on its own. Wiping the hard drive and starting with a fresh Windows install would probably help a lot. Or just spend a little bit more for something that won't be as frustrating to use on a daily basis.

Some info from the "Windows Experience Index"
Processor: 4.3
RAM: 5.5
Graphics: 4.1
Gaming Graphics: 5.3
Hard Drive: 5.8

If you are looking for a laptop computer that has hundreds of GBs of space, you might want to consider the compaq CQ56. It is available at your local Wal-mart and of course the best on-line shopping experience site Amazon for well under $400. I love this computer very much. I wish it had a built in Webcam, although I don't care much for one. Super fast speeds. Please remember to download Google Chrome for faster internet speeds.

I'll make it short:

Good: Good battery life, convenient keys for quick access to calculator, DVD software, email, internet, etc., can handle most programs with ease and speed

Bad: No webcam, processor can't handle many games, no slot for memory cards (memory cards as in the Sandisk cards that one would put in a digital camera)

Bottom line: Good laptop for the price, worth it if you're not into gaming