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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good value but NOISY
I've had this laptop for over two years now, and still use it every day. It was pretty inexpensive (less than $1k in June 2005) and has great specs. It survived a drop with no ill effects. One problem I encountered with it was a bearing on a fan dying after the first few months of ownership, but that was covered under warranty. However, after I had the fan...
Published on August 25, 2007 by aek03002
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Powerful Lemon
Yes, it's a powerful piece of machinery for the price. Video editing, AutoCAD, basic Mental Ray renders in Alias Maya, high-demand games: this computer could do it. Then, three months out of the box, the display went dead. Poof! The nice man at tech support told me I'd have to ship it to the States (I'm in the UK on business for five months) to get it serviced...
Published on November 2, 2005 by Est Decay Productions
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Powerful Lemon,
This review is from: Compaq Presario R4010US 15.4" Laptop (Mobile AMD Sempron 3200+, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) (Personal Computers)
Yes, it's a powerful piece of machinery for the price. Video editing, AutoCAD, basic Mental Ray renders in Alias Maya, high-demand games: this computer could do it. Then, three months out of the box, the display went dead. Poof! The nice man at tech support told me I'd have to ship it to the States (I'm in the UK on business for five months) to get it serviced. Great! Shortly after that conversation, the main fan started rattling. So now I have a heavy, very noisy laptop connected to a monitor. Desktop replacement indeed.Seriously, this thing can do what you want it to do: it's beefy. The Cool and Quiet Technology is interesting to see in operation. But it feels cheeply made. The plastic body seems ready to crack at any moment. Good computing for the price, but poorly executed. Tethered to a monitor, unable to bring the computer to meetings and such, I can't help but regret the purchase.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good value but NOISY,
By aek03002 (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Compaq Presario R4010US 15.4" Laptop (Mobile AMD Sempron 3200+, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) (Personal Computers)
I've had this laptop for over two years now, and still use it every day. It was pretty inexpensive (less than $1k in June 2005) and has great specs. It survived a drop with no ill effects.One problem I encountered with it was a bearing on a fan dying after the first few months of ownership, but that was covered under warranty. However, after I had the fan fixed it was never as quiet as when I got it. The fan never seems to shut off. And color rendering is pretty inaccurate. It always had a blue cast no matter what I did to adjust it. But this would not be an issue for the average user, only someone doing graphics work. |
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