HP Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX 15.6" 2GB 250GB Laptop

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• ASIN: B0033KELCM
• Item model number: CQ60-615DX
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,269 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 10, 2010

Product Description

HP Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX Notebook - Intel C. 900 2.2GHz / 15.6" HD Display / 2GB DDR2 / 250GB HD / SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW / 802.11b/g/n WLAN / Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Customer Reviews

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95 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Budget Computer, January 13, 2010

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Hermes F. Rivera (Daytona Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX 15.6" 2GB 250GB Laptop (Personal Computers)

Being a computer technician for the last 15 years, I am very picky when it comes to buying computers, especially laptops and even more special, laptops with Celeron CPUs. This is my very first Celeron laptop and I have to tell you that I am surprised and amazed at the performance of this particular Celeron. Todays Celeron CPUs are NOT the Celeron CPUs of 10 years ago. These new Celeron 900 are based on Core 2 Duo CPUs. They are exactly the same except for 2 things: They have 25% less Cache than their Core 2 Duo counterpart and they are single core, but that doesn't mean it's slow by any means. This laptop came with 2GB of RAM (I upgraded it to the full 4GB), a 15.6" HD LCD Screen, a 250GB Hard Drive running at 7200 RPM - yes you are reading right - 7200 RPM! - Most laptops out there have a 5400 RPM HD, including the more expensive models, so this is a real bonus. It comes with B, G, and N Wireless, Intel 4500 Graphics, 2 USB Ports and a DVD Writer.

The performance of this laptop is quite good. Very fast booting up. Windows open smoothly. Tasks are handled quite well, even with 2GB of RAM. The 4GB of RAM makes things even better. The Celeron 900 2.2 GHz CPU inside packs quite a punch. Take a look at this benchmark:

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It is by no means a weak processor. Overall this is a great laptop for $329.00 (BestBuy). Much better than a Netbook for sure (since that is what I was going to buy in the first place). Netbooks have no CD or DVD units, only 1GB of RAM, Slow Atom CPUs and 8 to 10 inch screens and cost over $350.00 (a good one). This laptop simply beats the netbooks in price, power and features. You will not be able to do serious video editing or play online games like Unreal Tournament 3, Crysis or things like that because of the limited video card, but hey let's get real, who uses a laptop to play games anyways? That's what desktops are for. If you are going to be mobile (traveling), going to school or simply work at the office then this is the perfect machine for you. If you are into web surfing, email and Microsoft Office and on a budget then look no further. For the price, you are getting a quality built machine with everything you need to do. All that and a little more. The components inside (motherboard and chipset) are all made by Intel.

I highly recommend it.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Budget PC, February 1, 2010

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hipslap - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX 15.6" 2GB 250GB Laptop (Personal Computers)

This computer is great if your looking for an extremely cheap, full-sized laptop. I had my doubts about the Celeron processor but they were unfounded. The processor opens and closes programs quickly, boots up fast and runs multiple applications at once with no problems or lag. I find 2gb of ram to be the sweet spot when it comes to ram. Unless I'm doing any sort of rendering I'll never max out my ram even with all of my programs open. It is nice to know I can upgrade to 4gb of ram if need be, however. All in all, I could not be happier with the performance of this computer.

Performance aside there are some things about the laptop that I dislike. The most annoying thing to me is the lack of dedicated volume control buttons. I need to press the "fn" key along with "+", "-" or "*" to control volume up, volume down and mute. The computer also comes loaded with pre-installed programs so be prepared to spend some time uninstalling them. Personally, I also wish the resolution of the display was higher. 1366x768 is ok but I think 1440x900 is perfect for a computer this size. The plastics of the computer are nothing to write home about either. Generally, the finish of the computer feels as you would expect for the price... cheap.

There are obviously going to be some drawbacks for a computer this inexpensive. Even with everything I dislike about this computer I still think its a great value and would recommend it to anyone shopping for a laptop on a budget. Being the least expensive full-sized notebook I could find, I would go as far ad to say the power and features of this computer are remarkable.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than most people will tell you., January 26, 2010

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Aaron Coleman "AC" (Wichita, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Compaq Presario CQ60-615DX 15.6" 2GB 250GB Laptop (Personal Computers)

I've always been picky when it comes to computers. This is my second computer to have a Celeron processor. The first one was crap. Nothing but crap. It overheated all the time and was very slow. I decided to buy this computer after a few of my friends told me that it was better than the previous generation of Celerons. They're right. This computer is capable of out-performing some of the higher-end processors - even with a single-core processor.

The computer itself is very good. I would recommend this to anyone that wants a good, fast, cheap laptop.