Customer Reviews

Compaq Presario SR

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I purchased this product for my father who does not play computer games. This computer with the addition of 2x1 GB DDR 2 GB of Ram provides a robust platform to run the state of the art windows applications including Vista and Office 2007 without any problems. With rebates this product comes in at around 300 dollars including everything one would need except a monitor and printer. Cost/ Performance I give this product 5 stars; however, I give the product 3 stars for Graphics Performance; yielding an overall score of 4 stars. 2 GB of additional ram will cost about 150 dollars.

This computer is serving well as the "second-string" computer at our house. It's not as fast as some, but that is not a concern for us.

Notice in that at the top of the page the CPU is listed as an "AMD 64 4000" and below in the CPU description it says it is a dual core and out performs the AMD 64 4000. Dual core CPU's perform better and cost more. Almost all new computers are being produced with dual core CPU's. You don't have to be a gamer to feel the improved performance. The AMD dual core CPU's have "AMD 64 X2" in the name and the single cores have "AMD 64" in the name. They are both 64 bit & 32 bit capable, although most consumers will buy the 32-bit version of Vista. The AMD 64 4000 is still a great CPU. Amazon needs to fix their product description so that the CPU described in the title matches what is described in the details section or some consumer is going to be disappointed.

I bought a Compaq Black Friday special for my wife from Fry's that has the AMD 64 4000 CPU, 160 GB SATA drive, 1 GB RAM, LightScribe DVD recorder, Vista Premium, with a 20" LCD (Everex) and Printer (Epson R60) for $297 (after rebates). But you had to be up at 4:00 AM. And Compaq creates unique part numbers per reseller so you have no easy way to compare prices. You have to look at what is inside to compare. Getting a clear idea of what is inside, especially the main ingredient in any computer, the CPU, is critical to make an informed decision. I'd say Amazon needs to clarify whether you are getting a single or dual core CPU as they are contradicting themselves here. They need to fix it and print an editor's note below my review saying it has been fixed.

Pros: Very Quiet, Operation is very stable, decent on-board graphics, fast enough for most uses.

Cons: This has Vista Basic, not Premium - No media Center etc. I had to upgrade for my use. You will want to upgrade memory also, but that's pretty cheap. Hard drive is kind of small compared to what others give you.

For the same money you can probably do better though there is nothing really wrong with this computer.

I've had my compaq for over two years now. Upgraded the graphics card to a geforce 9600gt and i can play most games on medium to high settings.

Pretty zippy little computer, and with a beefier graphics card in it, it can really perform quite well. My only problem is that it only has two RAM slots, so upgrading the memory can be a bit of a problem.

I bought one of these at Best Buy and it is a dog--because of Vista. It is kind of slow all the time and I even put more memory in it to speed it up. However, anytime you try to print or do anything with something outside of the box itself, it slows down to snail speed.

If you have a copy of XP, and load it on this pc, it runs fine. Problem is finding drivers for all the parts that Compaq used--I spent a lot of time loading drivers. Better to just avoid the whole thing and get another computer.

The item came in time. It seems that it is OK. This was a gift for a relative and she thinks that it is doing good for her. I have no problems buying stuff from Amazon.com so far.

The hard drive went bad on this beast. I called their customer service to get some action taken to repair, tons of run-around, no solutions. HP/Compaq refuses to fix the problems. We've got family photos and movies trapped on the drive. Word of caution to always remember to back up files to a secondary drive or dvd's. Especially if you buy this computer!!

frequent troubles after anti-virus software download (trend Micro).removed
norten before downlad. I bought sr5010nx 2 months ago (amazon) it works
good. At that time also,, I have troubles to remove the norten. It has taken many hours. I will never purchase compaq presario in future and not recommend it. I will try with norten anti-virus protection, but result is open.Troubles in details:Error message:A problem has been detected & windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer etc.----
PS:I have contacted many factory-technicians, but troubleshooting different and in vain until now. Please, take my concern into consideration and replace it, if possble.
because amazon has a reputation? Name. customer NC.