| | |  | | Home » Compaq Presario F750US 15.4-inch Laptop (AMD Athlon 64 X 2 Dual Core TK-57 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) | | | | | | | Description: | | HP F750US Compaq Presario 15.4 Inch Notebook PC. The Compaq Presario F700 series Notebook PC delivers a striking design whose overall rectilinear shape is repeated in patterns throughout the system, from the cut out speaker grill to the vents on the bottom casing. Minimalism taken to the next level. With a surface resembling matte steel, it stands apart. HPs Notebook Design Group has been recognized by distinguished design institutions: International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards, iF International Forum Design Award, Industrial Design Excellence Awards, ID Magazine Annual Review, Good Design Awards. From the simple step by step setup through easy support tools with preinstalled Advisor, the F700 series gets you up fast and keeps you running. Watch DVD movies on the full screen using HP DVDPlays intuitive media controls. Make controls. Make great movies without the hard work with Cyberlink. And edit, store and share photos with Photosmart Essentials. Simple entertainment is here. For those seeking great mobile performance technologies and high impact design, the Compaq Presario F700 series Notebook PC provides breaking technologies and easy to use digital entertainment features. Optimized for desktop comparable mobile performance, its 5.68lbs design supports AMD mobile processors and high speed wireless LAN. Its 15.4 WXGA BrightView display supports high resolution video playback enhanced by great audio. Compaq notebook PCs are designed with the features and power you need to get the most from Windows Vista. The result is intuitive system control, simple, powerful search and organization tools, and more security when you go online. | | | Features: | |
• Affordable, reliable business notebook with 64-bit 1.9 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57 processor
• 120 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (3 GB max), multi-format/dual-layer DVD drive
• 54g Wi-Fi LAN (802.11b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, Nvidia GeForce 7000M video card with 287 MB of total available video memory
• Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 headphone, 1 microphone, 5-in-1 memory card reader
• Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.12 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.53 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.55 inches | | Product Weight:
| 5.73 pounds | | Package Length:
| 20.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 15.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 15.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 21 reviews |
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| $299.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $400.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $500.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
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| Used | |
| $299.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $400.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
- VeryGood | | | $500.00+ $4.99 *Shipping | Used
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25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Great Value LaptopJan 22, 2008
By kc_keg
"Casey"
Perfect for email, web browsing, basic photos, basic videos, music, and word processing. Probably not powerful enough for high end graphics, video editing, or gaming. But, plenty capabale for everyday computing. I've used it to edit and create a home video DVD and it worked very well. What else can I say? For under $500 (home deopot) this is a great value. The screen looks great and feature set is the best I've seen for the price.
Update (7/21/08): I've had this for about six months now... no problems. It's still a nice computer for the money. I made a great 1 hour DVD for my daughter's one year birthday using a ton of high quality pics, videos, and songs and it handled it like a champ. Granted, a really high-end computer might have done it quicker, this guy came through and got it done. I'd still recommend it.
23 of 25 found the following review helpful:
Unbelievable Deal!Feb 28, 2008
By Method2Madness "Alex"
Pros: Price to performance ratio, weight, screen, performance (Windows XP or Vista with 2gb+ RAM)
Cons: My only complaints about this product are pretty petty but nonetheless they are:
1.) No ExpressCard ability. I realize HP has to make cuts somewhere to allow for such a low price, but I really would like to have seen this added. Definitely not a deal breaker tho.
2.) MS Vista and HP installed bloatware. Without first uninstalling the bloatware and tweaking Vista, the laptop runs kinda pokey. However after the tweaks mentioned below, the laptop runs Vista pretty well, which is a feat in itself, no matter how good the hardware is. 3.) No official XP downgrade support via HP. I had to franken-force install the audio and modem drivers. Audio works but has quirks (ie-Volume does not mute when headset plugged in.You have to mute, THEN plug headset in which will then disengage the external speakers and allow the headphones to work) also the mic doesn't work. Again, neither bother me too much.
Other Thoughts: This is an AWESOME laptop for the money! Once I uninstalled the HP bloatware, Vista performance improved dramatically. I then disabled search indexing(right click on drive, select properties and uncheck "index this drive for faster searching"; then disabled SuperFetch(Start, type in services.msc and press Enter, Scroll down to SuperFetch and select Disable); and finally disabled all the eye candy via Advance Settings and Performance settings. With the exception of network performance, these simple settings gave Vista about 85% of the peppy'ness of XP. I even went back to full eye candy(re-enabled Aero) and honestly don't see too much of a performance hit1 This hardware setup is amazing for the money! I did, however, setup a Windows XP partition with gparted and am now dual-booting so I have the best of both worlds.See the following for XP downgrade info:
http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1204180955784+28353475&threadId=1191678
I have upgraded to 2GB RAM since I originally wrote this review. I also re-enabled SuperFetch and added a 2GB SanDisk Ultra II SD card to enable ReadyBoost. Vista runs so much better now! It's actually usable even with all eye candy enabled. I rarely even go into XP anymore. This laptop really gives my desktop a run for its money! Excellent buy!
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great inexpensive LaptopFeb 22, 2008
By Cheryl H. Abbott
"Yorkiemom2"
I bought this to use at out church for use with Power Point mostly. I was really afraid of using Vista but found that it was very easy to switch form XP to Vista and now I actually like Vista better. I was very pleasantly pleased with the performance of this computer for the price (under $500 at Office Depot after rebates). I did however find it a little slow so I invested in 2GB of RAM and that really makes a difference. I recommmend doing that if you buy this computer but for the money, it is a great buy. I recommend this to anyone that dosn't need it for high end gaming or anything like that.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
For cheap it's almost perfect (moreRAM)Feb 10, 2008
By Viejo Gringo
"billytod"
For under $500 (Staples) this is an amazing laptop.I dreaded the thought of VISTA and have been surprised how easy the change from using XP has been. I have mostly older peripheral devices and with the exception of a scanner all drivers needed were easy to find and install. VISTA open programs quickly and shuts them down even faster. My first boot took less than a half hour...not too bad IMHO. DVD software is weak but I had other burning software to use that I like better. A pleasant surprise is the light weight 5.7 lbs. Battery life is average, at times a little slow due to 1GB memory. Another GB will really help. I recommend this for basic computing not heavy duty gaming or graphic processing. I even had a favorite Win95 program install without a hitch. Enjoy it!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Good base model laptop from CompaqMar 24, 2008
By John E. Scott
I actually looked for a laptop running a AMD CPU. I was really trying to support AMD rather then Intel. I am quite happy with the F750us. Except for the fact that Compaq/HP put so much preview software and load their own diagnostic and redundent help tools that the OS already has.But, I guess some rookie computer user's will find it useful? I find battery life pretty decent at about 3 to 3 1/4 hours with wifi on. I find Vista Premium the right version for this laptop.I also find that when adding RAM to 2GB it makes the computer perform much better!This is by far a good buy for the money! After you get rid of the bloatware!
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