Entered CNET Catalog: 03/04/2007
SKU: RQ335UA#ABC
Manufacturer: HP
Manufacturer description
Compaq Presario C500 series Notebook PC is an affordable notebook with a neat design and powerful performance. Mobile computing brings more flexibility and convenience to use this PC on the move, whenever and wherever.User opinions
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User Rating: 
6/10
Okay for starters
Pros: Nice large screen for a laptop. Handles most things that I can throw at it and is relatively durable. Definitely recommend the 2Gig upgrade for memory. Its relatively cheap and makes a big difference.
Cons: Unfortunately it is quite slow given the slow single core processor. So when comparing to modern computers it just can't keep up. The screen while large is quite choppy with the graphics when watching movies or playing games.
User Rating: 
8/10
Great Value
Pros: just a nice package for the money
Cons: be prepared to add 1/2GB memory minimum
Just be prepared to add memory. This PC is unusable with Vista Basic and 512MB. No PC with Vista should be sold like that.
User Rating: 
7/10
Nice little PC if you are not into very high CPU demanding tasks.
Pros: Nice screen, nice keyboard, nice layout.
Cons: Not to good on performance unless......
I downgraded my computer to XP by dual partitioning my hard drive, pulled all the wanted files of of my Vista partition, then deleted that and I would say thats the next best thing that I ever did to this computer. My friend has a HP Pavilion DV6000(something like $1200?) for it and my computer will match his performance now, and mine cost me $540 brand new. Best thing I ever did.
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