Compaq Comp. Presario 720US ( 470029-661 )

Product Description

The Presario Notebook 700 Series features reliable, stylish and affordable notebooks. The feature-rich dual-tone design includes brilliant displays, full-sized keyboard and built-in Mini-PCI slot to always be connected. The Presario 700 Series is perfect for mobile users seeking performance and functionality at a price that fits your budget. Powerful AMD processor allows notebook systems to run the most demanding Microsoft Windows compatible business and multimedia applications available today, with ample performance headroom for tomorrow's advances in software and operating systems. AMD PowerNow! Technology increases battery life by up to 30 percent without compromising performance and enables the notebook to run quieter and cooler, with features such as Automatic Mode, High Performance Mode, and Battery Savings Mode - all easily selected through the Control Panel. With its incredible performance and convenient all-in-one design, the Presario 700 Series is the affordable mobile solution for personal productivity or your small business.

Amazon.com Product Description

Targeting the demanding home and home office computer user who can't quite afford the absolute latest and greatest in state-of-the-art portable computing, the Compaq Presario 722US notebook is a good tradeoff between price and performance.

At 10.6 by 12.4 by 1.64 inches and 6.39 pounds, the 722US is a bit larger than today's most recent examples of micro-miniaturization, yet substantially more compact than many other comparably priced units. Outfitted with a cost-effective 1 GHz AMD Duron processor (64 KB of Level 2 cache), 256 MB of SDRAM (expandable to 384 MB), and a Via ProSavage KN133 video card with 32 MB of video memory, it will efficiently run most common notebook applications and even some 3-D games. Hard-core gamers and anyone who plans to work extensively with complex 3-D graphics may wish to look beyond this model to the Presario 725US notebook or Presario 6024US desktop.

Sporting a sleek design and a futuristic two-tone, black-on-silver color scheme, the Presario 722US is as stylish as it is functional. To handle your valuable files and programs, Compaq has equipped the unit with a 20 GB hard drive and a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. A combination DVD/CD-RW drive allows you to back up large amounts of data, burn and play music CDs, and watch DVD movies. A 14.1-inch, active-matrix viewing screen capable of 1,024 x 768 resolution and a three-way JBL speaker system with enhanced bass response help bring all your multimedia applications to life.

The 722US keyboard is equipped with numerous one-touch multimedia, Internet, and e-mail buttons, and a scroll wheel and touch pad for convenient navigation. The unit features numerous ports and connections, including two USB jacks for plug-and-play peripherals such as joysticks and digital cameras, a single parallel port for printers, a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet network connection, an all-purpose PC Card slot, a PS2 jack for an external mouse or keyboard, a VGA video out for external monitors, an S-video TV-out, and speaker and microphone ports. A 56K modem delivers low-speed Internet and e-mail connectivity. To help get you started, Compaq has preinstalled a number of useful software products, including Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows XP, Microsoft Works 6.0, and Microsoft Money 2001.

Customer Reviews:

Low Cost Laptop, reasonable performance.......2003-10-06

I have had my 720us laptop for about 15 months and have had very little trouble with it. The battery is somewhat limited to about 2 hours max, and it does get warm on the bottom, but not nearly warm enough to melt the case, etc. as I saw on anothers post.

I have had no maintenance problems with it, no overheating, no shutting down (unless the battery is weak)and I have had it running on AC for days at a time over the weekend, and I use the battery almost daily through the week, in the car.

All in all, I am satisfied with this computer that only cost me about $900 after rebates, and would buy it again.

I am disappointed with compaq.......2002-09-17

I obtained a compaq presario 720us and have had no rest since buying it. It constantly shuts off(i think there is a fundamental hardware problem), the battery lifespan is very short, it overheats(should not be called a laptop but burntop)and to make matters worse, it has crashed and i cant get a reasonable restore advice except to re-install. Unfortunately, i am far away from where i bought it in the US and can't return it!!!

Great Notebook!.......2002-08-13

Don't know why people complain, I have been using thie notebook for 2 months now.
I have not seen any problems.
super price , DVD playback is great.
I would buy it again

A Real Headache!.......2002-07-21

There is a real hardware problem on all 720US notebooks, This computer turns off at any moment, compaq service changed motherboard, memory, and battery, and still dont' tell me whats wrong, it's been 3 months and still I haven't received my computer back.-

Don't buy.......2002-07-21

Good price but complete waste. Over heats really bad, pixel went out within 3 weeks, Compaq's tech support knows less than me ( and that is sad) and left me on hold forever. Thank GOD circuit city let me return the piece of [junk] and buy an HP ze 5170. Much better computer--lot more money but worth the peice of mind. I will NEVER buy Compaq again!!

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