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Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
alaScore 74

14 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 14 reviews of Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium). The average rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the portability and size. The performance and screen also get good feedback, whereas some have doubts about the sound and reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 74/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 9 user reviews of Compaq Presario A945US 17-inch Laptop (1.86 GHz Pentium Dual Core Mobile T2390 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.2/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the keyboard. The performance is also appreciated. Many are negative about the sound and usability. There are some mixed views about the screen.

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56% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : David Ramli (pcworld.idg.com.au)

Hewlett-Packard Australia Compaq Presario A900 (A936TU)

 

A 17in notebook that's good for home users

Great screen size for the price, good usability, good speakers

Lacks PC Card and ExpressCard expansion slots, doesn't support the latest networking options, screen is reflective in bright environments

Despite some negative points, this unit offers several features rarely seen in this price bracket. If you don't need independent graphics or the latest networking options, take a peek.

May, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

good machine for the price!

 

im super happy with my purchase so far.

latest technoligy for a pretty good price, builting cam & mic, lite scribe, vista, tons of internal space for multipal programs. its pretty fast! light weight compared to my other laptop (hp pavillion)

ive been using XP for the longest time and was super scarred to use Vista. It wasnt that hard to get around doing things, takes a little adjusting to, but overall not to bad. The keybord isnt that sterdy, i dont know if its only my laptop, but as im...

Sep, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Price with mega features

 

This is a modern computer; so do not expect it to work with obsolete stuff.

Great deal, attractive, lightweight, large monitor, nearly full size keyboard. Loaded with features. USB ports on BOTH sides

none, unless you expected more at this bargain price

Aug, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Previous poster mistaken...

 

The reason that this device only shows 3.25 GB of 4 GB of ram is because of the size of an integer in a 32 bit operating system only allows memory arrays of 4GB total. Because Windows uses a pagefile, that gets deducted from the available system...

17" screen, 3 GB RAM, Decent size HDD

Pentium dual core, not core 2

Jul, 2008
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

A lot of laptop for the price.

 

OK, many lappy's are coming with 3gb of memory. This is a 1gb stick and 2gb stick. This disables dual channel memory on this Compaq. When I added a 2gb stick and pulled the 1 gigger.....POW, dual channel shows per CPU-Z (search Google - good app). Why...

Quility chassis and nice, big screen. Good specs for the price. I love a 17" WS, but I don't carry my laptop around

4gb of memory makes more sense....see below

Jul, 2008
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