HP is been producing the most trendy and well-accepted notebook computers. From the Compact Presario series, C700T is the latest model from them that is available online and retail outlets. This one is gaining popularity very soon and you might also find it popping up at eBay with special rates for the holiday season. People who purchased might have got it in a nice fancy red box with simple Compaq name on it. Inside the box you may not find any media, rather the required recovery files are stored on a different division on hard drive with option of restoration media. Lets not speak about what C700T has to offer:Design and Keyboard
As we know that HP notebook are generally been designed mainly to be energy-efficient, with most wanted default power setting up to assist cut power consumption. In addition, this notebook is also designed to be recycled and reduces environmental impact as well. C700T is actually quite simple, but yet the well powered for the work to be done. Opening up the notebook is quite simple; you just need to hold the base in as you push back the screen. Keyboard base is colored with grayish-silver along with white letters and black keyboard ground. Overall, C700T is black in color with gray touch. The plastic as well appear to be durable. You will find a power button on the top center with WiFi button placed on the left. When it comes to photo, songs and videos this notebook will offer 15.4” WXGA BrightView wide screen display supports with high-definition playback sound improved by Altec-Lansing audio and it works with preinstalled DVD play.
Performance and Features
Performance of the C700T is pretty appreciable. You get 1GB DDR2 system memory Ram pre-instated that offers optimal performance, with Graphic multimedia accelerator X3100. It further has Fujitsu MHY2120BH 120GB 5400ROM SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) to support Hard Drive space. C700T comes along processor dual core of 1.46 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache and 533MHz FSB Intel Pentium. In addition, there is an integrated Optiarc DVD RW AD-750A 8X DVD+/-R/RW with external Double Layer Support. With the stylish feature it has the weight of 6.4 lbs and comes with 1-year of HP accidental damage protection along with pick up and return.
Battery Life
The battery life of C700T runs about 2 hours and 10 minutes, when the screen is kept 100% bright and WiFi on. The average battery is a 6-cell, 44 watt-hour of lithium ion battery. This HP Compaq is not going to go for any long life records either, but it did proved superior than the other budget systems if you look at. People may prefer AMD but Intel system forever carry better battery life at the moment.
Final word
Compaq Presario C700T is good option to be purchased, may be there better options available, but you might not get a better one for this price. Someone who enjoys and hunting for just the essential mobile computing notebook solution, the C700t and other series of it is worth to be looked at. This is also popular among kids and it fulfills simple requirements for current generation.
Pros
+ Top Price!
+ Good in-build quality Pentium
+ Hardware buttons well for touch pad and WiFi
+ Appreciable battery life
Cons
- Port placement is bad
- Restricted configuration option
- No card reader, or Express-Card slot available
Value For Money
Our Rating
Compaq Presario is one of the newest models in the notebook industry and this one has recently come up with HPA notebook. The in-built notebook features has stereo speakers, touch pad, decent key board and eye-catching display. Notebook comprises 12.1 wide-screen display and a processor of AMD K62 400MHZ. You will find the 4.3 GB space allocated for hard drive and a RAM space of 32 MB. Even the optical storage space has CD-ROM integrated with the read speed of 24 xs. It has a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels and most impressive feature is that it can access 16.7 million colors.
