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This is the Mellenium edition of the Compaq Presario. I use it at home, and children use it for homework and research.
I have found it easy to use. No problems in all the time I've had it. Even tho' I don't have DSL or cable, it works pretty fast.
I highly recommed this for everyday use. Probably not what a business needs.

I have a Presario 1202 and it's been working a charm for me. I have 800MHz, 128MB RAM (with 320MB maximum), 10 GB hard drive running Windows 2000 Professional. I have to say that this laptop has been working wonders for me. I haven't had one single problem with this machine and it has been very efficiant and fast. My system has been stable, my hardware has functioned 110% my only problem with Compaq is their online chat support. I aksed them general questions about how to use my machine to its "best" and their chat window kept showing the start of the conversation with no way to scroll to the last said message.

It begins to make me wonder if they can't fix their own online chat support window, how will they fix a laptop if it fails? However, despite this minor issue with Their website, I have had nothing but good help from them. A particular consultant was first to give me a BIOS update for best performance. I have not had my system crash once yet, as I said. All functions work perfectly and the system has some intelligent speed system on it. I'm not sure what US models are like but I am told by the US Compaq/Hewlett-Packard supprt people that they can differ.

If you're in Australia, I'd feel very, VERY safe in buying this product. Value for money with quality to boot. For those having SOFTWARE related problems, quit blaming the HARDWARE. Just because you can't control a mouse properly, or fumble with buttons or can't configure your programs properly, that is YOUR fault, not Compaq's. I think they've done an excellent job and some people just need to set things up instead of thinking all is well.

I bought a Compaq Presario 1200. A few months after I had it the battery circuit and the motherboard crashed. I was told by Compaq that the warrenty would not cover the repairs. Now I am stuck with a laptop that is not worth spending the money to fix. I would encourage anyone considering purchasing this product to think twice. It's definitly not worth the cost.

Ok I have never written a review before so here goes. I actully have this model with a 15gig drive and mine came with the dvd player so not sure how it is really that much different. I do not know where the other guy bought his, I bought mine out of a store(BB) not online. I did have my harddrive crash but I took it to the place I bought it and my warranty did cover the hard drive. They shipped it to Compaq for repair cause they did not have a harddrive on site plus since it was still under warranty it was best to sent to them. I did have to wait a month for it and I realize that for someone that is on the road alot that would be a problem. Back to my laptop. Before it did crash I never had one problem with it. It worked perfectly till the crash. I have had it back now since begining of Jan and it works like a champ. I do all kinds of things with mine. I have used it to download mp3 from some newsgroups. I have installed multiplayer games and it works great. I even leave it on for days at a time and still works. I do give it a break when I leave it on for so long and give it a day off and not turn it on. I am even using it to do some database building and website designing. So all in all this paticular model works great even though like I said I have a few extras that came with mine but its is the same model anyway. I do not blame the other guy for being so upset but I think that he actually may have gotten a lemon. So don't give up on this one just yet. Happy notebooking to all.

It is one thing to have various problems with a computer, but another to have incompetent and indifferent tech support.

I had my 1200 Compaq for 3months. First I had problems with the sound drivers, then I had problems with windows ME program and finally with the hard drive.

When the hard drive totally crashed (only 3 months old) I spent almost two hours trying to get help from technical support. 4 individuals (one brain dead, one total indifferent, one telling my that my year warranty did not include the hard drive and one that disconnected me,) the last tech told me to send it back and it would be two weeks before I would get the machine back. Two weeks for a person that works on the road is untenable.