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Compaq Presario R3190US Laptop (2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 1024MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD+R/RW/CD-RW Combo)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Great laptop!

(4 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Jun 1, 2004

I've bought this laptop a few days ago; and I've put it through it's paces. The first thing I did was install various games on it, and took it to a lanparty. (A lanparty is when a whole bunch of gamers come together, create a network, and play videogames with each other). At the lanparty I played Unreal Tournament 2004 for almost 10 hours straight, and did not experiance a single crash. The cooling system on the laptop is very impressive; even after a day of gaming, the laptop was just 'warm.' The CPU was kept cool.

Pros: AMD 64 bit 3400! A very good chip for gamers and developers. Tons of ram; 1024mb to be exact. Great for photoshop and movie editing. A good videocard (for a laptop); Geforce go 440 64mb. The laptop is also very sturdy; once you close the lid it doesn't become 'soft' like some toshiba's; but feels solid when your moving it around. Wide Screen! With very good contrast.

Cons: Only one pcmcia expansion slot; though with all the built in hardware there isn't a huge demand for two slots (as many laptops have), but it would have been nice to see two in a larger model like this. Battery life; it's a big laptop, so it needs a big battery. Don't expect the battery to last through a LOTR movie. ;-)

Currently I have removed Windows, and have installed Linux. I see no reason to run XP (that doesn't support 64-bit), when you can get the most out of your CPU with Linux.

4 out 5; Great machine!