Hi! Anyone feel that Compaq is a good PC, write here pls! Regards Chris Foo

Personally I would stay away from compaq , too many problems and bugs with this system in the past As far as the newer systems I cannot say , I have no experiance with the new stuff " IF IT AINT BROKE-LEAVE IT ALONE "

I've had a Presario 700 laptop for about 2 years of heavy business use & it's never let me down - battery won't hold a lot of charge now so I'm replacing that soon & will look forward to a lot more use. Backup is good - I didn't get full restore disks when I purchased it, only a restore partition, but HP/Compaq support sent me the correct disks for free, including postage & that was only about 6 months ago. (I wanted to reinstall from scratch when SP2 came out & wanted the disks just in case of probs) "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."

Wah so good! They want me to contact my own HP here and the HP here call me to pay 400+ just for the recovery cds! So expensive! Regards Chris Foo

Hi! Forgot to mention! Johr, at above statement, you wrote that the battery lost power fast! Does that mean that even you didn;t do anything and you just open ur computer with the lid open, the battery will gone just in 20mins? Coz I am experiencing this problem but not sure whether that is the causes of it! Cozi I heard that Pentium 4 machines will drain power fast! I am using COmpaq Presario 2500 Series! Regards Chris Foo

No, the battery problem is purely down to age - rechargeable batteries have a limited lifespan & the time they hold their charge gradually decreases. I've been using the laptop just about daily on business for 2+ years now & the life has been going down for the last few months. New one is about £55, just haven't got around to ordering it yet. As far as the Pent IV chip is concerned, I'm no expert on this but I believe that if it's a dsktop chip in your laptop then it will use more power. More recent laptops use the mobile versions which use less. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."