Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Oct 18 '00
Pros: Sleek, unique useful features
Cons: HD filled with stuff you don't need, a bit heavy
Summary: After my Winbook fell to pieces after 3 years, I determined my next notebook should be able to better withstand a beating. But with the specs I needed, I couldn't budget for a Panasonic Toughbook. Fortunately, some of the hardened features of those ... read more
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Jun 24 '02
Pros: Lots of built in features, etc
Cons: Compaq may not stand behind their warranty-read review!
Summary: Be cautious when dealing with Compaq warranty. My hard drive crashed and per the instructions of a compaq employee I removed my hard drive for data retrieval and sent the laptop back for replacement and they will not honor the warranty now because the ... read more
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Apr 09 '01
Pros: Great speakers, offers great SXGA bright screen overall ergonomic considerations.
Cons: larger and heavier than smaller notebooks that sacrifice features
Summary: Since the end of 1999, I've gone through several notebook computers (Winbook, Toshiba Tecra (see previous review), Compaq 1800t (see previous review)) and each has had their strengths and weaknesses. But this is the first series of notebooks that I've ... read more
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Feb 03 '01
Pros: flexible; integrated devices; and good value
Cons: slightly large
Summary: Back in 6/00, I needed an NT/2000 portable to replace my 3 year old NEC Versa. None of the stores carried any machine with NT/2000 pre-installed. Compusa offered to special order a machine from Sony, but it was a hassle to work with them to configure ... read more
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Dec 23 '00
Pros: good bang for buck, dependable
Cons: bit too big, little flexibility/upgrades
Summary: I am a network/systems analyst and was given this laptop by my company. Since I rely on it daily for both personal and business use I would likely have chosen something else, though I have been quite happy with it for the past year.
Some of ... read more
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Dec 03 '00
Pros: Solid Machine, Lots of Features
Cons: Isn't Free
Summary: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah - this little sucker has become our primary appliance, and it does receive heavy use on a daily basis. We purchased it last Spring through compaq.com for roughly $2300 - and it has certainly been worth it. It has a Pentium III ... read more
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Dec 01 '00
Pros: Great customer service, screen, speakers, speed, price
Cons: none
Summary: This is my first review and I hope it proves helpful to the people on the of purchasing a laptop.
I purchased this machine about three months ago. I needed a laptop to do presentations for BPA (Business Professionals of America). I am 15, ... read more
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Jun 24 '00
Pros: big screen, DVD
Cons: keyboard doesn't move
Summary: OK...College students everywhere should try this comp out. It's light, packs some serious memory and modem-age and it includes the P3 celeron processor. Best of all...when you touch the screen it looks all liquidy! For those of you that are ... read more
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Jun 15 '00
Pros: Loaded with features!
Cons: Had to wait a week for them to build it. : (
Summary: Hello, I wanted to write something for all of you out there that are considering buying a notebook computer. I did a lot of research on notebooks and looked at everything I could get my hands on. I decided on the Compaq 1800 for many reasons. For one, ... read more
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Jun 08 '00
Pros: Long battery life,big screen,sound,picture
Cons: heavy,little slower than others
Summary: When you want the top name in the business ,check out the 1800T. The core of the machine is a 400MHz Pentium II with 192MB of RAM. The ATI RAGE PRO LT chipset with 8MB feeds a bright, big 15.1" screen. There's a 10GB hard drive, integrated 56K ... read more
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Jun 02 '00
Pros: Intergrated Ether.
Cons: Trackpad might be annoying
Summary: I bought mine through costco.com. I knew that I might go back to Korea any day, so I decided to buy from a place that would be easy to return. So I went to costco.com, and ther it was. 12GB HD, 8X DVD, 128MD RAM, 8MB VidRam, PIII 500Mhz, tight-ass ... read more
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May 21 '00
Pros: high end system on a good price
Cons: HD partition
Summary: I've bought a 1800XL and I'm really satisfied with it. It's is a perfect desktop replacement, damn fast, damn conectible (the onboard ethernet port makes things a lot more easy). The features like sleep mode, scroll button and the internet buttons help ... read more
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May 04 '00
Pros: large screen
Cons: everything else
Summary: I got the 1800XL from Compaq after my 1900T bit the dust, that's another review on this web site, and I hated it. Yeah, the screen's big but the ergonomics are absolutely terrible, it had one of those Celeron processors and it was all stop and go and ... read more
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May 03 '00
Pros: nothing
Cons: everything
Summary: The customized 1800 is a good computer. until you use it that is. when i first received the laptop, it was broken. the voltage on the pci slot was too high and it was burning up ethernet cards. instead of being able to tell me that right away, tech ... read more
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Apr 16 '00
Pros: Great features and reliability for hundreds less than Dell, IBM, or Gateway
Cons: Funky hard drive partition
Summary: I purchased my Presario 1800 through www.costco.com. I highly recommend you do, too. I actually returned the first 1800XL to my local Costco, and purchased another one.
The Presario 1800 is fantastic. Huge 15" screen, 8x DVD, 600mhz P3 ... read more
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