Nice price and few flaws, but...
Written: Dec 31 '99 (Updated Jun 17 '00)
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Pros: value-performance-packed CPU
Cons: crashes, reboots, close windows, etc. a lot
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| starstud08's Full Review: Compaq Presario 5724 (135846-003) PC Desktop |
The Compaq Presario 5724 that I found had a great price!
I went to Best Buy and found it for $999, then two days later at $949.
Two weeks later, I went back and found it at $899, so I decided to buy it.
This Compaq is relatively large and extremely heavy, and I must say that I cannot lift it by myself.
But, besides that, this PC comes with a 6x DVD drive, a 100MB Zip Drive, 4 USB ports, floppy drive, of course, 96MB RAM, Intel Celeron 500MHz chip, internet keyboard and internet mouse, 2 open bays, digital creativity imaging center, the label "internet PC", 56k modem (of course), 12 gigs
This is probably the best value-performance PC out there because it has a pretty-fast Celeron which is cheap and a DVD and Zip.
For about $300-$400 more, I could've gotten the same computer with an AMD Athlon processor (extremely fast!), NO ZIP drive, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, but I didn't have that much.
Despite its name "internet PC", I found it extremely difficult to connect to the internet, but I called the customer service, and they game me a URL, I went there, downloaded the thing there, and it disconnected my modem! I called again and again, I got it back on. Their customer service by phone is excellent and never has a busy signal!
Now, about 3 months after I bought the Presario 5724, it has crashed a few times, the desktop messes up much, and it almost always has to close a window every times it's on, etc. etc.
Overall, this is a good buy IF (for example) you get the extended warranty (like 3 years from Best Buy). I'm pretty sure I will be using it because this computer isn't very stable but I think it's a good buy overall!
Thanks,
Bye.
Recommended:
Yes
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starstud08
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Member: Jonathan Kay
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