Compaq Presario 1692 (153295-167) PC Notebook

Pros: light, DVD player, easy to use
Cons: Not one of the best models, kinda cheap, slow, gives me a ton of trouble

I am a senior in High School and I first needed a laptop for classes I wanted to take last year as a junior. I walked into my nearest computer store pretty much knowing what I needed and what was good and what wasn't. I had a Compaq desktop computer...

Pros: My Presario is holding up quite well, and powerful for most computing needs
Cons: 64M is not enough memory for Modern Applications.

To save money, I bought a show room display model. This particular showroom had streams of kids wandering past the computers. The kids do a good job of pounding the display units into dust. This particular machine ran DVDs continuously. I believe it was...

Pros: DVD, USB, Clear Screen
Cons: None - This is a good quality machine

I purchased this laptop for several reasons. The first being that my previous machine was 2 years outdated, and extremely slow. Needing a new machine, I shopped around before settling on this machine, and I am very pleased that I did.

This...

Pros: fast, good graphics.
Cons: a lil heavy

I purchased this laptop because I needed something I could take to school with me to type up papers on my free time rather than wait for a computer at the computing commons. I go to school and schedule my classes before my husband has to go to work, so...

Pros: Great features for the price!
Cons: I wish the screen was exactly the same size as the computer when closed. It's smaller.

I knew that I wanted a touchpad rather than eraser-type mouse, an active matrix screen, & 64 megs of RAM. I also knew I didn't want to pay over $1000. This, at first seemed an impossible task, as most of the sub-$1K laptops had only 32 RAM and a...

Pros: Quality display, Good battery life, Well-built
Cons: Too much proprietary software

The decision to purchase this particular model was based primarily on price, as I was able to buy the unit refurbished through Compaq with a 2-year extended warranty for just under $1200 total...And after having put it "Through the paces" for a...

Pros: Good value for the $, has everything you need
Cons: NONE!

I looked around for almost two months before I decided to get this laptop. I purchased it around Christmas of 99 and was able to walk into Fry's Electronics, purchased it, then walk out with it. No buying it over the net and waiting for delivery. And I...

Pros: All listed above
Cons: All listed above

I needed a new computer, and I decided, I travel a lot, I might as well get a portable one. So, I got to researching and I finally decided I'd go for this one, reasons: Its small, lightweight, and has DVD. Now I'm not a computer person, but with 650MHz,...

Pros: 14.1 TFT display, great sound and DVD
Cons: Has a fan, but still runs pretty warm

This is a great computer. This purpose was bought for cataloging patient information as well as running graphic intensive clinical pathology programs(I am in medical school). In addition, I also have drafting software installed on it. To begin with,...

Pros: Comes with DVD, big Hard drive, and is only 7.5 lbs.
Cons: Gets heavy and hot after a while

I want to let you all know that Compaq's 1600 series
Presario is the ideal notebook for anyone's needs. Specifically I will tell you about the 1692.

It has Windows 98, Word 2000, Encarta 99, and MS Works
all preinstalled. There are...