Product Description

The Compaq Presario V5000 series notebook PCs combine desktop PC power with mobile computing convenience. This versatile solution is great for all your everyday needs. When it's time to relax, these notebooks are powerful enough to handle any digital entertainment and photography task.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2390 in Personal Computers
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard
• Model: V5306US
• Dimensions: 1.77" h x 10.20" w x 7.60" l,
• Display size: 15.4

Features

• Notebook with widescreen 15.4-inch screen and 2.0 GHz AMD Sempron 3300+ processor
• 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM (2 GB max), combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive
• Two USB 2.0, one VGA, one S-Video, microphone, headphone, ExpressCard 54/34 slot
• Built-in 10/100 Ethernet, 56K (V.90) modem, 54-Mbps wireless LAN (802.11b/g) with HSM/Speedbooster support
• Windows XP Home edition--Windows Vista capable

Amazon.com Product Description
Take your computing life with you wherever you roam with the Compaq Presario V5306US designed for the budget-minded mobile professional. Featuring a cool, modern metallic design, the V5306US weighs only 6.4 pounds and just 1.77 inches thin. The widescreen 15.4-inch BrightView display is easily viewable even in direct sunlight and is great for watching DVD movies in their natural aspect ratio. It's powered by the efficient 2.0 GHz AMD Sempron 3300+ processor, and it also offers a 80 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM (2 GB maximum), combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive for watching movies and burning your favorite music mixes to disc, 54g wireless connectivity with 125HSM/SpeedBooster support, ExpressCard 54/34 card slot, an ATI Radeon Xpress 200m graphics card with up to 128 MB of shared video memory, and Windows XP Home edition. This is a Windows Vista capable PC.

The Basics

• Hard Drive: The 80 GB hard drive (4200 RPM) is becoming average in size for notebook PCs, and it's roomy enough to store business productivity applications, all your important documents and presentations, and a good-sized digital audio and video library.
  
• Processor: A lower-end cousin to AMD's XP processor line, the 2.0 GHz AMD Sempron 3300+ found in this notebook is speedy enough for everyday computing needs and running office productivity software, but won't be quite enough for higher-end video editing or 3-D gaming. This processor features AMD's Cool'n'Quiet Technology, which conserves power while also keeping the notebook's decibels to a minimum. It also features up to a 1600 MHz front-side bus (FSB) and a 128 KB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance.)
  
• Memory: The 512 MB of installed RAM (333 MHz) is enough to get you started, but you'll want to add more RAM to handle today's demanding multimedia and productivity suites. It has a 2 GB maximum RAM capacity.
  
• CD/DVD Drive: With the included DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, you'll be able to watch DVD movies as well as burn data and your favorite music mixes to CD. It has a 24x write speed for CDs.
  
• Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a full-sized 101-key keyboard and touchpad with four-way scroll zone on/off button and dedicated vertical scroll up/down pad.

Screen, Graphics and Sound
The 15.4-inch LCD offers a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The widescreen display gives increases the width of the notebook's display while giving the computer the form factor of a smaller computer, so it takes up less space on your desk or in your briefcase. Video is powered by the ATI Radeon XPress 200M IGP video/graphics card, which delivers good, though not high-end, 3-D graphics. It delivers 128 MB of dedicated video RAM (separate with the system memory). ATI's HyperMemory technology allows the chipset to run in either Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) mode or with dedicated frame buffer memory to enhance graphics performance. It also features an integrated audio card with microphone and headphone jacks.

Connectivity and Expansion Slots
This notebook has an integrated 54g wireless LAN that's fully compatible with 802.11b/g wireless networks. The 125 HSM/SpeedBooster support will enable it to be ready for tomorrow's 125 Mbps wireless LANs. It also includes a next-generation ExpressCard 54/34 card slot (but no PCMCIA slot), which lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features. You get a basic offering of connectivity options, which does not include FireWire:

• 2 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
• 1 VGA monitor port
• 1 S-Video port for connecting to a TV
• 1 ExpressCard 54/34
• 1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jack
• 1 notebook expansion port
• 1 consumer IR (infrared)

It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems).

Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 operating system with Advanced Security Technologies, which helps to reduce unwanted downloads and pop-ups while surfing the Web. It also comes preloaded with Microsoft Works (for working with word processing and spreadsheet documents), Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 (with 60 days of LiveUpdate), PC Recovery, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sonic Digital Media Plus, Vongo, Muvee autoProducer, Microsoft Money, MSN Encarta Plus, Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition (60 day trial Version), and HP PhotoSmart Premier for editing and organizing your digital photos.

Dimensions and Weight
This notebook measures 14.1 x 10.2 x 1.77 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 6.4 pounds.

Power
This notebook is powered by a 6-cell rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which offers up to 2 hours of battery life (dependent upon computing conditions).

What's in the Box
This package contains the HP Compaq Presario V5306US notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a limited warranty for parts and labor for one year from date of purchase as well as technical telephone assistance for one year. Software is also covered for 30 days from date of purchase.

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Customer Reviews

Nice
Here's an HP laptop PC that meets minimum standards needed by college-bound high school students.

One child in particular hounded me for months; I finally broke down last month and acquired a re-manufactured one of these Compaq Presario's--with the AMD Sempron processor, albeit a smaller 40 megabyte hard drive, and therefore roughly $460.

So far, it's been a great, and it will go to college with the kid in a little more than a year. At most, it might need a memory upgrade. But memory cards are so inexpensive these days. It pays to buy the cheaper model with 512mb of memory, buy a new gigabyte card or two, and upgrade manually. It's a cinch.

Slim, easy to use and modestly priced!
I simply needed a new work PC and our software at work does not support the new Windows so decided to go online and find a laptop with Windows XP. Well, found it here on Amazon.com. As usual shipping was fast and the product was received in great shape. I am glad I purchased it!

Compaq Presario V5306US
I needed a laptop in a hurry, and knowing that none of my applications will run on Windows Vista for quite some time to come, it was also important to grab one of the last new machines on the planet that came with Windows XP installed. Given that requirement, this machine is exactly what I needed at a very reasonable price. A comparable notebook from Dell -- running XP -- was quoted to me at $1200. I purchased additional memory from a local vendor, which was easy to find and easy to install. I've no complaints about the Presario.