Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen Notebook

Greetings all.
I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience, positive
or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen Notebook. I have
found this particular model offered at a local Office Depot for $549.99
(with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good investment in a notebook
PC.
Any and all comments are welcome and are greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for you time.

Paul Williams


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"Paul_in_NC" wrote in message
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Greetings all.
I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience,
positive or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen
Notebook. I have found this particular model offered at a local Office
Depot for $549.99 (with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good
investment in a notebook PC.
Any and all comments are welcome and are greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for you time.

Paul Williams


*Be sure to remove all letters in CAPITALS (from my email address) if
you decide to reply directly to me*

I've seen HP/Compaq and Dell offering the $500 notebook. These are very
basic. If all you do is internet and word processing, maybe these will
be OK, although most have only 256MB RAM which is marginal for anything
more that basic use. Also, some of these have only a 90-day warranty -
not enough for a notebook computer. Check the warranty thoroughly - it
must be a manufacturer's warranty, not the big box store warranty that
is generally useless.

Q

Thank you for your reply Quaoar.
Has anyone else in the NG had any *direct interaction* or has *actually
used* the V2405US?


"Quaoar" wrote in message
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"Paul_in_NC" wrote in message
...
Greetings all.
I am wanting to know if anyone in this NG has had any experience,
positive or negative, with the Compaq Presario V2405US Widescreen
Notebook. I have found this particular model offered at a local Office
Depot for $549.99 (with NO rebate) and am wondering if this is a good
investment in a notebook PC.
Any and all comments are welcome and are greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for you time.

Paul Williams


*Be sure to remove all letters in CAPITALS (from my email address) if you
decide to reply directly to me*

I've seen HP/Compaq and Dell offering the $500 notebook. These are very
basic. If all you do is internet and word processing, maybe these will be
OK, although most have only 256MB RAM which is marginal for anything more
that basic use. Also, some of these have only a 90-day warranty - not
enough for a notebook computer. Check the warranty thoroughly - it must
be a manufacturer's warranty, not the big box store warranty that is
generally useless.

Q