 [Larger view] | Compaq Presario 2585us Notebook PC (2.80-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB Hard Drive, DVD+R/RW/CD-RW Combo Drive)
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 It's pretty good! | |
| I just received my Compaq 2585US and am very happy with it. I bought it refurbished from another online retailer and it seems pretty good. What I have noticed is that: 1) The fan is loud, as others have proclaimed 2) The DVD player freezes at the start of a movie -I've worked with Compaq support from their web site for a couple of days and found that I needed to download Softpaq SP23136 which updates the drivers. Their customer service is nice (online chat) but I have to contact them at least three times in three days to finally find the problem. 3) For a P4, it seems very slow compared to my home PC (which is four years old). Overall, it was a good value for my money ... (as soon as I work out the bugs). | |
 I love it | |
| I'll keep this short. This notebook does everything I want it to and more. As far as the fan problem the others mentioned, you can go to Compaq's website and download the KH.F.19 version of the BIOS which addresses the fan noise. | |
| Best Buy for the Price | |
| ... What a deal! I am very pleased with its performance and it's capabilities. I have nothing bad to say about this laptop except for the loud fan, but that doesn't bother me. For a 2.8 P4, DVDRW, beautiful screen, wireless G, this is it. ... I think it is well made and extremely user friendly. The only problem I had was when connecting to my wireless home network for the first time. No TCPIP settings had been installed, but with a quick call to HP Help, I was up and running in no time. The sevice was really great and fast. I have only had this one for a week, but up to this point, I give it 5 out of 5. Are there better ones? Of course, but not at this price |
