Compaq CQ60 is as cheap as netbook

The CQ60 419WM line of Compaq Presario is sold for nearly $ 300 with a basic configuration, but the performance is just a bit more than a netbook .

Cheap laptop model Compaq Presario CQ60-419WM has officially been sold online on Walmart for nearly 300 USD, (over 5 million VND) for the basic configuration. The device carries a 15.6-inch screen, good image quality, ensuring to meet the basic machine needs such as surfing the web, writing documents, viewing digital photos, watching videos and DVDs.

This model has a 15.6-inch screen. Photo: Notebookcheck .

CQ60-419WM has a neat, simple and fairly solid design, it doesn't look "cheap" at all. It has a large 15.6-inch screen, a standard-sized keyboard with separate numeric keys, optical DVD drive but no webcam. A rough plastic keyboard with smooth, wide and comfortable keys, however, is slightly "noisy" to use.

The speaker system of CQ60-419WM gives too good quality in price. Image quality will also make users happy with the 15.6-inch screen, resolution of 1,366 x 768. The DVD player is "quiet" and watching TV online at Hulu.com is also "smooth".

The full CQ60-419WM peripheral and connection ports at the base level include 3 USB ports, VGA output port, DVD burner, modem, ethernet port and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g WLAN. It is easy to understand why CQ60-419WM does not have HDMI port and memory card reader.

It uses low-cost single-core processors. Photo: Handingchao .

CQ60-419WM uses the low-cost single-core AMD Sempron SI-42 2.1 GHz processor, so it is just enough for the needs of ordinary users. The test results evaluate the machine performance quite differently. When running iTunes to convert 11 .mp3 music files to .aac took 6 minutes 36 seconds, on par with the processing time of mid-range laptops, but 4 times faster than netbooks. Benchmark results evaluated the system's capabilities by PCMark Vantage, CQ60-419WM was 1,829 points, approximately the lowest level of mid-range laptop models while the average of dual-core processor models was about 3,000 points. .

Experimenting with 3DMark06 evaluated DirectX 9-based graphics capabilities and integrated Nvidia GeForce 8200M graphics cards with 768 points at native resolution and 816 at 1,024 x 768 resolution, respectively. average of "affordable" laptop segment.

Battery life is quite limited, but commensurate with a large 15.6-inch screen. The CQ60-419WM can "hold out" for almost 2 hours, 25 minutes less than the average of 15-inch models.

C60-419WM is preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit operating system. In addition, there are commercial trial software such as Microsoft Works, Norton Internet Security, and Microsoft Office 2007 (60-day trial).

Advantages
- Cheap.
- Widescreen.
- Compact design.

Defect
- Single core processor.
- No webcam.
- Limited performance.