The Compaq Presario v6000 laptop is a highly portable well equipped notebook sporting a Mobile AMD Turion 64 X2 processor and the choice of an AMD Sempron processor. The laptop is equipped with either Windows XP Home or Pro, a common choice for laptops. The standard resolution screen supports high definition WXGA, or the optional BrightView Widescreen technology with the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 with a dedicated 128 MB of video RAM. The screen has great resolution but suffers from poor viewing angles and high glare from the glossy finish. Video and movie viewing is above average on the 15.4 inch widescreen, but only with the lights off. The standard memory of 512MB can be upgraded to 2 GB to support better video and program performance.

A 60 GB or 120GB hard drive can be standard on the Compaq Presario V6000; hard drives are Seagate Momentus 5400 hard drives. These sizes are pretty standard on laptops in this class but the V600 supports more memory than most. Wireless cards are installed and support 802.11a/b/g as well as an HDAduio Soft Data modem. Along with these are a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet connection, 5 in 1 digital media card reader, and optional Bluetooth which is becoming more common in laptops. The choice of DVD ROM drives is commonplace in the laptop market and the Compaq Presario offers the choice of Super Multi 8x DVDR/RW with DualLayer support or the LightScribe 8x DVD+/RW & CD-RW combo drives. In addition the Compaq Presario is equipped with 1 PCI-E slot, 3 USB Ports, a mini Firewire port, S-video, and VGA ports.

Overall performance is good with a fast processor and above average memory specifications, but the unit lacks a little due to poor screen design; priced around $800.00 the Compaq Presario v6000 is a decent purchase for a mobile small business or home user.

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