Compaq CQ60111EM Reviews: Windows Vista Home Basic 15.6" Screen Laptop computer

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Score: 8.7/10

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This laptop is a good all rounder. “Great size screen.integral webcam.easy to use” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 115 real customer reviews

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Single Core Processor with 1GB of Memory and 120GB Storage on Windows Vista Home Basic. More »

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115 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
95% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (115)
Battery life7.3
Design8.7
Performance8.4
Size and weight8.2
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.0
Overall rating8.7
General home user (5)
Music lover (1)
Often on the move (1)
Business user (1)
Other (107)
 

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ easy to use

- keyboard slightly narrow

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ great size screen.integral webcam.easy to use

- battery pack falls out.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Oct 2008

Alberto, London

Score 6.0/10

+ Good performance and great definition display.

- Poor Hard Disk size, no HD port, heavy and bulky.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Very clear colourful screen, touch keys, easy navigation, overall very pleased

- it doesnt come loaded with microsoft windows/excel as standard, even though it is advertised as so, you need to purchase at en extra cost

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jan 2009

Mark, Exmouth , “novice computer user”

Score 8.0/10

+ Good graphics and sound

- Would be good if you could turn off the scroll on the mouse pad.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2008

kellie, doncaster

Score 10.0/10

+ everything!!!!!!! its that good that three people in my family have all bought the same laptop in the space of a 3 weeks :)

- battrey life

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Fantastic Product, Includes Lightscribe, Webcam etc. Good looking laptop.

- Not found any yet.

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6 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ good screen / easy to set up and use

- battery life about 2 hrs - not great?
optional mouse could be included

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Dec 2008

Allun , Thom

Score 10.0/10

+ easy to use and set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2008

John, Inverness , “N/A”

Score 10.0/10

+ A very good value for money laptop that is simple to use and has excellent features for the cost involved. Light and easily portable with a pleasing design, I would have no hesitation in recommending it to my friends. I have not yet come across anything in its use that I would criticise.

- None.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jan 2009

tracy, llandysul , “married busy working mother”

Score 10.0/10

+ good speed, excellent screen size, cant praise it enough.

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Dec 2008

Lynne, Gloucestershire

Score 8.0/10

+ Very smart design. Overall an attractive laptop and easy to use.

- Quite a heavy laptop and the battery does not last as long as i had hoped, meaning i could not travel very far with this laptop. That is rather dissapointing.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ wide screen

- mouse

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good value, good performance for the price, good webcam.

- A bit too big and heavy if you want to transport it around.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 6.0/10

+ nice design

- battery is poor

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jan 2009

Walter, gibsons b.c. canada , “retired age 75”

Score 9.0/10

+ web-cam. good response time. Very forgiving when errors are made. compatible with many downloads.

- none. very satisfied

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very quick

- don't know

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purchased 29 Nov 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Looks smart and easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 01 Dec 2008

James, Huntingdon

Score 9.0/10

+ Neat and tidy outer case and good screen size

- Noe as it has only just been set up

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purchased 07 Dec 2008

Lindsay, Alnwick

Score 8.0/10

+ Price

- Battery Life

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purchased 12 Dec 2008

Clare, St Albans , “32, Married, Bank Manager”

Score 7.0/10

+ NIce and compact. Simple to use

- battery life and it took 2 weeks to get it set up to wireless!

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purchased 04 Dec 2008

Jonathan, Oxford , “3rd year university student”

Score 9.0/10

+ Has everything you need at a very good price.

- The screen is very wide for it's height i think but i don't really have a problem with that.

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purchased 28 Dec 2008

Caroline, Edinburgh , “Bought this for Son”

Score 8.0/10

+ Great keyboard - layout is just like a full size PC keyboard.
Screen nice and bright too.
Memory is upgradable which is good.

- Perhaps the processor is a bit on the slow side, hence being able to upgrade the memory may prove it's saving grace.

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purchased 29 Dec 2008

sue, stoke on trent

Score 10.0/10

+ great screen, easy to use keyboard with seperate number pad - very useful!

- had a w problems with the onboard mouse pad, bought a seperate mouse and all has been fine

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purchased 30 Dec 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “great value known brand”

Score 8.0/10

+ setup straight forward works well using wifi for internet access /chat /skype

- should be supplied with backup / recovery disks

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purchased 01 Jan 2009

Jag , Birmingham

Score 9.0/10

+ Its handy around the house

- The laptop is a bit on the heavy side and the battery seems to die quickly, also when i take it off charge the sreens tends to get darker im not sure if that's the way it is or it's somethng to do with the settings.

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purchased 01 Jan 2009

Elaine, Wewlyn Garden City

Score 10.0/10

+ I have found everything good about it

- Bactery could have a longer life

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purchased 05 Jan 2009

Suzie , Manchester

Score 10.0/10

+ Bought this for my husband, its very easy to set up and use (it needs to be with him!!) has a built in webcam which is great. overall a fantastic buy.

- Slightly slower than my other compaq laptop (pressario C700) but still fast enough to do everything that we need.

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purchased 04 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Great keyboard, mousepad and screen. Very easy to set up and get going!

- Still figuring out best way to maximise battery life.

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purchased 06 Jan 2009

Birmingham, Chris

Score 10.0/10

+ Superb performance. Great introduction to Vista. Easy to set up and use. Battery life is excellent. Stylish good looks.

- Can't find any bad points? Maybe should have come with Vista Premium???

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purchased 06 Jan 2009

Jack, Southampton , “I am a student”

Score 8.0/10

+ Mostly everything

- can think the charger is plugged in when it isnt

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purchased 07 Jan 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ As I already possess the same Laptop, I deceided to purchase the same for my son, who is over the moon with it. It it so easy to operate,and the design is fantastic, I would recommend this model of Laptop to anyone.

- Nothing

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purchased 17 Dec 2008

Andy, Bristol

Score 8.0/10

+ an overall good package, pretty fast proccessor, widescreen, fullsize keypad.
my daughter loves it, havent seen her much since christmas lol.

- nothing i can think of.

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purchased 19 Dec 2008

CLAIRE, ABERDARE , “easy for my mam”

Score 9.0/10

+ it is very nice to look at and very easy to use.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 11 Dec 2008

Kellie, Basingstoke

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent value for money, stylish and easy to use and love the built in web cam.

- None at present

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purchased 30 Jan 2009

lee, nottingham , “nice,friendly person”

Score 8.0/10

+ nice overall design,clear display,excellent battery life,very user friendly,& not too heavy.

- if im being picky,its the laptop's top part - never stays clean,& cursor control is a little overfussy.

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purchased 02 Feb 2009

Alan, Falkirk , “family person Like IT”

Score 7.0/10

+ The screen is a really good size, the sound is clear and loud.

- It is really slow at loading up (internet/programs)

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purchased 02 Feb 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “technical user”

Score 5.0/10

+ fast (once I put another 1MB RAM in)

- mouse pad hangs all the time

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purchased 24 Mar 2009

Emilee, Romford

Score 10.0/10

+ I just love it. Love the number keypad

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 02 Apr 2009

Ian, Ramsbottom Bury

Score 10.0/10

+ I Have allways had a Compaq and I think it is an excellant machine

- None

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purchased 01 Apr 2009

jeff, scarborough

Score 9.0/10

+ good price

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 07 Apr 2009

Ben, Darlington

Score 8.0/10

+ Well built with handy applications (built in webcam & mic etc)
easy to understand and use
stylish & smartly designed
Internet security included

- Short battery life on the recommended HP setting
Certain programs having to close when opened for no explained reason

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purchased 13 Apr 2009

John, Crewe , “Personal Use”

Score 9.0/10

+ Large Screen, good looks, large keyboard, plenty of connections, solid build

- Only Windows Vista Basic, Heavy, Not the best with battery life

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purchased 23 Apr 2009

kevin, gainsborough

Score 10.0/10

+ fantastic price for money

- non

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purchased 20 Apr 2009

Keith, Wolverhampton

Score 9.0/10

+ Dependable little laptop, widescreen display is good for watching movies on, plenty of HDD space for storage. My unit (which was a recon) came securely packaged in a brown cardboard box containing a bried quickstart note and the charger. It doesn't come supplied with any manuals, but thats nothing to worry about cos' it has its standard recovery disc creation utility onboard. I bought the system on a "bang for buck" principle, and got exactly what I wanted.

- Not much - the lid is made of that shiny "PSP style" glossy black plastic so it catches fingerprints REALLY easily. But thats a 1-2-3 job to clean, and if you're buying a laptop solely because of the aesthetics, you should probably be buying a macbook or the likes.

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purchased 18 May 2009

John, Huddersfield , “General home user” More like this »

Score 8.0/10

+ Good quality screen, well designed mouse pad

- Slow start-up - more Microsoft bloatware than the machine itself

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purchased 15 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ fast, pretty

- gets very hot!!

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purchased 26 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Can be used anywhere

- The product does not come with any back up CD's

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purchased 06 Jun 2009

eddie, south godstone , “Business user”

Score 10.0/10

+ sleek design and quite fast

- the outercase is is hard to keep clean as finger prints

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purchased 16 Jun 2009

Vince, York

Score 8.0/10

+ Fashion design, good looking. Built in cam, easy to use. Value of money.

- As bought not from new, battery life was not as good as new. A bit heavy to carry. No blue tooth.

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purchased 16 Jun 2009

Garry, Great Harwood , “General home user” More like this »

Score 9.0/10

+ The numbers by the side

- none at this time

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purchased 17 Jun 2009

PNANI JUCE, BERKS

Score 9.0/10

+ GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY

- NONE YET

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purchased 15 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Birthday gift for teenage son. Ideal as a first laptop especially with the webcam. Easy to set up and the keyboard part of the laptop is really sturdy.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 20 Jun 2009

James, Brockford Street , “General home user” More like this »

Score 7.0/10

+ Bought it for my kids and its easy to use. The webcam is great

- The mouse pad is very sensitive and tends to freeze which is a nightmare as you have to restart to get it moving again

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purchased 20 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Cheap, good quality laptop, battery life is average for this type of laptop

- Bigger and heavier than I expected, there is no manual or quick start guide, so you need to know enough to get started and be familiar with the operating system.

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purchased 27 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ small light to carry around even thought its a 15inch screen

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 23 Aug 2009

Ian , Maidstone , “basic pc user ”

Score 10.0/10

+ Easy to use and light weight good size screen

- Shame that windows full version was not loaded

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 Mar 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 15.6
Operating System Windows Vista Home Basic
RAM in GB 1
Number of Cores Single
Hard Disk Capacity in GB 120
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1366x768 (WXGA)
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Celeron
Processor Number M575
Processor Speed in MHz 2000
USB Port 3
Integrated Webcam Yes
WiFi Yes
Bluetooth No
Fingerprint Access No
Remote Control No
DVD Writer Yes
DVD Drive Yes
CD Rom Yes
Blu-ray Drive No
VGA Port No
Card Reader Yes
Dimensions (mm) 378x43.6x252
Weight (kg) 2.75
Brand of Graphic Chip Intel
Graphic Card or Chip GMA X4500MHD
Colour Black
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Manufacturer's Description

The Compaq Presario CQ60-100 series combines essential features, attractive design and quality to put the versatility and productivity of notebook computing within your reach and offers a full size keyboard with numeric key pad

Features
• Featuring genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic or Premium for superior digital entertainment and advanced features
• Sleek and stylish by design, this 15.6-inch Compaq Presario notebook features a unique Imprint design in a glossy black finish that elegantly blends together stylish form and practical function
• An easy-to-use notebook with all the capabilities you need to achieve professional and personal productivity
• Designed to provide the right set of features at a great value, the CQ60-100 delivers versatility and quality without compromising on price


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