Compaq Presario CQ61-300 is meant for personal as well as professional use with 15.6-inch LED display and complete keyboard with numeric keypad. The notebook runs on Windows 7 Home Operating System with Intel dual-core processors for high performance. Unique Imprint design in a glossy black finish makes it look stylish and 16:9 widescreen display is really good for watching videos and movies. Check out complete specifications, review, price details in India and our verdict for Compaq Presario CQ61-300 notebook.
Model: This notebook has only one model
- Compaq Presario CQ61-312TU Notebook PC (VV284PA)
Operating System: Windows® 7 Home Premium 32-bit
Processor: Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile Processor T4400, 2.20 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB
Memory: 4096 MB DDR2 800 MHz and this is maximum
Hard drive: SATA Hard Disk Drive 320 GB 7200 rpm
Optical drive: LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support
Display: 15.6″ Diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution
Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M (shared)
Memory card devices: 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
Webcam: Webcam with Integrated Microphone
Speakers: Altec Lansing® speakers
Pointing Device: Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
Keyboard: Full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Communications: Bluetooth, LAN
Dimensions: 37.8 cm (L) x 25.2 cm (W) x 3.51 cm (min H) / 4.12 (max H)
Weight: 2.68 kg
Battery: 6-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
Warranty: 1 year, parts and labour
Softwares: HP Support Assistance, HP Total Care Setup (except JPN), HP Advisor, HP Wireless Assistant, HP Software Update, HP User Documentation, Adobe® Reader, HP Recovery Manager, Norton Online Backup, DVDPlay, Cyberlink YouCam, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Shockwave Player, HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent (selected countries), Muvee Reveal (20 days Trial), Symantec Norton Internet Security (60 days live update), Motorola Soft Stylus, Sun Java VM, Windows Live Applications (i.e. Mail, Messenger, Photo Gallery, Writer, Silverlight), Office Trial: Microsoft® Office 2007 Home/Student (60 days Trial), Office ready: Microsoft® Office 2007 Pro (60 days Trial)
Price: Approx 34,000 INR
Pros
- Good display and widescreen for video purpose
- Touchpad response is very good and highly sensitive
- Fast performance
- Affordable
Cons
- Poor Battery Backup
- Gets overheated quickly
- A bit bulky, not for mobile use
- Webcam quality is not the best in industry
- Wi-Fi and HDMI ports are missing
Conclusion
Compaq Presario is the affordable brand of HP notebooks and CQ61-300 is inline with this concept. The notebook has all the basic softwares like OS, Good RAM and Intel processors with big screen to make it a good choice for your desktop replacement or home use. If they would have included HDMI port and Wi-Fi then it would have got that extra edge from other notebooks in this range. Poor battery and over heating are two major performance issues with this notebook. If you are planning to use it in home then you can buy it. If you can expand your budget a bit more, I would recommend to have a look at Dell Studio 15 notebook. If you are looking for something else or have a query, please comment. We would love to provide you the requested details as soon as possible.
