Description:
The Compaq Presario R3310US notebook PC blends the bold and the beautiful, with a powerful, battery-saving Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+ processor (1.6 GHz) and a widescreen 15.4-inch display that's perfect for both business presentations and watching DVD movies. It also features a 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of installed RAM, integrated 54g Wi-Fi connectivity, and a combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. For a step up in price, the R3320US has a fast, hyper-threaded Pentium 4 processor that's well suited to multimedia applications. The Basics
- Hard Drive: The 60 GB hard drive is becoming the average size for notebook PCs, enabling road warriors enough capacity for storing documents, digital media files, and productivity software.
- Processor: The 1.60 GHz Athlon processor is powered by QuantiSpeed architecture and PowerNow! technology, which allows notebook computers to run the most demanding applications and extends battery life. It has a relatively small 256 KB L2 cache.
- Memory: The 512 MB of built-in memory (2 x 256 MB, PC2700 DDR SDRAM) is becoming standard on notebooks and it's a good start for power users. It has two memory slots in total, with a maximum memory expansion up to 1.2 GB. One memory slot is occupied with 256 MB of non-removeable RAM.
- CD/DVD Drive: The combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive can write and read CDs at 24x and rewrite at 10x speeds. It can read DVDs at 16x.
- Keyboard & Mouse: This notebook has a standard 101-key keyboard and two-button touchpad with on/off button and dedictated vertical scroll up/down pad.
Sound and Graphics
The R3310US has a 15.4-inch widescreen TFT display with a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. The Nvidia GeForce 420 Go video graphics card offers good 3D performance and the ability to drive an external monitor and the notebook's native display simultaneously. It also features 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio and internal stereo speakers. Connectivity and Expansion Slots
This R3310US model has an integrated 802.11g wireless LAN (which is compatible with the more widespread 802.11b and offers faster data transmission rates). You get a basic offering of connectivity options, which does include super-fast USB 2.0: - 3 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players
- 1 VGA monitor port
- 1 parallel port
- 1 S-Video out
- 1 PCMCIA (or PC Card) slot (Type I/II, 32-bit)
- 1 headphone jack and 1 microphone jack
It also has an integrated 56K modem (V.90) and an RJ-45 LAN network port (for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems). It also has a hot-swappable bay for adding an optional optical drive or second battery. Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Home Edition operating system, and it also features Microsoft Works (for working with word processing and spreadsheet documents). Other preloaded software includes Microsoft Money, Quicken New User Edition, Norton Antivirus 2004 (with 60-day LiveUpdate subscription), Adobe Acrobat Reader, Encarta Plus, HP Image Zone Plus, InterVideo WinDVD Creator, Sonic RecordNow, and Apple iTunes. Dimensions and Weight
At 14.25 x 10.96 x 1.8 inches and 7.8 pounds, the R3310US is a bit larger in size compared to other notebooks in its class. Power
It's powered by a 6-cell rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which provides an average of battery life of around 2 hours (depending on usage). What's in the Box
This package contains the Compaq Presario R3310US US notebook PC, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, AC adapter, and operating instructions. It is backed by a one-year limiited hardware warranty.
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