 Compaq R4000 Notebook Strengths: Price is good. Can be customized.
Weaknesses: Fairly large and heavy. Battery life could be better.
Summary: This notebook is fairly large and heavy. It is about 2 inches thick and weighs about 10lbs. If you aren't that concerned with size though and/or need a big screen though, the R4000 might be a good deal. The price is definitely good, especially with the rebates that are sometimes offered. The notebook can be customized also, so you will only pay for the features that you need. I wouldn't spend the extra money for the Athlon 64 processor though, since HP probably won't release hardware drivers for Windows x64. The Sempron performance is good, but not outstanding. It definitely beats the Celeron notebooks. The R4000 works fine for ordinary office/internet use, but it probably wouldn't be sufficient for high end gaming, video editing, etc. The notebook does offer svideo tv out, an IEEE 1394 4 wire port, and a memory card reader, which is nice. If you are looking for a low priced full sized notebook, this will be fine, but if you demand the highest performance, or need long battery life, I would look elsewhere.
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